when are worcester ever mentioned on tv for you to be confused?? even when they were in premiership nobody cared about them lol

We're in a similar position at Leyth in that a lot of people (including myself at the time) wanted a return to being plain old Leigh RLFC but the club did a lot of research and survey's in to it and ended up keeping the name. Being an 'outsider' and dealing with a pretty wide spectrum of people who come in to contact with Wigan RL rather than what it's fair to say is a hardcore on here, you'd be genuinely surprised at how much the 'Warriors' name is used. Like it or not, the blanket coverage of the Premier League means that general sports fans are often recognising 'Wigan' to read 'Latics', so it certainly does provide a useful tool in differentiating between the two.

'Wigan Football Club' please

Now that would start riots

I don't understand why 'warriors' is needed to 'attract young support'

We weren't warriors when I was 10, and they had no trouble attracting me or my mates.

Actually Stenhousemuir FC have been known as the warriors for over 100years!

I am all in favour of a WIGAN RLFC NOT warriors Campaign.

No its not.

In a way it is - the younger generation. The whole Warriors tag attracts youngsters, it differentiates us from the puffball team.

IMHO I couldn't care if it was Warriors or RLFC - We are Wigan and we are the champions and long may it continue.

No it doesn't.

So your saying the youngsters who didn't know the WIgan RL era don't call the team 'Warriors'? That all the advertisements/posters etc don't attract the youngsters? Of course it does. Fact is, people who didn't know the Wigan RL era will only know us as Wigan Warriors. The name won't change and me and you could sit here til the bleeding cows came home debating whether it does or does not attract youngsters.

Pathetic thread, and probably the most pointless thread of the year.

They could know the team as the "martians" but they didn't start watching them because they're called the "martians," they started watching them because they're their local RL team.

Could have been worse could have been Wigan White Sox or Wigan Wizards.

Halifax (Blue Sox), and Hull (Sharks) soon realised that it was a gimmick too far and quickly reverted back to their original names.

I never refer to my club as Warrors and I never have.
In conversation it's either Wigan Rugby, Wigan RL or just Wigan. In fact I have cringed in the past when being asked if Im going to watch the 'Warriors'.