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But neither Welsby nor Mitchell are starting full backs in international rugby league, which was the point being made.

What's the contact number?

Does anyone know if it's possible to pick up printed copies of tickets from the ticket office?

That doesn't stack up. The leopard print Big Bash shirt and Derek's repeated wearing of his leopard print sweatshirt were claimed to be hints designed to est the water. Clearly, the re-branding as Leigh Leopards had been in the works since - at the very least - the Big Bash weekend.

He's not a marketing genius, no.

Probably because it's a better idea to focus on the grassroots element and drive investment into the formation of amateur clubs/league structures. People interrsted in the sport promarily need somewhere to play; the professional sports club can come later. And if and when professional sports clubs are founded, name them after places rather than areas.

Perhaps they would - no one can please everyone. But at least it'd have been done properly. We owe that to the sport.

This is pretty much it. The problem isn't the rebrand as such (I'm not particularly keen on the Leopards name but it is what it is). The problem is the unprofessional and chaotic execution of it. People might think it's an irrelevance or it might not bother them personally but this is professional sport and these things really do matter.

I know practically nothing about design but even I can tell the world Leigh is off centre. I think someone posted (either on here or on Twitter) that this rebrand had resulted in them discovering the full depth of the word amateur. I can only concur.

Thank f*ck for that. It'd be really embarrassing if we didn't have the right animal's anus on the back of the shirt.

And that's all that matters, isn't it? Who cares that the "rebrand" humiliates the club, and by extension the town, as long as it means there's more money coming in. The irony is that despite the club supposedly generating more income it's actually been cheapened.

"Whatever it is"

"Talked about" is one way of phrasing it. "Derided and ridiculed" is another, more accurate, way.

There has to be an actual, genuine rebrand behind it the initial PR stunt.

Surely that part has to be a wind up?

I'd missed this gem: a mascot made by the creators of the mascots for the US TV show The Masked Singer, with illuminating eyes.

One thing I've learned today - Clip Art still exists.

The irony is that the pisstake rebrands are genuinely better than the real one.

Yes it has. It's got people talking about how comically it is.

Pretty much this.

I'm enjoying this. Wales have been great value so far.

Having no concession ticket option for the over 65s and no option to select which seat people want to purchase is very poor.

A belting contest that really lived up to the hype. (A slight grumble that it was on BBC Three rather than Two)

I hope it lives up to its potential as it has the ingredients to be a brilliant contest.

No Taumalolo for this one (or the next).