The Game 2023 Jerseys, Sponsorship, Logos etc

[Nuke]

Parramatta are one of the worst at this. One of their two colours is yellow, which is not only distinct from every other club but is also an iconic way to use the colour. The gold Parra jerseys are clearly Parra jerseys. Even the other clubs with yellow as an official colour only use it sparingly : NthQld, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Canberra.

Parra = yellow and blue.

Yet seemingly only their NRL team get to wear yellow.
Their NRLW team last season only had the mostly blue jersey despite Newcastle and Roosters being in the comp. Newcastle, as the designated 'home' team in last year's NRLW Grand Final, still had to wear their white alternate jersey to avoid clashing with Parra just because they didn't want to fork out the extra money on another set of jerseys. It'll be worse this year with the likes of NthQld also joining the comp.

Souths, for all the debate on how their main and alternate kits are effectively the same except for a black or white trim, officially only have red and green as their colours so have to delve into other colours to provide a proper clash alternative.

Parra have a ready-made clash-avoiding colour already at their disposal. They just won't use it properly.

 

[MugaB]

Parramatta are one of the worst at this. One of their two colours is yellow, which is not only distinct from every other club but is also an iconic way to use the colour. The gold Parra jerseys are clearly Parra jerseys. Even the other clubs with yellow as an official colour only use it sparingly : NthQld, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Canberra.

Parra = yellow and blue.

Yet seemingly only their NRL team get to wear yellow.
Their NRLW team last season only had the mostly blue jersey despite Newcastle and Roosters being in the comp. Newcastle, as the designated 'home' team in last year's NRLW Grand Final, still had to wear their white alternate jersey to avoid clashing with Parra just because they didn't want to fork out the extra money on another set of jerseys. It'll be worse this year with the likes of NthQld also joining the comp.

Souths, for all the debate on how their main and alternate kits are effectively the same except for a black or white trim, officially only have red and green as their colours so have to delve into other colours to provide a proper clash alternative.

Parra have a ready-made clash-avoiding colour already at their disposal. They just won't use it properly.

Same can be said for Newcastle for their lack of a red alternative or away jersey, or cowboys with a lack of a silver/grey away... seems that a whole heap of teams just want to a blue home team and white away....


So where's this game played at bro??
Whoever is in blue

 

[yakstorm]

Same can be said for Newcastle for their lack of a red alternative or away jersey, or cowboys with a lack of a silver/grey away... seems that a whole heap of teams just want to a blue home team and white away....

The argument was more that Parra refuse to have any alternate for their non NRL teams, versus choice of colours.

At least the Knights & Cowboys NRLW teams have alternate kits, even if the colours are lazy or debatable.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

How good did the Tigers look (and play) in a predominantly orange jersey. More! More!

 

[yakstorm]

 

[kdalymc]

What tribe is in THE?

 

[It's Been Done]

Newcastle's Indigenous Jersey has been quietly released onto their online store
https://shop.newcastleknights.com.au/2023-indigenous-round-mens-jersey-1011.phtml

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Newcastle's Indigenous Jersey has been quietly released onto their online store
https://shop.newcastleknights.com.au/2023-indigenous-round-mens-jersey-1011.phtml

Sea cucumbers are so phallicle

 

[Hit The Post]

Eels 2023 Indigenous jersey

Men's Jerseys

From retro cuts to special themed round releases, check out our full range of men's jerseys.

shop.parraeels.com.au

 

[Nuke]

So, for the average club in Round 10 2023, we've got announced:
Home
Away
ANZAC
Indigenous

Four different jerseys + training / warm-up jerseys in 10 weeks.
I know clubs have got to make money, but it's too much, in my opinion. I know I'm not the only one. I'd be more inclined to go along with those kinda things if the special designs were just variations of their main kit. Or, in the case of the ANZAC jersey, the addition of a simple rosemary sprig or ANZAC logo, ect.

 

[MRN]

Yep I agree. I'm a Home/Away/Heritage fan. Or teams could swap out heritage for an alternate some years to keep the heritage jerseys kind of special. And as mentioned, special occasion jerseys just an existing design with a small addition relevant to the theme.

