2015 NRL Jersey & Sponsorship Discussion

[The Voice of Reason!]

Tonights version of the Cowboys' heritage jersey looks terrible. How they can F*** up a classic is beyond me, but they have managed it.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Looks terrible. Looks like they mixed their whites with colours. Grey is never a good colour for a jersey.

i TOTALLY disagree!!!!

A grey is much better than a pure white for away jerseys. White steals focus whereas grey only acts as a frame.

 

[Campion]

Pirate away strip this year is better...

Oh wait

:lol:

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

ECT is LU's resident whining bitch

You forgot Skeepe and Perth Red?

 

[Big Sam]

I don't understand why all clubs have not adopted the NRL numbering. It seems more than last year but not 100% yet.

 

[Stinkler]

The do not get 'free gear'. The clubs still have to buy the jerseys and only get a spare/player.

They get a sponsorship payment for wearing say NIKE but they still buy the jerseys (even the Broncos).

Even the NFL reuse uniforms hence why all clubs have equipment managers. LINK HERE

Do the math, in the NRL 350 jerseys would be used each round, 26 rounds would be over 9000 jerseys used a year. Where do they all go?

Pay attention in the second round to the teams that wear white (can usually still see grass stains) and the Titans main sponsor sticker job as the season wears on (if they keep McDonald House).

I know for a fact that some NRL clubs have a "cash and contra" agreement with their kit supplier. Obviously they don't get unlimited jerseys, hence the need for a kit manager, but they do get "free" gear.


And the Titans white box seems to have faded away already. :lol:

 

[beave]

Tonights version of the Cowboys' heritage jersey looks terrible. How they can F*** up a classic is beyond me, but they have managed it.

Wtf are you on about? There was nothing wrong with it

 

[The Voice of Reason!]

Wtf are you on about? There was nothing wrong with it

Opinion, of course, but I think the grey stripes are too high, reducing the amount of blue at the top.

 

[cooko]

I don't understand why all clubs have not adopted the NRL numbering. It seems more than last year but not 100% yet.

I think it looks terrible, especially numbers like 10 and 11 as they're wider than they are tall. It looks quite cheap and amateur and I understand why a few teams aren't on board.

If you look at the EPL at least they have a decent font.

 

[Noname36]

Knights back of jersey is blank of sponsors

So westrac and sportsbet have obviously not renewed

Lots of blank spots this year across a lot of teams

Most of the sponsors that were brought on board during the Tinkler/HSG managment seem to be gone. I noticed it at the game too...lack of signage around the ground. The main sponsors they still have and ones like NIB and Maccas that were already there pre-HSG.

Not a completely bad thing for the jerseys though. They look much better without being cluttered with sponsors. The "Rise For Alex" is a nice touch.

Knights certainly need to grab themselves some more sponsors though.

 

[Miller was a legend]

They should do the numbers in Roman numerals

It will confuse f**k outa John Sutton

 

[GAZF]

I think it looks terrible, especially numbers like 10 and 11 as they're wider than they are tall. It looks quite cheap and amateur and I understand why a few teams aren't on board.

If you look at the EPL at least they have a decent font.

The numbers just have poor legibility in general. Large serifs on the 1, unnecessary double outline... They used the same font as they have for all NRL media, problem is that it isn't ideal for all applications. I would have stuck with a block font.

 

[Big Sam]

I think it looks terrible, especially numbers like 10 and 11 as they're wider than they are tall. It looks quite cheap and amateur and I understand why a few teams aren't on board.

If you look at the EPL at least they have a decent font.

I don't disagree with your font comments (SL uses a good one too).

Just curious as to why not all teams have adopted it.

 

[Saint Doc]

Watching the highlights of Cowboys vs Roosters

Navy/white/navy VS Navy/white

Meanwhile the Roosters have a perfect "alternative" jersey. If they don't wear it against the other navy and white team, when is it for?!!

 

[kdalymc]

News flash- jerseys don't actually clash

 

[Chook Norris]

You'd have to have severe problems to have been confused between the two jerseys. As said, no clash given the Cowboys jersey is predominantly white.. and our Jersey is almost the inverse

 

[cooko]

Watching the highlights of Cowboys vs Roosters

Navy/white/navy VS Navy/white

Meanwhile the Roosters have a perfect "alternative" jersey. If they don't wear it against the other navy and white team, when is it for?!!

It was worn against canberra and st Illawarra when we had it in 2013.

 

[Son of Minto]

Yeah that predominately white jersey really clashed with that predominately navy jersey.

So many f**king crybabies in this thread.

 

[Saint Doc]

You guys are missing my point. Maybe I didn't articulate it well which is my fault.

The Roosters have released
- a home jersey NAVY with WHITE shorts
- an away jersey WHITE with NAVY shorts
- an "alternate": RED with presumably white shorts

My point was when your home and away kits are both navy and white combinations, when are they ever going to wear an "alternate" jersey other than when playing away to the other navy and white team?!!

 

[Saint Doc]

Not sure what I think about the raiders blue numbering. Think I prefer white

Jerseys are definitely an overall improvement though