Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:47 am  

Wheels wrote:

Stobart offered a million pounds worth of Europe-wide advertising instead, which is much better than £750k of anyones money.

The RFL rang engage last Wednesday to ask permission to use the post protectors this weekend. I imagine they are sorting out someone else to sponsor the new ones. Heinz tins or Iron Bru cans maybe?

Lets hope the RFL have got it all in hand! Think it would be better for clubs to sort out sponsorship of post protectors themselves, could tie in with local sponsors or main sponsor.

[Wheels]

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:53 am  

king benny wrote:

Lets hope the RFL have got it all in hand! Think it would be better for clubs to sort out sponsorship of post protectors themselves, could tie in with local sponsors or main sponsor.

Not a bad shout.

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:03 pm  

king benny wrote:

Lets hope the RFL have got it all in hand! Think it would be better for clubs to sort out sponsorship of post protectors themselves, could tie in with local sponsors or main sponsor.

They do (or did). But Sky games have always had the SL sponsors on the pads.

At the moment though, I do agree you wouldn't really know it was the Stobart SL. They don't have the blanket sponsor coverage that previous sponsors have had. If it gets us more money in the end, then it's a good deal really!

A bit shoddy though that we haven't managed to sort out post pads though. Plain ones would have been better than using last year's sponsored ones!

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:21 pm  

Wellsy13 wrote:

They do (or did). But Sky games have always had the SL sponsors on the pads.

At the moment though, I do agree you wouldn't really know it was the Stobart SL. They don't have the blanket sponsor coverage that previous sponsors have had. If it gets us more money in the end, then it's a good deal really!

A bit shoddy though that we haven't managed to sort out post pads though. Plain ones would have been better than using last year's sponsored ones!

Didn't know that, presumed when someone said rhinos had engage pads on last night the RFL supplied them!

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:47 pm  

Cas have PROBIZ on our pads.

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:12 pm  

Clubs are waiting for Stobart branding I've been told today

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:19 pm  

justarugbyfan wrote:

Clubs are waiting for Stobart branding I've been told today

Im actually not really surprised. I mean, the whole deal seamed to be done too close to the season and it's not something that you can produce over night and get shipped out. Although, you would have hoped they could have rushed a few through for the Sky games