[Other Sport] Saxons OUT

[Is it PotG?]

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12504/12303602/england-saxons-to-be-renamed-england-a-by-rfu-as-better-representation-of-our-team

 

[Insel affe]

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12504/12303602/england-saxons-to-be-renamed-england-a-by-rfu-as-better-representation-of-our-team

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Oh Dear, I guess we should think about changing the countys name then, Northumberland and the others with connections to their past will soon follow suit.

I am sorry, I think of myself as progressive, but I really do not get why we cannot reach back in history and be proud of our roots, christ sake Saxons were immigrants.

 

[Gwylan]

It was a terrible name: it was a terrible name in 2016 and I'm still shocked it was chosen in the first place. I suspect it was chosen to wind up the Welsh but (to use the current jargon) the optics were awful.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Seems a bit anti German

 

[Icy Gull]

It was a terrible name: it was a terrible name in 2016 and I'm still shocked it was chosen in the first place. I suspect it was chosen to wind up the Welsh but (to use the current jargon) the optics were awful.

Is that a problem then?

 

[Hugo Rune]

The Angles have been banging on about this injustice for centuries and centuries. And don’t even mention the Jutes! Thank goodness we are finally recognising our diversity.

 

[beorhthelm]

The Angles have been banging on about this injustice for centuries and centuries. And don’t even mention the Jutes! Thank goodness we are finally recognising our diversity.

we try not to.

 

[Butch Willykins]

Oh dear. Wait till they find out about The Barbarian's.

 

[Yoda]

The Angles have been banging on about this injustice for centuries and centuries. And don’t even mention the Jutes! Thank goodness we are finally recognising our diversity.

That's acute one

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Oh Dear, I guess we should think about changing the countys name then, Northumberland and the others with connections to their past will soon follow suit.

I am sorry, I think of myself as progressive, but I really do not get why we cannot reach back in history and be proud of our roots, christ sake Saxons were immigrants.

North Humber Land is land north of the Humber.

Where’s the reference to Caledonia or Vikings?

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Oh dear. Wait till they find out about The Barbarian's.

The Barbarian’s what ?

 

[carlzeiss]

As Sussex is derived from the South Saxons maybe it is time for the name of the 2 counties to be renamed to reflect the diversity of the current residents

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Given that the same faces turn up on these threads every time, some kind of WhatsApp group would be easier.

 

[el punal]

Oh Dear, I guess we should think about changing the countys name then, Northumberland and the others with connections to their past will soon follow suit.

I am sorry, I think of myself as progressive, but I really do not get why we cannot reach back in history and be proud of our roots, christ sake Saxons were immigrants.

I wonder what the thoughts are on Rugby’s Middlesex Sevens tournament?

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

Given that the same faces turn up on these threads every time, some kind of WhatsApp group would be easier.

Bit boring as it's probably only 2 people with 3 or 4 NSC accounts each.

 

[Questions]

Whatever it is I’m against it.

 

[Bakero]

These days if you say you're a Saxon, you get arrested and thrown in jail.

 

[wellquickwoody]

It was a terrible name: it was a terrible name in 2016 and I'm still shocked it was chosen in the first place. I suspect it was chosen to wind up the Welsh but (to use the current jargon) the optics were awful.

The optics, WTF?

 

[Driver8]

The optics, WTF?

 

[wellquickwoody]

Given that the same faces turn up on these threads every time, some kind of WhatsApp group would be easier.

Best you start it off then