Surely this is a wind up and great marketing scheme?!

It can’t be true with how amateurish the whole presentation was.

The bad photoshop of the players, the explanation of the owner liking leopards, it being a picture of a jaguar from Google.

Surely not true.

So much buzz and publicity about it the actual rebrand will be class.

Some great and honest opinion expressed on here. I was at the launch - it was very professional. It was also explained that things had been a bit rushed to get the new name to the RFL for the fixture list, ie dont want fixtures saying Centurions coming out with a bottle of tippex, and the brochure only went to print that morning 1.30am, and the squad hadn't had the photo shoot yet.
Over the next few days I hope we play around with Cherry and White on the home shirt and liven up the badge, but everything else made me very proud to be a Leyther and motivated to support the vision of the future.
Can't wait for 2023

Don't think there is anything wrong with the name change. Would have just done a redesign of the centurions brand myself, but no problem with the Leigh Leopards think it will have more traction with younger fans. Think the badge needs a bit of work, be good to have a more fierce Leopard and some mire dynamic typography, think a stronger badge would help drive the brand. Shirt wise think we need options that have the cherry and white, black and white probably good for magic weekend. May be good to swap the Jaguar for a Leopard and would keep the back clean. These are all tweaks that can be made given a bit more time season doesn't start til Feb 2023 so we have some time to take onboard fan feedback. Understand we are not RL fans favourite team that is what comes of being a smaller team that disrupts the status quo at times, Can't see what is so bad about the name, we have tigers, wolves, rhinos, wildcats, bulls why not leopards.

Both Leopards & jaguars are Panthers which we already have. Americans also, wrongly, sometimes use Panthers to mean Cougars (which we also have - and which has a negative association with women of a certain age with certain needs).

Cornwall have been taking it up their Choughs all year.

Thank goodness, bearing in mind our head coach and one of our halves, we didn't go with Leigh Lam(b)s!

All said and done, Bongser would rather be a Leigh Leopard than a Wigan Cheetah! Spelling here is atrocious.

Now that a few days have past I'm more than happy with the re-brand countless digs from wolves , warriors and even a wildcat being a leopard doesn't even sound strange anymore I've even found myself defending the shirt but that's more a case of sticking up for Leigh than actually liking it, the flak and negativity will subside and we,LL be ready to jump on the ride of a great season , even the headlines after the 1st win wil be gold- ie leopards show their teeth leapards give a mauling ( maybe not that one )etc I'm sure the writers know what their doing ! Either way I for one am counting the days down already.

If we lose, a leopard can't change it's spots.

And the good news keeps on coming.
Leigh Leopards have announced a merger with the Leigh Rangers Ladies team, with the new team retaining all the staff and players currently in the Rangers setup in their current roles. They will also take up the Rangers position in SL 2 for next season.
This is a another huge positive, and another box ticked in the IMG re-imaging of rugby league.
(I have also read in an unofficial comment, that the new member/season ticket packages may include entry to the games.)

Vanners, you live a few more streets away from LSV than Bongser does. How is it you hear everything sooner?

I am on the clubs email list from way back and I started creeping around on Facebook occasionally. (I even post the odd comment but don’t know, and don’t want to know how to do more than that). I am careful to try fact check as best as possible before believing everything on Facebook or passing it on. I will however never break a confidence or claim to have an inside angle.
If you haven’t heard it yet, I would encourage everyone to listen to Derek's interview on BBC Radio Manchester, which believe was today (Sunday) and should still be available on the app I read. He talks about the time being right for the change, how and why the badge, shirt and monochrome colours are not the finished article and how reaction to those (badge, shirt, colours) is being constantly monitored as part of the final decisions yet to be made. He also talks about how we will set the standard for game day experience this coming season.
Having just spent last weekend in Seattle at a Washington Huskies College Football game (50k plus) and then a Seattle Seahawks football game (70k plus), the game day experience is an essential part of bringing in the crowds. The game itself is not a patch on our great game, but the game day experience is something to behold. The city buzzes, bars are packed, and the whole day is a party. A huge boost commercially for the whole city.

Keep Elvis!

On last night’s interview on Radio Manchester Derek seemed to have recognised the furore about the team’s colours and emphasised the launch had to be rushed due to the release of fixtures next week. But he did not acknowledge the
shirt has a Jaguar on it rather than a leopard. For an example of how to market his favourite animal he should look at Villeneuve Leopards RLFC. website.

He knows exactly what’s on the shirt. It’s called marketing. He must be paying a fortune for it.

Quote ="CHEADLE LEYTHER"........For an example of how to market his favourite animal he should look at Villeneuve Leopards RLFC. website.'" The plot thickens; Villeneuve Leopards have a Puma on their shirts! Switch to the frontal shot: https://www.classicrugbyshirts.com/2000 ... 6497-p.asp

Quote ="CHEADLE LEYTHER"........For an example of how to market his favourite animal he should look at Villeneuve Leopards RLFC. website.'" The plot thickens; Villeneuve Leopards have a Puma on their shirts! Switch to the frontal shot: https://www.classicrugbyshirts.com/2000 ... 6497-p.asp

What constitutes a Leopard then??!!

Morning Chayders. Please see the now clarified Puma post.

Leopards are mainly from Africa. Their bigger cousin, the Jaguar is S American and has such big fangs and powerful jaws that it can bite through carapaces - to it tortoises are crusty pies. Its spots (rosettes) are also larger.

Let's just put a F@nny on the shirt, and rebrand us the Leigh Pussy's!

Why do they use 2 different fonts for Leigh and Leopards?

Leigh Centurions was the same.

These are all drafts of different logo variations.

I think Derek is putting them out for feedback, but he says they have decided to go with the same font for both words in a final one. These are more about colours, etc.

OK, if the font thing has been addressed then that's fine, it was beginning to irk my pedantic ways.

Now just to centre the text.

I'm must say I'm surprised Leigh Lepers hasn't taken hold as much as variations on a big cat.

Still given how people online have pivoted between epidemiology and economic expertise over the past few years, all those other fans with sage opinions about the genus Panthera.

Still, if we played winter rugby we could have gone with Snow Leopards.

Folk keep taking a pop at us because of our new name yet the publicity is very good , tonight in the PNG v Cook Islands game , both our Club and Derek got a mention , plenty publicity .

won't make a shred of difference.

What tangible outcomes will really come from Leigh Leopards getting a mention at the PNG vs Cook Islands game?

I was only stating that what has happened with the re branding and other changes has got the RL world talking about Leigh Leopards , a lot of negative comments have been made , but I feel more positive comments have been made .
I’ve watched Leigh since 1962 and seen a few names ,Comics , Bears , Centurions , and now Leopards , theywilla,ways be Leigh to me , again my comment was just the observation of how Derek has got the RL world talking about our Club .

Did your brain not engage with the commentators?

Agreed 100% Charlie.
And to Nathan I will say, the rebrand package (because it is so much more than just a name) has already brought a 6 figure sponsorship of the main shirt and retained the originally planned sponsor who agreed to sponsor all training gear instead, at the same pound point as originally planned.
IMG has stated that clubs need to up be financially strong, increase revenue and, increase awareness of the brand and social media presence.