Indeed, the nickname is transitory, we are simply Leigh and with it too goes the names.

We can all play detective. So what if FaceBook means you can't change your name back until after 7 days. The season is still a while away, plenty of time to change it back.

The twitter handle is now @LeighRLFC_

It was previously @LeighCenturions (which, if they are smart that should have registered with a separate email to atleast keep hold of the handle) but it isn't "LeighLeopards"

It's been quite the fortnight for u-turns, and you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Can take or leave the new name. Wouldn't have been calling for it but on reflection I have no really strong affinity to the Centurions moniker either. I'm 31 and although I've always loved the club, those years as Centurions have seen basically zero success outside of the Championship.

It feels as a club that we are turning a corner and if we were ever going to rebrand then now is the time.

Far more interested in the team on the pitch than anything else and I am more than happy with the announcements on that front. Ipape, Lam, Hardaker, Ferguson, Asiata and Leutele gives us some serious strike power for the season ahead. Aaron Smith seemingly on board too is an astute signing and shows we aren't just about the flair and fan fare type players. Mellor, Smith, Wardle and Amone are guys that will just get on with the job and deliver consistently good rugby

Not what I thought I'd be saying at the start of the day but... Up the Leopards!

Only issue I do have is I don't think we should give up the Cherry and White home kit. Those are the Leigh colours and I would struggle to come to terms with anything else.

S'pose it's better than Leigh Lemmings if the marketers/schmarketers are touching themselves over alliteration.

Leyth Lobbygobblers?

I think the growl from the Leopard was sampled from my bathroom sink...

The logo looks somewhat professional, but that kit looks like an absolute joke in all honesty. And part of me thinks that this is actually still a joke for marketing. Alliteration works for teams like Bradford, Wigan and Warrington. Leigh Leopards just doesn't sound right at all.

I think the current logo needed a slight revamp, but it looks quite good as all white on a red background. Rebranding is understandable, I get that, but you just know when something doesn't look or sound right, and I this is one of those times.

I'd suggest the Leigh Radfords, or the Leigh Briers as potentially better names.

Leigh van Donkombak?

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The Moggies. Absolute laughing stock. That is a big scary looking cat. Meeeow.

Mixed feelings for Jack.

There was palpable excitement at the quality of the signings announced. Forget play-off places. First and foremost, is this a team that should comfortably stay up, something we have always failed to do in the SL era. For me, its a resounding yes, we flippin' well will. I cannot wait for the season to start.

Then the re-brand. Yes, its DB's club and yes, he has the final say because its his huge financial investment in the club that has got us to this point but, but, but, the club is nothing without the fans and the dropping of our historic colours has left this lifetime fan feeling very cold indeed.

The cherry and white hoops are my teams colours irrespective of what the team is called. Tradition counts for something, despite what marketing men (and women) will tell you. DB should have sounded out the fans (us) about ditching the team's colours and with it ditching one of the central aspects of the team's heritage.

Remember the huge opposition by Cardiff City FC fans to the re-branding of their club's colours and the ditching of their traditional nickname of the Bluebirds by new owners. The fans felt that they were losing something fundamental about the club they loved. Eventually they got their way after huge and sustained opposition and the error was corrected but it took them years to get the wrong righted.

Fans feel passionate about their club and that's what I feel about my town's rugby team. The identity of that team is the cherry and white hooped shirt. This particular fan feels very cold and unhappy by the loss of the traditional colours. Yesterday, we lost something from the very heart of this great club of ours.

Absolutely spot on Jack - couldn't agree more

Its a name lets get over it and give DB and all concerned our full support.

What should have been a great day announcing all the new signings has been totally overshadowed by the ridiculous new shirt which has a leopard’s backside on the back of the shirt. As a result despite the bonus of trending at one stage yesterday at number 10, over 90% of comments were those of ridicule.
Could nobody have warned him against this stupid idea (How about you Mike Latham?). Whom on earth is going to buy this shirt or is it just a gigantic wind up?

At the end of the day like the changes or not, he who pays the piper......
We are happy to accept Derek's financial contribution and the improvements that that has brought so perhaps pandering to his whims is not that unpalatable.