2016 Jerseys, Sponsorship, Logos Discussion

[flippikat]

It now seems that the stripe across the chest is the new thing - Cowboys, Eels, 2014-15 Dragons away, Broncos U20's, etc...

Not that its inherently a bad look, just gets boring seeing all teams trot out slight variations on the one theme.

It's not new for teams to copy each other though.. just look at how Norths (Citibank design), Manly (Pepsi shirt) & the Cowboys (1995 jersey) all made variations of the "block and stripes" concept that Penrith pioneered with the allsorts jersey in 1991.

Plus before that you had the 1986 Eels, and 1988 Broncos & Knights designs that were variations on blocks & stripes too.

 

[big hit!]

i give those cowboys kits four thumbs down.

i agree with some..............build an identity around a home kit. new releases can incorporate minor modifications.

i guess there's no better time to release a shit kit set than just after a premiership. most fans won't give a shit.

 

[insert.pause]

WIL jersey is random, I really don't get what stars & space are supposed to do with it other than being pink/purple.

Nine's jersey looks warriors-esque

H&A aren't too bad.

 

[LESStar58]

A clearer look at the Cowboys from the online shop:

home:

away:

indigenous:

wil:

9's:

The away and the Indigenous look great. The home is awful and the WIL is naff.

 

[LESStar58]

I love simple designs, with traditional designs, but as a 9s jumper that is epic! Beautifully done, also live that all clubs are represented in the jumper, goes well with the spirit that the 9s comp is played in.

The Dragons appear to have kick started a dreadful Ed Hardy tattoo jersey trend...

 

[beave]

The best analogy I can come up with in regards to the Cowbs jerseys is watching someone down the pub playing darts, hitting the bullseye only for the dart to bounce off and hit old mate in the foot.

Hitting the bullseye- adopting blue+grey as the catch cry/theme and dropping the yellow. Big thumbs up and a mad amount of kudos for the club going back down this path.

Hitting the foot- everything else about the damn things. The themed jerseys are what they are, whatever, wonder where the anzac jersey is though??...... So onto the home and away. The instagram pics do them no justice so I'll stick with the other images for judgement. They seriously look like the cheap ass team polos you buy your pop for xmas. The collars are woeful but may not be the clubs fault as i think ISC are doing that for everyone. Sleeve sponsor integration is crap. Having graduated and double sized stripes through the logos (who keeps allowing stripes through the logo area? Honestly!!!!)is a fail, having 2 different sized stripes for a start is a fail IMO. Makes it too busy through the chest. The away at least when you squint kinda looks like the 1995 but other than that, pffffffft. Im owed a jersey from our GF win after a bet, I think it will be the away jersey I will demand from my mate, thank chr!st im not paying for it because they're pretty average jerseys IMO.

Always 1 step forward but 2 steps back for us and our merch. Drives me friggin nuts.

 

[beave]

The indigenous one looks like a bad Hawaiin shirt.

 

[Lockyer4President!]

A clearer look at the Cowboys from the online shop:

home:

Simple fix.
Remove the grey and yellow stripes from the chest but leave them on the arms.

It'd look plain but there's nothing wrong with plain jerseys imo.

 

[axl rose]

The indigenous one looks like a bad Hawaiin shirt.

They are generally very bad and like all 'theme' rounds, a waste of time.

 

[Saint Doc]

The Dragons appear to have kick started a dreadful Ed Hardy tattoo jersey trend...

Haha yeah the 3 previous warriors jerseys and 2 previous dogs jerseys on the same style had nothing to do with it...it was the dragons who started it :sarcasm:

 

[carcharias]

The away is dogshit
Grey?
The home looks like a boring club Union jersey
The indigenous looks like they stuck everything left over in the arts and crafts box on it
The purple one looks like it has nothing to do with the Cowboys what so ever - I'm sure the storm love it.
And the nines looks like the dogs gave them one of their recent shit ideas.

 

[Rex Terp]

The nines jersey is the only one of the Cowboys ones I like.

They seem like weird choices to me. Not sure what the go is. But very average.

 

[GAZF]

It's not new for teams to copy each other though.. just look at how Norths (Citibank design), Manly (Pepsi shirt) & the Cowboys (1995 jersey) all made variations of the "block and stripes" concept that Penrith pioneered with the allsorts jersey in 1991.

Plus before that you had the 1986 Eels, and 1988 Broncos & Knights designs that were variations on blocks & stripes too.

I'll concede that but those styles were longer term trend. 1986 Eels all the way to the mid-late 1990's is a long time. Now trends sweep through the league in 1-3 seasons and then disappear. Following these trends is an easy trap to fall into.

 

[beave]

Is it just me or does the cowbs 9's jersey look like the warriors logo????? Toyota logo being the tongue, team and nrl logos the eyes........

 

[thorson1987]

I actually don't mind those cowboys jerseys. (except the indigenous and WIL ones).

As someone said, swapping the shorts around on the home and away jersey would make them look better.

 

[LESStar58]

Haha yeah the 3 previous warriors jerseys and 2 previous dogs jerseys on the same style had nothing to do with it...it was the dragons who started it :sarcasm:

They also started the trend of giving away penalty tries in grand finals... :sarcasm:

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

They also started the trend of giving away penalty tries in grand finals... :sarcasm:

Better that than giving grand finals away.

 

[Timmah]

Is it just me or does the cowbs 9's jersey look like the warriors logo????? Toyota logo being the tongue, team and nrl logos the eyes........

First thing that cropped to mind with that one was the Bulldogs' away kit lol

 

[flippikat]

I'll concede that but those styles were longer term trend. 1986 Eels all the way to the mid-late 1990's is a long time. Now trends sweep through the league in 1-3 seasons and then disappear. Following these trends is an easy trap to fall into.

True, but at least the most frustrating recent trend - un-necessary side panels - seems to be on the way out.

I'd love to see blocks & stripes make a comeback as a trend, though.

 

[kdalymc]

Another pic including the shorts:

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