Munster's new "Special Edition" jersey

dulpit

From http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/9636.php:

Toyota and Munster Rugby have announced that the Munster team will be sporting special edition jerseys for their home Heineken Cup pool games at Thomond Park over the coming months.

And here is this special edition:



Shameless and horrible, nice one Toyota! :mad:

Burgo

Looks better than the Leinster H Cup jersey

nc6000

Burgo wrote: »

Looks better than the Leinster H Cup jersey

What Leinster H Cup jersey? There isn't one.

Amazotheamazing

That is a massively ugly jersey. The provinces have all gotten worse jerseys as professionalism has gone on.

11811

How is it "shameless" - Toyota pay for that spot, its fair enough that they change whats on it. Its the same as the standard jersey and is not going to be for sale. I've no problem with it tbh.

Burgo

nc6000 wrote: »

What Leinster H Cup jersey? There isn't one.

This was the one I was referring to.

phog

I dont like it but if it brings in a more sponsorship to the province then I say go for it, look at the Ospreys and some of the Italians gear, covered in sponorship.

Sabre0001

dulpit wrote: »

From http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/9636.php:



And here is this special edition:



Shameless and horrible, nice one Toyota! :mad:

Wait...That's real?! Thought it was a joke for a moment!

dulpit

11811 wrote: »

How is it "shameless" - Toyota pay for that spot, its fair enough that they change whats on it. Its the same as the standard jersey and is not going to be for sale. I've no problem with it tbh.

Shameless because of them lauding a new "special edition" shirt...

Kinger83

Burgo wrote: »

This was the one I was referring to.

That's the third kit, not an official Heineken Cup jersey. Hopefully they won't have to wear it too often. Though I do like it more after seeing it in the flesh..

thomond2006

Didn't Ireland do something similar with O2 for the England warm-up?



"O2 money"

wixfjord

I presume it says Drive Toyota with "pride and honesty" across the back?

Bit OTT imo.
At least it doesn't say money on the front though.

Honestly, rugby jerseys have gone to pot in the last few years. That Leinster third one is an abomination.

Mr.Applepie

wixfjord wrote: »

That Leinster third one is an abomination.

If the top half continued all the way down it would be nice. As it stands it's absolute gick! Why must Leinster have flashy white crap on all there Jerseys. Keep it simple and slap in some gold trim!

Aidric

Burgo wrote: »

:eek: the bottom of it looks like an x-ray chart.

vinny chase

Mr.Applepie wrote: »

If the top half continued all the way down it would be nice. As it stands it's absolute gick! Why must Leinster have flashy white crap on all there Jerseys. Keep it simple and slap in some gold trim!

Agreement. I didn't mind last season's version, but no fan of this one.

That said, that Munster one is truly awful as well!

Still not as bad as this one though:

Derfil

Burgo wrote: »

This was the one I was referring to.

That Leinster jersey is so horrible. The state of it. Who the f*ck designed that and worse still who ok'd it! What is going on with these jersey. I'd say a 10 year old would come up with a better design.

tolosenc

thomond2006 wrote: »

Didn't Ireland do something similar with O2 for the England warm-up?



"O2 money"

I think it actually saif "Q-Money" in an attempt to psyche out Quade Cooper...

Teferi

I actually think that the Leinster 3rd jersey is alright. I have a thing for manky jerseys though. Have a look at the USA Eagles 3rd jersey, it's a beautiful monstrosity.

On the Munster jersey, it will only be on it for 4 games which isn't much. It's ugly looking as hell but sure so are most Munster supporters

Obviously it's bringing in a bit more revenue and every little helps.

molloyjh

Not great looking, but I suppose it ain't the worst. I wouldn't like to see it becoming a trend though, this whole specific product placement thing. It could get a bit ridiculous.

The Leinster 3rd jersey isn't the HEC one either. Apparently all teams have to have 3 jersey options but Leinster will be using their 1st jersey as their official HEC one.

chris85

Ok since horrible jerseys are being discussed. Have a look at the Las Vegas rugby jersey.

http://www.lovell-rugby.co.uk/Rugby-Shirts/Tsunami/Las-Vegas-RFC-Alternate-2011-or-13-Rugby-Shirt-Multi

phog

Burgo wrote: »

This was the one I was referring to.

I haven't seen this one before but in this image it looks like the bottom half of the jersey got wet and the colour ran and then the kit man never ironed it before it being photographed.

Dont like it.

Minstrel27

vinny chase wrote: »

Still not as bad as this one though:

I quite like that

pajunior

I want that Las Vegas jersey

Trotter

A lot of people shelled out €60+ for the replica Munster jersey only a couple of months ago. Is it right that they go and change it then?

leakyboots

Trotter wrote: »

A lot of people shelled out €60+ for the replica Munster jersey only a couple of months ago. Is it right that they go and change it then?

I was under the impression it's a one-off for this match and the players' jerseys will be donated to charities so some good will come out of it.

wixfjord

leakyboots wrote: »

I was under the impression it's a one-off for this match and the players' jerseys will be donated to charities so some good will come out of it.

Nope, read the first line.

the Munster team will be sporting special edition jerseys for their home Heineken Cup pool games at Thomond Park over the coming months.

Three jerseys will be donated to charity.

Lets call a spade a spade here, it's a moneyspinner.

leakyboots

wixfjord wrote: »

Nope, read the first line.


Three jerseys will be donated to charity.

Lets call a spade a spade here, it's a moneyspinner.

