These are f**king amazing and its exactly the kind of thing i have been hoping the NRL would start promoting.
I personally hate how focused the clubs are on selling the jersey replicas. In the polyester they just look too f**king ridiculous to wear anywhere other than to a game. I own one jersey and i never wear it (i hate being a walking billboard). If anyone finds a newcastle jumper id love a heads up.
The code needs to promote merch that people can just casually wear in public, so you don't have to be a diehard to pull it off but still be able to show club support. Its like how afl fans will just wear a scarf in their club colours on the street or how some league fan have the old cotton jerseys that they just wear as a jumper but this polyester just looks awkward. Also, those boardshorts in club colours are a great look, particularly unlike scarves because people can even wear them during the week on hotter days in the northers states which are NRLs main markets.
For it to be normal to represent your club just on the street is the best kind of public advertising the league can get. People just feel like its normal to be a league fan and eventually wearing this stuff will be how people moving into sydney or brisbane or newcaslte will look to fit in with the community.
