I'm only 20 and started watching RL in 1999 but always refer to clubs by their 'proper' name i.e. the name of the place (apart from Quins although still sometimes say London) or a shortened form like 'Hudds', 'Cas.' etc. Occasionally use traditional nicknames like 'Wire' and refer to Saints as 'Saints' bcause it's shorter and more convenient. I would never want us to adopt it in the club's title or to be anything other than St Helens RLFC. I rarely ever use the tacky Americanised nicknames. Maybe it's because Saints never adopted one so I never bother with them but I am quite a traditionalist when it comes to this, one of the things I do actually admire of the round-ball game is the continuing with historic club identities and not adopting modern rootless nicknames. I can understand that some people can identify with these brand names but it will never be as significant as the club's 'real' names to me.

I used to like that big Shark that featured on the back of the Hull jerseys when superleague started in the late 1990's

Or was it on the front?


I can't remember now

shark on the front, shark tail on the back, still have the shirt

Quote number 6="number 6"shark on the front, shark tail on the back, still have the shirt'" Ahhhh right I can't see it on this site, was it a 'change' strip? www.oldrugbyshirts.com/en/teams/ ... s-t21.html Edit... or was it the 1998 home shirt? I didn't think it had that design on it though....

Quote number 6="number 6"shark on the front, shark tail on the back, still have the shirt'" Ahhhh right I can't see it on this site, was it a 'change' strip? www.oldrugbyshirts.com/en/teams/ ... s-t21.html Edit... or was it the 1998 home shirt? I didn't think it had that design on it though....

Or simply Sh1te

Quote PHIPPS="PHIPPS"Ahhhh right I can't see it on this site, was it a 'change' strip? www.oldrugbyshirts.com/en/teams/ ... s-t21.html Edit... or was it the 1998 home shirt? I didn't think it had that design on it though....'" If memory serves they had the same design more or less for both home & away shirts. The home one been mainly white with the odd hoop I think - but with the massive shark design blazoned across the lower middle of the shirt (turquoise colour). The away one was dark blue?

Quote PHIPPS="PHIPPS"Ahhhh right I can't see it on this site, was it a 'change' strip? www.oldrugbyshirts.com/en/teams/ ... s-t21.html Edit... or was it the 1998 home shirt? I didn't think it had that design on it though....'" If memory serves they had the same design more or less for both home & away shirts. The home one been mainly white with the odd hoop I think - but with the massive shark design blazoned across the lower middle of the shirt (turquoise colour). The away one was dark blue?

I don't really remember much about them, only the big turquoise Shark.

I want one

pah .... and you claimed not to be a Hull fan

I remember seeing them on sale in a sports shop in Beverley whenever it was that they were the Hull playing shirts and I picked one up, looked at it, thought shall I, shan't I....yes maybe I will... no maybe I won't..and then put it back.

I'm sure one will turn up on eBay sometime though

Quote this and we can get a full list of nicknames, original and new, and the one that is the more popular.

i'll start

Warrington - Wire - Wolves = Wire