Fair enough.

I'm not deluded enough that I'm convinced it will work but I am optimistic and I think it's certainly worth a shot especially if we get certain people on board. Let's not forget it's sole aim isn't solely to trend but to provide a convenient hashtag for in game discussion. Enough people have expressed a desire for this that it may become the norm.

If it fails miserably, and there is a good chance it will, at least we'll have tried something and we can go back to using only #rugbyleague.



For those interested in the trial for the weekend we conducted a poll on a separate website over which hashtag people would like to use. The winner was #RLWarLee and #RLStsWig, using the Sky abbreviations of clubs. So it you're an in game tweeter why not try adding those tags on and seeing if we can get a good discussion going.

It's not all about the trending. Why bother using #WidnesRL or #WiganRL or anything if it seen as splitting up the tweets? If you're talking about the game then it makes sense that you have a game tag. #rugbyleague could take you to a whole host of things unrelated to the game in play.

People don't generally use #rugbyleague for in game comments. Some do but a lot don't. There have been a fair number of people who have liked the idea of using a specific game tag. In fact it was only an off comment on a separate forum that got people interested in the idea.

Like I've said previously there was opposition in Australia to splitting up #rugbyleague and #NRL for the same reasons. However, the in game tags have ended up surpassing the use of both of those tags. If the same happened over here we still might not trend very often but we would have a better in game discussion.

If it's not for your taste then that's fine, I don't want to come across like I'm forcing my opinion on anybody. I just think it's worth a shot.

Try following @internationalrl, my brother is helping to start it up and it is looking good but could do with some more followers. (also at internationalrugbyleague.webs.com/)

Try following @internationalrl, my brother is helping to start it up and it is looking good but could do with some more followers. (also at internationalrugbyleague.webs.com/)

If you want to know about ongoing games then how about using the #liverl tag that Love Rugby League and a few updating services use?

To be honest I always liked the #liverl tag and the way that Love Rugby League used it, it is what I used to update Widnes scores. However, it has not been widely used.

Update on the trial we have had a tweet supporting the use of #RLWarLee and #RLStsWig from RL World, John Drake, Andy Wilson, Gareth Walker, the fake Phil Clarke account and Dave Woods. Touching 10,000 RL followers on twitter. I've also received private e-mails from two other national journalists supporting the idea.

Ditto #rugbyleague