Dear Huddersfield RLFC

When are you going to get rid of that silly name 'Giants' and go back to something more traditional. A few teams never had a silly name e.g. St.Helens, Hull KR and Hull FC others got rid of theirs e.g. Hunslet, Doncaster, Featherstone Rovers, Wakefield Trinty and Halifax and good luck to them. RL is not an extension of Disneyland!!!

Somehow seems less silly than Fartown

Barracudas has a nice ring to it..............

Harlequin-isn't that a conventional Buffoon?

who cares

Rochdale Hornets have much to answer for. Bloody new-fangled names.

I think you will find that the Harlequin character was a bit more than a clown. I was hoping maybe for a sensible discussion about the names of RL clubs. I dislike the Sky/Murdoch imposition of Disneyfied names the game has been subject to. Murdoch does not give a damn about RL he only cares about TV ratings and if he thought 'Monster Truck Racing' would produce better TV rating RL would be shown the door in short order! Also just remind me. Wasn't Bilko a conman?

Rochdale Hornets have been called that since 1871! Not from when Sky/Murdoch came along and disneyfied the game.

Tongue in cheek, mate. I'm with you on scrapping them all. Barring Hornets, of course

start a silly thread like this if it fills in between visits to the specialist fella but get your facts correct !

I remember that HULL were at one time the SHARKS!

Dear Crackerjack,

I think the specialist fella might be more busier than you think. There seems to be many suitable cases for treatment out there given that some people seem to be easily impressed with names like Giants, Bulls, Vikings... etc. Also you are right about Hull 'Sharks'. Anyhow, someone needs to explain to me that if disneyfying club names is such a good thing. How come none of EPL teams have done it yet?

Dear Sgnt Bilko,

I understand that Huddersfield is the spiritual home of R.L. The George Hotel, 1895, The Northern Union etc.. Where does the word 'Giants' fit into that great tradition? I agree with you Fartown would be a better suffix. It is not unknown to suffix a district onto the town/city name Hull KR, Preston NE, Plymouth Argyle, Bradford Northern!!, Liverpool Stanley (a district of Liverpool, later to become City).

Well, whatever he called them after the wigan game seemed to work