2013/2014 Rugby Jerseys thread

Morf · 28-07-2013 02:43AM

Is the new Wallabies jersey on sale in Dublin?

I quite like the look of it but I'd like to see it in person.

awec · 28-07-2013 03:20PM

Morf wrote: »

JustinDee when he was here said the test version of the Irish jersey wasn't really much like the actual jerseys the players wore so I'm not entirely sure if the same goes for the Leinster jerseys.

The test jersey I got in 2008 in the tin had the tag-line "the same as the players wear" but they haven't used any marketing ploys like that since.

They are a tighter fit and a different kind of fabric and the thick sleeve seems are different (possibly the neck too, I didn't look too closely at that when I saw it in person today) but I honestly can't tell you if they are identical to what the players wear.

When you say tighter fit, do you mean actually skin tight? Like, will they be skin tight on someone who isn't built like a tank?

Some Yoke · 28-07-2013 03:33PM

The new leinster jerseys look like subliminal advertising for Mach 3 razors or something with those lines

pickarooney · 28-07-2013 06:14PM

awec wrote: »

When you say tighter fit, do you mean actually skin tight? Like, will they be skin tight on someone who isn't built like a tank?

You might want to look into this model, awec
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awec · 28-07-2013 06:23PM

pickarooney wrote: »

You might want to look into this model, awec

I do cycle myself, well accustomed to wearing tight lycra.

Morf · 28-07-2013 06:45PM

awec wrote: »

When you say tighter fit, do you mean actually skin tight? Like, will they be skin tight on someone who isn't built like a tank?

Depends on your build really. If you were very slim it might still be a bit loose on you but it is tighter and more elastic kind of material than the pro jersey.

molloyjh · 29-07-2013 10:32AM

awec wrote: »

When you say tighter fit, do you mean actually skin tight? Like, will they be skin tight on someone who isn't built like a tank?

I wouldn't exactly be a big fella by any stretch, but the OH did get me one of the Leinster training jerseys a couple of years ago that weren't on public sale and I've worn it a few times. The phrase "wet suit" has been used.

DerTierarzt · 29-07-2013 11:55AM

Lot of things pointing towards BLK perhaps taking the mantle from outgoing Puma for the Ireland contract. Their southern hemisphere stuff is fairly good (Brumbies and Rebels), they also supply Edinburgh and have branched into Connacht (pity, they were onto a good thing with last season's jerseys).

International-wise, they supply Fiji and Samoa.

Only thing I'll say is, they seem fairly decal-happy, it'd be fairly hilarious if they were to wrap a shamrock motif around the side of the jersey or something.

LeeroyJones · 29-07-2013 12:07PM

I would be quite upset if BLK took the Ireland contract

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience · 29-07-2013 12:10PM

Do not like those jerseys at all. Really tacky looking

Pudsy33 · 29-07-2013 12:11PM

I think they're great jerseys tbh. Don't think the Irish one would be as mad as those though, it'll be simple.

DerTierarzt · 29-07-2013 01:27PM

Keatley tweeted Munster's new training gear, not half bad!

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P_1 · 29-07-2013 01:29PM

Bloody hell, swap the Stag for the Harp and that would be a very acceptable Leinster home/away combo

molloyjh · 29-07-2013 01:39PM

P_1 wrote: »

Bloody hell, swap the Stag for the Harp and that would be a very acceptable Leinster home/away combo

???? I'm half blind from that picture!

P_1 · 29-07-2013 01:43PM

molloyjh wrote: »

???? I'm half blind from that picture!

Ah I think it would be a nice throwback to one of Leinster's better away jerseys while also keeping the morkeshing people's knickers firmly untwisted.

eire4 · 29-07-2013 06:30PM

LeeroyJones wrote: »

I would be quite upset if BLK took the Ireland contract

I am with you there. Those BLK tops are horrific. No chance I would be buying an Ireland top if they are made by BLK based on those examples.

salmocab · 29-07-2013 07:10PM

The brumbies jersey is nice rest are gank I'm sure that in the unlikely event they get the irfu gig they will have input from irfu regards design. The navy Munster training top is nice but the yellow one is a bit much.

Ginny · 29-07-2013 09:34PM

P_1 wrote: »

Bloody hell, swap the Stag for the Harp and that would be a very acceptable Leinster home/away combo

Very similar to a training jersey from a few seasons ago.

Hagz · 29-07-2013 09:36PM

? I never saw that in action ?

.ak · 29-07-2013 11:19PM

Hagz wrote: »

? I never saw that in action ?

Was a training jersey. Limited sale I think too.

Hagz · 29-07-2013 11:22PM

Yeh but I don't remember seeing the players training in it ever.

decisions · 30-07-2013 12:45AM

Hagz wrote: »

Yeh but I don't remember seeing the players training in it ever.

I think the academy used it.

desertcircus · 30-07-2013 09:04AM

Have that one myself. At the Munster game in 2011 in Lansdowne, some kid in the same jersey asked if he could get a picture with me because I was the only other person he'd ever seen in it.

molloyjh · 30-07-2013 10:35AM

Yeah they sold them for a good while in the Leinster store, but it was rare you'd see them anywhere else. The wife got me one because they're pretty much the Wasps colours too and we've a few Wasps mates so she reckoned I get the use out of it. Think I've worn it all of twice. It's not a bad jersey at all though.

.ak · 30-07-2013 10:37AM

Hagz wrote: »

Yeh but I don't remember seeing the players training in it ever.

Saw a few pics of Heinke, JH and Leo A wearing them before.

CoDy1 · 30-07-2013 11:42AM

Cardiff Away.

Canterbury loving the stripes this season!

Ginny · 30-07-2013 01:25PM

molloyjh wrote: »

Yeah they sold them for a good while in the Leinster store, but it was rare you'd see them anywhere else. The wife got me one because they're pretty much the Wasps colours too and we've a few Wasps mates so she reckoned I get the use out of it. Think I've worn it all of twice. It's not a bad jersey at all though.

Yeah got one myself, I remember seeing the Kearneys in them a good bit, saw a lovely training jersey this morning, not on website though. It's the same blue as the new jersey, no stupid stripes though.
Looks like this but in the dri-fit with Bank of Ireland on the front.
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Eoin · 30-07-2013 01:46PM

Are Leinster doing a new HEC jersey this year? You can normally rely on them to be less putrid than the normal ones.

Love the new Stade jerseys.

P_1 · 30-07-2013 01:58PM

CoDy1 wrote: »

Cardiff Away.

Canterbury loving the stripes this season!

I wonder if each vertical stripe is meant to represent an individual valley :P

molloyjh · 30-07-2013 02:04PM

Eoin wrote: »

Are Leinster doing a new HEC jersey this year? You can normally rely on them to be less putrid than the normal ones.

Love the new Stade jerseys.

No they seem to be alternating the release of jerseys. The home and away one year, the European the next.

Ginny - did you see that in a shop or in training pics?

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