Re: St helens nickname................. : Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:59 pm  

Ski wrote:

Is not a stupid nickname like Rhinos.

your right there maye

stupid...short sighted...grumpy..smelly...and almost extinct

Re: St helens nickname................. : Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:01 pm  

DoubleAone wrote:

your right there maye

stupid...short sighted...grumpy..smelly...and almost extinct

I put it to you? Would you rather be Leeds Rugby with the affectionate local moniker the Loiners? Or the Rhino's as part of a marketing brand?

Re: St helens nickname................. : Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:13 pm  

Ski wrote:

I put it to you? Would you rather be Leeds Rugby with the affectionate local moniker the Loiners? Or the Rhino's as part of a marketing brand?

I voted for Loiners.... but its hard to argue with the relative success of the Rhinos brand.

Re: St helens nickname................. : Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:19 pm  

DoubleAone wrote:

I voted for Loiners.... but its hard to argue with the relative success of the Rhinos brand.

This I don't dispute. However, I feel that with the addition of things like Bulls and Rhinos, we somehow sold a part of our heritage.

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:48 pm  

Corrwst me if I am wrong, but wernt we called st helens saints for 1 season at the begining of the super league era?

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:50 pm  

Saint rob wrote:

Corrwst me if I am wrong, but wernt we called st helens saints for 1 season at the begining of the super league era?

Corrwsted!

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:14 pm  

Saint rob wrote:

Corrwst me if I am wrong, but wernt we called st helens saints for 1 season at the begining of the super league era?

NO

Re: St helens nickname................. : Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:21 pm  

Ski wrote:

This I don't dispute. However, I feel that with the addition of things like Bulls and Rhinos, we somehow sold a part of our heritage.

Agreed but the alternative was just having the heritage and no future IMHO

Re: St helens nickname................. : Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:24 pm  

DoubleAone wrote:

Agreed but the alternative was just having the heritage and no future IMHO

You don't feel Northern, Loiners and names of that ilk would have prospered under the changes?

: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:29 pm  

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