That was the week that was
There have been quite a few interesting kit developments over the past week, so we’ve grouped them together here. The over-riding theme, as you’ll read, is that things were a… Read more »
Category: Rugby
The kits of the 2019 Six Nations Championship
For more insightful views on rugby shirts, visit Rugby Shirt Watch. The Guinness Six Nations Championship kicked off at the weekend and we’ve taken a look at the strips being… Read more »
Recalling a grey night for the All Blacks
You might have heard about the colour-clash problems in the Heineken Champions Cup rugby union game between Cardiff Blues and Glasgow Warriors at the weekend. Essentially, the Blues were in… Read more »
Ireland rugby jersey history, 1987-2017
New Ireland rugby shirts have become an annual event, with the kit for the coming season launched on Friday. Go to the IRFU website for the marketing spiel, or go… Read more »
Midweek Mashup – Wales national rugby team, 1994
Rugby football isn’t as strict on kit-clashes as its association cousin, and sometimes one team changing to an alternative doesn’t even do all much to aid differentiation. There have been a… Read more »
The worst colour-clashes across football, rugby, Aussie Rules and Gaelic games
It wasn’t a great weekend if you’re the kind of person who likes competing teams to wear distinguishable kits. On Saturday, we had this… Norwich v Wolves has the worst… Read more »
Rugby: the world in union, 1986
One of the books we received for Christmas was the autobiography of former Ireland rugby union team captain Donal Lenihan, My Life in Rugby. Lenihan’s career as a player and… Read more »
Munster sock it to the Maori All Blacks
On Friday night, Munster played the Maori All Blacks in a rugby game at Thomond Park in Limerick, Ireland. It was a memorable night as the Irish province won 27-14… Read more »
Umbro’s first-ever Ireland alternate rugby jersey, 1992
Today – September 28 – Leinster Rugby revealed their new European kit, harking back to classic Canterbury designs of the early 2000s. A classic. Remastered. The new Leinster European jersey… Read more »
The 2016 Six Nations Championship
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