for rugby league. By calling ourselves rugby league it's helping rugby (union), do you know that the US sevens comp. call themselves the RFL? And I've seen evidence to suggest that RU used the phrase, "we're the real rugby, why do you need two rugby codes in Holland", when the Dutch government stopped funding RL.

We call ourselves rugby in northern England, and football or footy in Australia, and league is parts of NZ, and Wales. In 1922 when the phrase RL was announced, they said we'll come up with another name soon, well, how long is "soon"?

Georgballfans.com not quite got the same ring to it has it!

If it's taken nearly 100 years to come up with Georg(e)ball then I'd estimate it's going to take about 500 years.

Nice to see you scattering a range of stupid ideas around a variety of different RL message boards. That way you don't look a troll........ oh wait

I like the name Rugby League.

I only wish Sky would use it, instead of referring to our sport as "Super League" all the time.

This was discussed in last years RFL review of the game. I have noticed sky seem to say RL a lot more this year to be fair but I guess the SL brand was a vital part of rebranding the sport.

Super League would be alright if no other sport called themselves Super League, but loads of different leagues around the world have started using the term, and even a couple of women's sports in England are using it. I thought there would have bn a copyright issue regarding it. But it seems obvious that we should look for another name.

We were dumb ass for allowing union to take the name "rugby" (sic)

In England the media call it SL, in Oz and NZ NRL. No wonder no one knows what the game is!

for decades the sport has being run by narrow minded, backwards thinking bumpkins with about as much brain power/nous as a class of nursery kids.
It's hardly suprising the sport is in the crocked shape it is compared to a much 'lesser' sport such as union.
The sad thing is we won't ever recover now, it's too late, we had out chances in the 80s and 90s and ballsed it up something chronic, we'll always be also rans, always be a poor sport and always be run by idiots.

What were these chances we missed?

Leagueball is my preferred option. Works on so many levels...

Fans are "leaguies".
Players are "leaguers".
Identifiable with the current name of the sport.
Drops "rugby" so we can move on!

I'm starting to think OzWelsh isn't your real name. I think it might be George Ball.