ninearches wrote:I think the Robins has been HKR nickname for many years .When i was a kid , Hull were the Airlie Birds ,Leeds the Loiners , Huddersfield Fartown, Widnes the Chemics. Salford were called the Red Devils even before a neighbouring football team hijacked the tag.
Not forgetting Wakefield Trinity.
Remember when Halifax (traditionally nicknamed 'Fax' in typical blunt Yorkshire fashion), ridiculously opted to call themselves Halifax Blue Sox? That was a low point.