I like him. A spade is a spade, and he loves the banter.

I love it when Wakey fans froth at the mouth when you dare to say the name "Wildcats"


accept it BLM as it's part of your history

I can accept opposition fans calling us Whinos even though the club were never actually re branded as that unlike the Wildcats were

Of course it is part of their history as a lot of other things are, but glad it went and never to be seen again, but whinos is a catchy one though

Rhinos ,Wildcats ,Wolves , all names to suit sky marketing to get their sports channels off the ground. Probably an American leaning gimmick to give sky credibility across the pond. Hate them all.

Always been the Wire to me I have never used Wolves in public.

Wolves should have been dropped when they redesigned the badge to include "The Wire"* on it. In all the years of being branded as that, has there ever been one single chant that includes the word Wolves? I've honestly never heard one.

*I prefer "Wires" personally.

could you elaborate why?

In my view, he has passion for the game, and his intentions are to make the game/ product better for the good of our sport. If he sees any flaws by the IMG, or the RFL, he will call it out for what it is. Sly Sports are taking the p!$$, and he's right to call it out. Our sport needs to grow, and it won't by going in the direction that it is atm.

Warrington Wolves is a good marketing tool.
I’m ok with it, but l will never just say “wolves” singularly.
I think the club has it right, and welcome both club name and nickname.

No different to how we have it now to Kingston Rovers and Robins.

Plus we cannot get rid of Wolfie. The kids and people with special needs so love him.
Pretty sure we are still officially Warrington RLFC that only trade as Warrington Wolves.

There was a Wire fan I used to see regularly in the south stand, he had an Aussie accent and occasionally wore an NRL top. I assumed he had lived over here for years and had adopted the Wire as his team. He used to randomly shout "go Wolves".

Just doesn’t sound right.

Quote ="The Chin's Back"I love it when Wakey fans froth at the mouth when you dare to say the name "Wildcats" accept it BLM as it's part of your history I can accept opposition fans calling us Whinos even though the club were never actually re branded as that unlike the Wildcats were '" I don't understand. Leeds have registered the trademark with a rhino on it? https://www.therhinos.co.uk/the-club/brand-protection

Quote ="The Chin's Back"I love it when Wakey fans froth at the mouth when you dare to say the name "Wildcats" accept it BLM as it's part of your history I can accept opposition fans calling us Whinos even though the club were never actually re branded as that unlike the Wildcats were '" I don't understand. Leeds have registered the trademark with a rhino on it? https://www.therhinos.co.uk/the-club/brand-protection

I think the Robins has been HKR nickname for many years .When i was a kid , Hull were the Airlie Birds ,Leeds the Loiners , Huddersfield Fartown, Widnes the Chemics. Salford were called the Red Devils even before a neighbouring football team hijacked the tag.
Not forgetting Wakefield Trinity.

Remember when Halifax (traditionally nicknamed 'Fax' in typical blunt Yorkshire fashion), ridiculously opted to call themselves Halifax Blue Sox? That was a low point.

Today’s news looks like Halifax have got to an even lower point

Quote ="Big lads mate"Today’s news looks like Halifax have got to an even lower point'" https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/treating ... rts-98400/ Indeed. They believe they have settled the debt to HMRC.

Quote ="Big lads mate"Today’s news looks like Halifax have got to an even lower point'" https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/treating ... rts-98400/ Indeed. They believe they have settled the debt to HMRC.

Quote ="Wires71"I don't understand. Leeds have registered the trademark with a rhino on it? https://www.therhinos.co.uk/the-club/brand-protection '" You've mis read my quote Wires71 Quote ="The Chin's Back" I can accept opposition fans calling us Whinos even though the club were never actually re branded as that unlike the Wildcats were '" Leeds were never re branded as Whinos, whereas Wakefield were rebranded as Wildcats

Quote ="Wires71"I don't understand. Leeds have registered the trademark with a rhino on it? https://www.therhinos.co.uk/the-club/brand-protection '" You've mis read my quote Wires71 Quote ="The Chin's Back" I can accept opposition fans calling us Whinos even though the club were never actually re branded as that unlike the Wildcats were '" Leeds were never re branded as Whinos, whereas Wakefield were rebranded as Wildcats

The Rhinos name evolved as Leeds RLFC (as they were known previously) used the Leeds coat of arms which featured three owls, a golden fleece, and a Latin motto, "Pro Rege et Lege" which translates to "For King and the Law". The owls come from the coat of arms of Sir John Saville, the first Alderman of Leeds. The fleece represents the city's wool industry.

Put simply they had no copyrights to the brand or the badge, So they took the step to become known as the "Leeds Rhinos"

Ironically,or not, the American sports teams with the monopoly on these stupid animal names appear to be consigning rugby league to holding on to poor quality tv coverage by getting our sport off the more mainstream tv channels.

So Wakey play in a part time league, win part time competitions and then get graded up for doing well. How does that work?

They’ve won the 1895 cup alongside the Championship grand final, they’ve significantly improved their facilities and significantly improved their financial position. It’s a well deserved grade increase.

I think "Wolves" is the most failed name of all the 90s SL rebrands.

Plenty of people do refer to the other teams as "the Rhinos", "the Bulls", "the Giants" etc.

Every now again someone who doesn't really follow rugby but knows I support Warrington will refer to "the Wolves" when making small talk with me, eg "are the Wolves playing this weekend?"

As said above, it just sounds weird. I've never heard anyone who genuinely supports us refer to us as anything other than the Wire/Wires, and other teams' fans call us that too. No one chants support for the Wolves, and no one calls us that.

The club tried for years to shake off the Wire nickname because they clearly wanted Wolves to stick for marketing purposes. Once they accepted that was never going to happen they should have done what Wakefield did.

Both played by part time teams if I'm not mistaken?

I guess I'm saying the system has rewarded them for being relegated. If they would've stayed up and battled with Hull and London for a year, would they have increased? Hull are likely to go down in grading, would they have gone up if they got relegated last year and won?

Not a specific dig at Wakey, their improvement off field is promising but I don't get how winning in a poorer league is "better" than losing in a tougher league.

I don't think it really matters what your actual score is other than getting you into Super League or not does it? Hull have a stadium and fan base that means they're always going to score high enough for that.

Wakefield scored higher than London in the first place, hence everyone knowing a year ago that Wakefield would probably get straight back to Super League and only restructuring to 14 teams could save London, regardless of either team's on field performance.

As it is, the fact that under normal P+R, London would have got relegated and Wakefield promoted makes it look a bit better. We all knew what was coming though.

So would you keep London in who have been nomads with their playing bases, and poor attendances and finished bottom of the league Philth ?, if it was straight relegation and promotion Wakefield would be in SL any way, so the gradings would not be nessesary, but as it is they have spent big regarding stadium issues and had the gonads to keep a full time squad, which could have easily back fired, a squad that would have beaten a few of the bottom half clubs in SL and with a bigger fan base, Wakefield didn't create IMG, but did their utmost on and off the field to achive the best grading that they could, we will have to see next season, if they are in SL, how they react.