Super Rugby Jerseys
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@shark said in Super Rugby Jerseys:
I've got no issue with 'home' and 'away' or clash jerseys. In fact, on another jersey thread last year I advocated for (in a normal, full length season) an NBA-style City (Region?) Edition jersey as well.
My rationale for the latter is that this gives adidas and the franchises the opportunity to trot out the more unusual jerseys: eg non-traditional colours and the kind of 'braided rivers' patterns they plastered on the abominable Crusaders away jersey last year. In a full regular season of say 15 games, they could wear this perhaps twice. The 2021 Highlanders away jersey could fit this category well if it turns out it's some kind of ode to hunting and the outdoors or something.
I don't see any reason whatsoever why the home and away jerseys can't be simple inverted colour schemes. Canterbury use a black jersey as an alternate, as should the Crusaders. The Blues could go with dark blue and light blue, Canes yellow or black, Highlanders blue or maroon and the Chiefs who really cares (jokes, you grumpy little Chieftans: black or a yellow/red combo for you).
OR bring the franchise partners more into the alternate / away jersey. For the Highlanders this is super easy as the entire region consists of three teams and three colours so maroon with blue and gold trim or gold with maroon and blue trim. The Crusaders could use green, black and gold for South and Mid Canty, or a combo of blue, white and red which covers Ta$man/Nelson Bays/Marlborough/Buller/West Coast. The Blues have used a light blue which might be Cambridge Blue or is at least similar to it, so why not bring in some maroon and black? The Chiefs have multiple options here too with several partners they could honour, whilst it goes without saying that the canes go with an orange, white and blue number.
I love the length and thought to build the convincing back-story before... boom, the punchline.
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@Kruse said in Super Rugby Jerseys:
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby Jerseys:
@KiwiMurph if they really want to see then they should do what most Highlanders fans (that's ive talked too) would prefer and that's an Maroon away jersey
I'm not sure why this jersey (or similar) wasn't used again?
'Coz then anybody who owned that already, wouldn't be in the market for the new one?
I wasn't suggesting an exact replica but to use maroon as the main colour in an away/alternative jersey.
Some fans might buy every new SR jersey of their team but I bet the majority don't. The only Chiefs jersey I own is the 1996 heritage jersey that was released in 2019.
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@shark said in Super Rugby Jerseys:
OR bring the franchise partners more into the alternate / away jersey. For the Highlanders this is super easy as the entire region consists of three teams and three colours so maroon with blue and gold trim or gold with maroon and blue trim. The Crusaders could use green, black and gold for South and Mid Canty, or a combo of blue, white and red which covers Ta$man/Nelson Bays/Marlborough/Buller/West Coast. The Blues have used a light blue which might be Cambridge Blue or is at least similar to it, so why not bring in some maroon and black? The Chiefs have multiple options here too with several partners they could honour, whilst it goes without saying that the canes go with an orange, white and blue number.
ive always liked this idea
always felt the obvious choice for the Landers was Gold as it was common between our three feeder unions
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A better look at the new Blues away jersey -
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby Jerseys:
@KiwiMurph if they really want to see then they should do what most Highlanders fans (that's ive talked too) would prefer and that's an Maroon away jersey
Yuck. I wouldn't buy that - but then I wouldn't buy the latest one or last years. I would buy an Otago Raiders jersey though.
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby Jerseys:
Highlanders
IMO, the ugliest away outfit: they seem to have mixed green and black, to get some sort of grey-green colour for the collar, cuffs and shorts. In this photo it looks more grey, but having seen the other photos, it's definitely some kind of green. On instagram people describe it as cowshit green.
a closer looks...
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@booboo said in Super Rugby Jerseys:
There was no excuse for this. A simple email could've fixed it. It's not like it was a particularly warm evening and the Force would've benefited from wearing predominantly white.
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what with the aussies and loving blues jerseys? Brumbies, force and rebels all with a darker blue and the main colour and the tahs only a different shade
I know the brumbies have big chunk of white on theirs but blue at the top with some yellow stripes etc...
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@Kiwiwomble It's to show that they're "true blue, maaaaaaaaaaate."
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@booboo said in Super Rugby Jerseys:
This is good practice. All rugby fans need to put in their pre-season of administrative jersey incompetence.
Then when the true season rolls around it will be much more fun, if your not fuming at the dumb jerseys in April.
Personally, I'm a bit lazy with this pre-season stuff, though. I'll probably skip it. Will have to be prepared to be astonished when I find I'm watching 2 bland franchises in matching bland kits.
