Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 9:30 pm  

So what is the consensus on here? Is this real? A lot on Twitter are saying it's blatantly not, quoting certain social media not being updated as they have time limits for changes, i.e they wouldn't be able to change it back, so they've not done it on those platforms.

It seems on the edge of believability, could be either.

Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 9:42 pm  

Dick Jones wrote:

No red and white home kit this year

I don't mind the rebrand to Leopards . I can understand the reason for that but you can't change a team's colours and expect the fans to just accept it. We have always been cherry and white and always will be no matter what.

The leopard skin kit just makes me chuckle. We look like a team of 70s porn stars in that get up!! lol

I will just continue to wear my cherry and white shirt and I expect a lot more supporters will be doing. I think DB will have to do a big U-turn on that gaffe.

Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 9:54 pm  

In the end it is just marketing. We are Leigh Rugby League Club. Centurions had been around a while but again was just marketing. Leigh Leopards should land with younger fans. Sure Red and white will appear again. They are trying to change the persecution of the club on and off the field. If we get traction in SL and stay up everyone will get onboard with the rebrand.

Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:07 pm  

“Je déteste les léopards!”

Seems people are laughing at our rebranding. Bongser is with WYSIWYG that the Centurions suffix was outdated and needed to go, at the naissance of an exciting new era for Leyth.

In The Edge tonight after work and belly aching about it being a slow news day (Liz falling on her gladius was not really news), then the younger Bongsette WhatsApped to ask for thoughts on Leigh Leopards. Initial scurry for gen then a composing of thoughts for the following ramble.

The quotation at the top of said is from Napoleon Bonaparte. 1066 and all that, the standard of the Norman conquerors was trois léopards. It continued to be so into the time of Richard, Cœur de lion (Lionheart) and beyond, surviving long enough to reach the badges of English representative sports teams. They were clearly still stylised leopards into the ‘60s. Then they started to ‘morph into lions (perhaps because of “Lionheart”, maybe the “Lion & the Unicorn” rhyme?). Certainly because of dumbing down: it was reported to Bongser in ‘96 that one of the Red Tops (The Sun? - can’t recall) had “helpfully” published the lyrics to a certain Skinner & Baddiel song doing the rounds at the time; it included:

“Three LINES on a shirt…”

Fitting in with OMG bestial proposals? Leopards are smaller than (Swinton) Lions and (Castleford) Tigers, smaller than the, now defunct, (Coventry) Bears and (Leeds) Rhinos. What about “Leigh Leviathans” - bigger than all animals, feared by all humankind and two As in it already so no accidental ones in “Centurians.”

Certain other reports do concern Bongser. A LEOPARD CAN’T CHANGE TO STRIPES!!!

This party will be wearing Cherry & White HOOPS next season!

Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:08 pm  

Indeed, the nickname is transitory, we are simply Leigh and with it too goes the names.

We can all play detective. So what if FaceBook means you can't change your name back until after 7 days. The season is still a while away, plenty of time to change it back.

The twitter handle is now @LeighRLFC_

It was previously @LeighCenturions (which, if they are smart that should have registered with a separate email to atleast keep hold of the handle) but it isn't "LeighLeopards"

It's been quite the fortnight for u-turns, and you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:30 pm  

Can take or leave the new name. Wouldn't have been calling for it but on reflection I have no really strong affinity to the Centurions moniker either. I'm 31 and although I've always loved the club, those years as Centurions have seen basically zero success outside of the Championship.

It feels as a club that we are turning a corner and if we were ever going to rebrand then now is the time.

Far more interested in the team on the pitch than anything else and I am more than happy with the announcements on that front. Ipape, Lam, Hardaker, Ferguson, Asiata and Leutele gives us some serious strike power for the season ahead. Aaron Smith seemingly on board too is an astute signing and shows we aren't just about the flair and fan fare type players. Mellor, Smith, Wardle and Amone are guys that will just get on with the job and deliver consistently good rugby

Not what I thought I'd be saying at the start of the day but... Up the Leopards!

Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:37 pm  

Only issue I do have is I don't think we should give up the Cherry and White home kit. Those are the Leigh colours and I would struggle to come to terms with anything else.

Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:38 pm  

S'pose it's better than Leigh Lemmings if the marketers/schmarketers are touching themselves over alliteration.

Leyth Lobbygobblers?

Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:42 pm  

Deeeekos wrote:

https://indd.adobe.com/view/3d3e261d-1fa5-41de-8aee-f89dad654e96

I think the growl from the Leopard was sampled from my bathroom sink...

The logo looks somewhat professional, but that kit looks like an absolute joke in all honesty. And part of me thinks that this is actually still a joke for marketing. Alliteration works for teams like Bradford, Wigan and Warrington. Leigh Leopards just doesn't sound right at all.

I think the current logo needed a slight revamp, but it looks quite good as all white on a red background. Rebranding is understandable, I get that, but you just know when something doesn't look or sound right, and I this is one of those times.

I'd suggest the Leigh Radfords, or the Leigh Briers as potentially better names.

Re: Leigh Leopards : Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:58 pm  

Leigh van Donkombak?