WHEN the enthusiastic media release lobbed at 4.50pm on Monday, it appeared straight out of the Garry Hocking book. Hocking, the former Geelong AFL player, briefly changed his name to Whiskas as part of a promotion with the cat-food company.

On this occasion, Manly Warringah, one of the most successful Sydney NRL clubs in recent years, now wanted to be known as the Kaspersky Sea Eagles, in honour of their main sponsor, an internet security company whose headquarters are in Moscow, not Manly.

The following try is brought to you by ... Jamie Lyon on the run for the "Kaspersky Sea Eagles". Credit:Brendan Esposito

''In recognition of the strength of the relationship between the club and its principal partner, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles have adopted the Kaspersky Sea Eagles as their official title,'' the statement said. ''Kaspersky Lab have been a loyal and valued partner since joining the club in 2011.''

Given the sponsor's commitment until the end of 2015, it read, the team would ''also be referred to as the Kaspersky Sea Eagles''.