Nope read the rest of the press release -

"The remaining seventeen jerseys will be donated to a charity which can then be used for fundraising for the selected organisation. Toyota will utilise its popular Facebook page platform as a facility for the public to nominate their charity of choice, during the month of February, with those picked at random being awarded the jerseys following the climax of the Heineken Cup pool stages in January.
....
The fact that charities will benefit from the donation of the 23 special edition jerseys after the Heineken Cup pool stage will hopefully mean that much needed funds can be raised for worthy causes at a difficult time of year for charities.”

I don't think anyone is in any doubt Toyota are hoping its a money-spinner for Toyota - that's what they pay their sponsorship money for. But at least some bit is going to charity. A charity very close to our family will be benefitting from Munster this year, long may it continue.

Oh - and I don't think it's doing the jersey any favours, looks horrible

wixfjord

leakyboots wrote: »

Nope read the rest of the press release -

"The remaining seventeen jerseys will be donated to a charity which can then be used for fundraising for the selected organisation. Toyota will utilise its popular Facebook page platform as a facility for the public to nominate their charity of choice, during the month of February, with those picked at random being awarded the jerseys following the climax of the Heineken Cup pool stages in January.
....
The fact that charities will benefit from the donation of the 23 special edition jerseys after the Heineken Cup pool stage will hopefully mean that much needed funds can be raised for worthy causes at a difficult time of year for charities.”

I don't think anyone is in any doubt Toyota are hoping its a money-spinner for Toyota - that's what they pay their sponsorship money for. But at least some bit is going to charity. A charity very close to our family will be benefitting from Munster this year, long may it continue.

Via Toyota's Facebook page. I see, so it's all for the greater good.

leakyboots

wixfjord wrote: »

Via Toyota's Facebook page. I see, so it's all for the greater good.

Did anyone say otherwise?

wixfjord

leakyboots wrote: »

Did anyone say otherwise?

No no, just my cynical marketing brain.
Shur fair play to Munster then in that case, the whole thing obviously for charity, and all the players will be driving hybrids in 2012.

leakyboots

wixfjord wrote: »

No no, just my cynical marketing brain.
Shur fair play to Munster then in that case, the whole thing obviously for charity, and all the players will be driving hybrids in 2012.

Bit of disappointment compared to the Barça players getting free Audis...

Podge_irl

Teferi wrote: »

On the Munster jersey, it will only be on it for 4 games which isn't much.

Optimistic :P

Podge_irl

Mr.Applepie wrote: »

If the top half continued all the way down it would be nice. As it stands it's absolute gick! Why must Leinster have flashy white crap on all there Jerseys. Keep it simple and slap in some gold trim!

If the top half continued all the way down it would be the same as last year's HEC jersey.

circos

Podge_irl wrote: »

If the top half continued all the way down it would be the same as last year's HEC jersey.

Which would have been perfect

europa11

Matter of time I suppose before this happens here



:eek:

Teferi

Podge_irl wrote: »

Optimistic :P

Haha, whoops. Still finding it hard to get over the World Cup I think.

freyners

Connacht HC jersey is unreal!!!




actually i now realise i probably misread the intent of this thread... just to clarify. i love this jersey, not hate and think its a brilliant strip

wixfjord

freyners wrote: »

Connacht HC jersey is unreal!!!

That's actually not bad. Lose the eagle and it's be a really nice geansai.

freyners

wixfjord wrote: »

That's actually not bad. Lose the eagle and it's be a really nice geansai.

nah eagle makes it..we have basically the same jersey without the eagle for rabo games but you can be guaranteed alot of people (including mise) will have bought that baby for the HC

Teferi

Yeah, I'm gonna grab that myself. It's delish.

bleg

Munster jersey is rotten. Here, have an even bigger ad on your second jersey.

kerrysdad

Sabre0001 wrote: »

Wait...That's real?! Thought it was a joke for a moment!

Lets hope the Saints don't stick it up our "Auris" next Saturday !!!

skregs

I just glanced at the jersey and I thought it said Toyota Hubris.

That'd well suited for a Munster jersey, I guess

Cormic

What is it with the Jersey's now. I know they are getting tighter for obvious reasons but why do the designs have to be so ugly.

Leinster in the last couple of years seem to have experimented with some really ugly patterns. The third kit shown above takes the biscuit. Until Leinster get their act together this will be the last jersey that I own:

Podge_irl

Is that an actual jersey?

The "classic" jersey they released a while back is very nice. Players don't wear it though.

molloyjh

Cormic wrote: »

What is it with the Jersey's now. I know they are getting tighter for obvious reasons but why do the designs have to be so ugly.

Leinster in the last couple of years seem to have experimented with some really ugly patterns. The third kit shown above takes the biscuit. Until Leinster get their act together this will be the last jersey that I own:

The 3rd jersey from last year that they wore for most of the HEC games was class. Some of the training and classic ones have been good too.

.ak

freyners wrote: »

Connacht HC jersey is unreal!!!




actually i now realise i probably misread the intent of this thread... just to clarify. i love this jersey, not hate and think its a brilliant strip

That's lahvley.

ambid

Burgo wrote: »

This was the one I was referring to.

Leinster wore that 3rd jersey at the A game against Ulster a couple of weeks ago. It looked better than I thought it would. It does look much better when you're looking at it from distance and when it's covered in mud...

Mr.Applepie

Podge_irl wrote: »

If the top half continued all the way down it would be the same as last year's HEC jersey.

I did say add some gold trim! Yeah I liked last year's HC jersey, I won't be purchasing that gick though

chris85

Mr.Applepie wrote: »

I did say add some gold trim! Yeah I liked last year's HC jersey, I won't be purchasing that gick though

Last years HC was good. Trying to find one somewhere to buy but cant.

eire4

dulpit wrote: »

From http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/9636.php:



And here is this special edition:



Shameless and horrible, nice one Toyota! :mad:

It's not that bad surely. Each to his own I guess.