All though I'm glad we kept the traditional Kingston Rovers I have grown accustomed to some clubs nicknames now although I hardly ever refer to teams by them, I don't think they are ridiculous.
I think Blue Sox and Sharks were Shiite though.

Just on a side note, when I see mates out of town many will say oh did you watch the wolves last week so in some ways it must have worked

Your forum name, avatar, and signature, would disagree with you

I've never quite understood why Sharks is seen this way. Blue Sox goes without saying and Barracudas was dreadful (but not as bad as Arena 84). But Hull Sharks? Hull is a port after all.

The other thing is that the Yanks don't have an obsession with alliteration. With RL, particularly the further down you get, it seems just a case of picking a big animal or synonym for "Warrior" that begins with the same letter as the town / district name.

i mean a 'proper' bull not just a male cow of some puny agricultural breed

Here's how I refer to teams in conversation

Leeds
Bulls
Cas
Wakey
Wigan
Saints
Salford
Crusaders (sometimes celtic oops)
Quins
Warrington
Giants
Catalans (with "s"icon_wink.gif
Hull
Hull KR

So thats 2 nicknames I use plus saints

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The name of Harlequin derives from Old French Hellequin, leader of la maisnie Hellequin, thought to be related to the Old English Herla, a character often identified with Woden.[1][2]


says rlWikirl

Not the Eagles?

Hate all the nicknames that have come in since super league started its far too american for me. The old style nicknames are miles better because they more often than not mean something and say something about the team/where they come from. I understand that its all about the family package these days, but cheesy nicknames aren't for me.

And for me Crusaders is just taking the Michael!!!

Thankyou sir! thats it, i had a vague memory of it. A specific style of theatre rather than a specific piece. i was almost there.

Yeah, I'd go along with that. As a Bulls' fan I always think of the Rhinos, but though I often talk about the Bulls, strangely I still say I'm going to the Northern.

Like you I always think of Wire not Wolves and also Cas not Tigers, Wakey (or Trinity) never Wildcats, Salford not Reds, and Wigan not Warriors, though it's Giants not Hudds. Why things are the way round they are I don't know.

glad we got rid of ours, maybe if we had a link up with The Deep, it could've worked, hull fc will always be known as fc or black n whites