2015 NRL Jersey & Sponsorship Discussion

[West coast dragon]

it's stupid, heritage rd where you never actually see the two sides wearing heritage jumpers.

Didn't have the retro steeden either.

yeah i agree!wear it twice if you need to wear it at home in front of your own fans!

 

[beagle]

When the heritage rounds first happened, the NRL went all out with old style steedens, referees in the "TNT" style shirts and cardboard striped corner posts. All of the teams wore the heritage jerseys on the actual weekend.

No it's kind of half-arsed.

 

[Perth Red]

Like all the 'special' rounds really. Marketing has never been a strong point of the NRL.

 

[hellteam]

Ahh I really can't stand these Men of League socks. Seriously, I will donate to them so they don't wear them!!!

 

[flippikat]

Another point to add on heritage round is that it should be era-themed as well - pick a decade each year & have every team wear a design from that era.

If an expansion team wasn't in the competition during that era, they have the choice a local club or rep jersey from that time.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Like all the 'special' rounds really. Marketing has never been a strong point of the NRL.

Understatement of the century... ](*,)

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

I think the ARLC needs to decide what they want the NRL to look like and create a unified look them deceminates from this idea....

Currently we have 16 clubs f*cking around doing their own thing, an the games image is, for lack of a better word, a clusterf*ck.

Ive said it a few times, the ARLC should centralise the design and creation (or at the very least a "last right of rejection") over all of the games Merch/jerseys, and they should take control of when certain gear is used (so ALL heritage gear is done this weekend and AONLE this weekend).

I dont believe we can excpect the clubs to slow down on the quantity of merch they release, but the ARLC should at least be giving consideration to the games branding as a whole....

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Clusterf**k is a compliment to the NRL at the moment...

I've worked in a few large multi nationals, and usually the Marketing / Branding director is the most conservative pedantic prick in the whole company, they usually reject 90% of hair brain ideas... NRL seems opposite

 

[Timmah]

Another point to add on heritage round is that it should be era-themed as well - pick a decade each year & have every team wear a design from that era.

If an expansion team wasn't in the competition during that era, they have the choice a local club or rep jersey from that time.

I remember in the middle of last decade they actually did "retro rounds" where the theme was 70s or 80s and teams' heritage strips were supposed to come from that era. Great concept.

 

[The Voice of Reason!]

I think it's time for heritage rounds (like so many others) to go. It was a novelty once. Now, like most here have pointed out, it is half-arsed. It is probably a reflection of the NRL's ongoing identity problem, caught between expansion and Sydney. Heritage rounds, even though many teams do it, all too often feels like it is about Sydney teams recapturing the 80s.

We have a strong "product". Let's relentless play in the good jerseys of today. Remember, today's jerseys are the heritage retros of tomorrow. In 2040 are they going to have retro jerseys of the 2015 retro jerseys of 1985?

Move on, NRL!

 

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http://www.news.com.au/national/hul...-superhero-round/story-e6frfkp9-1227448011656

Four clubs are the same characters as last year, not sure the point of that?

Roosters, Captain America
Raiders, Hulk
Dragons, Iron Man
Cowboys, Thor

NEW
Tigers, War Machine
Manly, Dare Devil
Knights, SpiderMan

 

[Perth Red]

Surprised no ant man Given it is the most relevant one. Capt America is by far the best again.

 

[Saint Doc]

Manly, Tigers, raiders and Newcastle at least will look somewhat like their normal selves on tv

 

[Twatface Magee]

Spider man one just looks like a kids costume

 

[Rhyno]

Manly one looks the best

 

[Johnny88]

http://www.news.com.au/national/hul...-superhero-round/story-e6frfkp9-1227448011656

 

[rabbitohs95]

Lame. Should just have kids versions imo.

 

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sponsors all get integrated for a novelty jersey but can't for the actual club jersey?

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

sponsors all get integrated for a novelty jersey but can't for the actual club jersey?

Except the Cowboys.

 

[mt.wellington]

All jerseys up on the jersey fanatics page including a better look at the Spiderman jersey...

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1639005549648650.1073741908.1416940388521835&type=3