I personally would hate it to get to be like the RU Super 14 where all the teams are known by the nickname .....you dont know from what country/area that the team represents

Modern nicknames only work well if the club are 100% committed to them, they choose a good one and they spend a lot of money marketing the name. Hence why Bulls, Rhinos etc have worked so well. Having said that I don't think us sticking with our traditional name and nickname has had any negative impcat, especially when you look at the amount of merchandise we sell.

Are Hull still the Airlie Birds or has that gone the way of the porpoise/shark?

All this argument about appealing to the kids is ridiculous. If the only way your kid can engage with the fine sport of rugby league through the postering of some person in a mascot costume personifying a superficial brand, then good luck to the human species.

Personally, in the case of Wakefield. I think it's abhorrent the way they tainted one of the most famous and traditional names in British RL, and if we can't teach or at least convey the passion of tradition and heritage to our children, then forget it.

And to a degree, all this Wildcats, the Jungle, Warriors, etc... is probably insulting to most children. I know myself not being the brightest kid in the world would have been.

Don't tell me, your over 40?

Kids today are a different breed (some may say species!) and the world is avery different place grandad!

I'm 25.

What annoys me at Salford is the apparently deliberate attempt to distance the club from our original nickname of "The Red Devils". We almost appear to be ashamed of the name & are seemingly willing to let United run roughshod over us, the final straw being the removal of the Devil from the badge last year, a rebranding to Salford Red Devils would be hugely popular but will sadly never happen.

Eee barrr gum, we watch t'rugby int pub up t hill.



Get a life.

I wouldn't plus all the NRL are called by their monikers and it works, its the traditionalist dinosaurs who need to move on!

I've nothing against Wildcats, Reds, Rhinos etc but I do object to clubs being renamed. Leeds should be Leeds, Warrington should be Warrinton etc. Trinity are slowly becoming Wakefield Wildcats which, in my opinion is just plain wrong. The nicknames should be just that - nicknames. They could stil be used as marketing tools but not as the actual club name.
Arsenal are known throughout the world as the Gunners but they're not "Arsenal Gunners".

Wakefield Wildcats works far better than Wakefield Trinity!

Old b@st@rd!

We are the Reds and the Reds we are and will always be! We don't want some stupid devils name attached!

IMO teams such as Hull Kingston Rovers, St Helens, Bradford Northern, Wakefield Trinity never needed to change their names as they are very distinctive. However i can understand why a team just named after the town/city they play in would add a tag line to their name to make it more distinctive. Personally, the only one that works for me is Castleford Tigers.