Beaumont on BBC TV Breakfast

[DemonUK]

Surely its more about what you say than what you wear, especially when it comes to RL, we get little enough press as it is and that was a very good interview not just for Leigh but for the game in general.  Well done Derek

[tuutaisrambo]

Came across well and he should be applauded for his investment in the town and team.....Good luck to him.

I don't care how many shirts they sell or if they win the challenge cup and SL........That kit is the ugliest kit I've ever seen 

[overtheborder]

8 hours ago, JohnM said:

"could you imagine Leneghan or Davy"

Er.....yes..I did imagine it...not as good as Bowmunt, though.

Lenagan, though, is a different proposition to your Leneghan. Ok, he's not out at the front waving the flag for Wigan. He is, though, quitely competent, real long term business achievement record with real money.  

But Beemint is learning and as the club progresses, he'll be called on to find the skill needed to sustain success.

It's all good fun though.

To be fair if I'm not sure Lenegan or Davy would be the "faces" of their respective clubs in a similar situation - a few years ago you could have sent Anthony Gelling on for Wigan, he'd have made for some interesting TV!

[The Future is League]

9 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

Everything on the Web and the RL programmes and blogs seems to be Leigh and Mr Beaumont, true he is a larger than life Character but he is also charismatic and one of the most generous and good hearted men about and especially in RL circles.

The BBC have had an opportunity every year to promote the game in this manner but not had the people to put in front of the camera's to sell the game, could you imagine Leneghan or Davy from last year, they would have not got peoples interest.

Got to feel for Mr Hudgell he will be the bridesmaid of the two owners at thd final, now the Leigh team have got to go out and do it, and not let HKR do the talking for their boss.

Actually this is Mr Peters motivation right here, all the spotlights and expectation is on Leigh let's go out and spoil their day.

Degsy generally gets the game positive column inches something the game desperately needs

[The Future is League]

9 hours ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:

He did a brilliant job, got a lot of the keynotes in - not just about the final, and the stories around it, but the game more broadly. That's no accident. Well prepared, clear objective to communicate and sell. I've prepped a load of business people for TV and radio spots and that was a 10/10. 

The game needs more Derek Beaumonts. 

100% the game needs more like him

Perhaps the RFL could find him a part time job along with his own business in their marketing department. He would certainly shake things up for sure

[JohnM]

10 hours ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:

To be fair to Ian he's quite a good communicator in all situations too, can't speak for Mr Davy. There's many styles. 

 

That's not what Neil's interested in, or what he's ever seen his role at with Rovers. He's not that kind of leader. He just wanted Rovers to survive, and had the resilience to do the hard yards to re-build the club slowly. That's why he's the right bloke to save the lives of hundreds of Postmasters who'd had them ruined by the Post Office. More than a decade of grind, but did it in the end. Horses for courses eh. If I needed to sell something quick, I'd hire Derek. If I needed someone to stick with me for years, and help me back up, I'd call Neil Hudgell. 

 

I agree in that Lenagan is a good communicator. Not so sure about Leneghan (sic) though.

[StandOffHalf]

Nice segment. Good on him!

Hudgell is playing the silent spoiler to Degsy's charismatic personality.

Glad that two such men who have given so much to their respective clubs get to walk them out at Wembley.

Not a fan of the jerseys for the final, but they are certainly different to the traditional red and white!

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

1 hour ago, JohnM said:

I agree in that Lenagan is a good communicator. Not so sure about Leneghan (sic) though.

I said he was, I didn’t say my written communication skills were any betterer than the next man [sic]

[Padge]

6 hours ago, Gomersall said:

That’s neat

That's neat.

I...

[Damien]

That was a fantastic interview.  Beaumont speaks really well and his enthusiasm for Leigh and the game really comes over.

[JohnM]

39 minutes ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:

I said he was, I didn’t say my written communication skills were any betterer than the next man [sic]

It's Harry wot mentioned someone called Leneghan, whoever he may be.

[ehbandit]

Watched this today. It was very good.

 

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

20 minutes ago, JohnM said:

It's Harry wot mentioned someone called Leneghan, whoever he may be.

We’ve now established I can’t read nor comprehend either

[Harry Stottle]

11 minutes ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:

We’ve now established I can’t read nor comprehend either

Me neither, apparently it was me wot mentioned him.

[Adelaide Tiger]

6 hours ago, ehbandit said:

Watched this today. It was very good.

 

Just watched it as well.  A well put together piece.  Best of luck to both teams tomorrow.

 

[Saint Toppy]

15 hours ago, The Future is League said:

Perhaps the RFL could find him a part time job along with his own business in their marketing department. He would certainly shake things up for sure

Hell no !!!

He may be generating media interest but it isn't always a good thing. The whole leopards branding looks cheap & tacky and a grown man prancing round in his pussy suit looking like one of Bet Lynch's cast off's isn't a good look.

RL has a bad enough image problem as it is outside the heartlands without being made to look tacky and amateurish.

[Andrewj]

32 minutes ago, Saint Toppy said:

Hell no !!!

He may be generating media interest but it isn't always a good thing. The whole leopards branding looks cheap & tacky and a grown man prancing round in his pussy suit looking like one of Bet Lynch's cast off's isn't a good look.

RL has a bad enough image problem as it is outside the heartlands without being made to look tacky and amateurish.

Still not got over the semi then I guess !!

[JohnM]

15 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

Me neither, apparently it was me wot mentioned him.

Aye...it wer.

[JohnM]

18 hours ago, The Future is League said:

100% the game needs more like him

Perhaps the RFL could find him a part time job along with his own business in their marketing department. He would certainly shake things up for sure

He's a salesman, not a marketing guy. He's doing a great job of selling Leigh to the Leigh catchment. That cannot be denied. 

[Saint Toppy]

2 hours ago, Andrewj said:

Still not got over the semi then I guess !!

Look back to the pre-season threads, I said I thought the rebranding was cheap & tacky back then and its got steadily worse with Beaumont & his pussy suit

[The Future is League]

43 minutes ago, JohnM said:

He's a salesman, not a marketing guy. He's doing a great job of selling Leigh to the Leigh catchment. That cannot be denied. 

He gets the game positive column inches. Not many people are doing that in the game at the moment

[JohnM]

9 hours ago, The Future is League said:

He gets the game positive column inches. Not many people are doing that in the game at the moment

Even if that were true, column inches isn't marketing. The guys is a salesman and doing a good jod of it too. To translate him into some sort of professional marketing wizard is to misunderstand him.

[Dunbar]

Another piece on the BBC.  As I have said before, you wouldn't get me in a leopard print car but he is certainly making Rugby League more visible. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-league/66474010

[gingerjon]

54 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

Another piece on the BBC.  As I have said before, you wouldn't get me in a leopard print car but he is certainly making Rugby League more visible. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-league/66474010

Degsy and his leopard print seems to have been the only thing to really cut through so I'll happily take him prancing him about and getting eyeballs when the only alternative is invisibility.

[meast]

Time for him to take a back seat and stop making it about him.

Interesting article

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/derek-beaumont-leigh-leopards-challengecup-30705840