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Re: League One : Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:04 pm  
It's a shame for Cornwall that the 'Stadium for Cornwall' is struggling to get off the ground with funding. This was planned to be a 10k stadium in Truro which is the biggest town and be shared by Truro football and Cornish Pirates.

Traditionally Cornwall struggles with having decent stadiums and as others have already mentioned travel times can be long down winding roads.
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Re: League One : Wed Nov 03, 2021 3:16 pm  
If you launched a competition to determine the least logistically feasible place to place a Rugby League team, then Cornwall would be top 10 if not first. Its so utterly absurd that even for our tin-pot sport I'm astonished.

I've often wondered why established RU clubs haven't considered launching their own sister side in League. For a modest investment they could sweat their primary stadium asset year round and potentially tap into new player markets.
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Re: League One : Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:23 pm  
I would of thought Ornery Optimist and silent h would of been all over this with enthusiasm but it's mighty quite from their side :wink:
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Re: League One : Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:42 pm  
Coventry Bears have "rebranded" as Midlands Hurricanes.
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Re: League One : Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:59 pm  
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Coventry Bears have "rebranded" as Midlands Hurricanes.


Is the mindset really that if you stick a broader geographical area in your team name you magically widen the appeal? I'm sceptical but Bradford have proposed something fairly similar in a letter to season ticket holders. The rebrand will see us be named the "Bradford and most of western Europe apart from France Bulls".
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Re: League One : Wed Nov 03, 2021 5:05 pm  
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Is the mindset really that if you stick a broader geographical area in your team name you magically widen the appeal? I'm sceptical but Bradford have proposed something fairly similar in a letter to season ticket holders. The rebrand will see us be named the "Bradford and most of western Europe apart from France Bulls".


I too am sceptical about wether these regional names work, but it depends on the region
Catalans have successfully tapped into the Catalan independence spirit. I can see Cornwall working as a brand as they too have strong independence feelings. But I'm not sure that applies to the Midlands, people generally tend to say they are from Birmingham, Coventry, West Brom etc not the region as a whole, and they don't demand independence as far as I know!

The Welsh club rebrands have been a mess, I've lost track who the Raiders or Ironmen are and where they play.
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Re: League One : Wed Nov 03, 2021 6:55 pm  
To be fair, the Coventry rebrand is on the back of a decent amount of new investment
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Re: League One : Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:07 pm  
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To be fair, the Coventry rebrand is on the back of a decent amount of new investment

There can be buckets of cash, but unless they've a plan to do anything other than move a few games to different stadiums and hand out free tickets, it'll go th3 way of London.
Starting with schools visits and coaching sessions, along with inviting The Whole Family" to a game and then keeping in touch, asking for feedback, sending fan-packs with a hat/t-shirt.....look at the wedge wasps spent when they moved.....hundreds of thousands and they're still struggling with gates.

It's one thing having cash.....but knowing how and when to spend it is a totally different thing.
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Re: League One : Thu Nov 04, 2021 12:13 am  
Kevs Head wrote:
Coventry Bears have "rebranded" as Midlands Hurricanes.


:lol: :lol:
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Re: League One : Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:46 am  
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There can be buckets of cash, but unless they've a plan to do anything other than move a few games to different stadiums and hand out free tickets, it'll go th3 way of London.
Starting with schools visits and coaching sessions, along with inviting The Whole Family" to a game and then keeping in touch, asking for feedback, sending fan-packs with a hat/t-shirt.....look at the wedge wasps spent when they moved.....hundreds of thousands and they're still struggling with gates.

It's one thing having cash.....but knowing how and when to spend it is a totally different thing.


Possibly you know more on investment than a new Club in Cornwall? Care to share?
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