 

[flippikat]

Yep I agree. I'm a Home/Away/Heritage fan. Or teams could swap out heritage for an alternate some years to keep the heritage jerseys kind of special. And as mentioned, special occasion jerseys just an existing design with a small addition relevant to the theme.

One of the great shames is that Heritage seems to have dropped in priority over the last few years.

I thinkthe best solution would be for Heritage to replace the ANZAC jerseys so each team has home, alternate, heritage & indigenous only - and maybe play in the heritage jerseys for 2 games per year - ANZAC round (with a poppy on the Heritage jersey) and a designated Heritage/retro/rivalry round.

 

[Butterbeanz]

One of the great shames is that Heritage seems to have dropped in priority over the last few years.

I thinkthe best solution would be for Heritage to replace the ANZAC jerseys so each team has home, alternate, heritage & indigenous only - and maybe play in the heritage jerseys for 2 games per year - ANZAC round (with a poppy on the Heritage jersey) and a designated Heritage/retro/rivalry round.

To me the only way to go is the same root as NFL, during Cancer Month all teams wear pink socks, gloves and accessories like padding and subs wear pink. For the nrl we could see that happen eg

Anzac round shirt normal sock are camouflage
Heritage / Magic weekend - every team wears a look inspired by the same season or era eg 1996/97 and the balls and refs do the same
WIL round all home teams wear pink socks and accessories and away wears purple

 

[The Great Dane]

Designated rounds are f**king stupid. They stifle creativity, make each theme jersey less special as they become an expected norm each season instead of a surprise, and force clubs to cobble together a design even if they don't have a unique or interesting way of exploring the theme.

Each team should have an allocation of 3/4 jerseys a season; mandatory home, away, and alternate, and an optional fourth. Aside from following some basic rules to prevent clashes and the such, they should be free to do whatever they want with their allocation.

If some of the clubs want to get together to celebrate a special occasion then good for them, but none of them should be forced to participate in any sort of theme round unless they choose to.

 

[kdalymc]

Heritage seems to have dropped in priority over the last few years.

Only so many times you can do one without repeating the design and then you end up with an abortion, ala Melbourne every year...

 

[Nuke]

What's wrong with repeating the design of a club's heritage jersey? And by 'heritage' jersey, I mean a true, proper replication (with current day materials, sizes, ect), not, say, the Warriors version of a heritage design which on occasions has been a new design based on traditional patterns / colours of the people of the area, or other clubs who base their heritage jerseys loosely on an old design.

In my opinion, a heritage jersey / kit design should be either the club's original design, an iconic (say, premiership-winning) design from many years ago, or a design from a certain era (eg: Roosters sky blue war-time jersey).

If the clubs repeat the same heritage design year after year, great! If it's a new take based roughly on an old design every year, it's kinda missing the point in my eyes.

 

[Saint Doc]

 

[The Penguin #6.]

What's wrong with repeating the design of a club's heritage jersey? And by 'heritage' jersey, I mean a true, proper replication (with current day materials, sizes, ect), not, say, the Warriors version of a heritage design which on occasions has been a new design based on traditional patterns / colours of the people of the area, or other clubs who base their heritage jerseys loosely on an old design.

In my opinion, a heritage jersey / kit design should be either the club's original design, an iconic (say, premiership-winning) design from many years ago, or a design from a certain era (eg: Roosters sky blue war-time jersey).

If the clubs repeat the same heritage design year after year, great! If it's a new take based roughly on an old design every year, it's kinda missing the point in my eyes.

Well said.
I was at Peter Wynn`s on the weekend and had a look at the heritage jersey`s. The first one I looked at was a Bulldog`s jumper and the design was fine but it had this horrible el-cheapo Bulldog`s emblem on the chest, ruined the whole thing for me, not that I was looking to buy a Bulldog`s jumper anyway, but the point remains.
If you`re going to do a replica jersey: a) get the design right, and b) the logo for me is just as important as the rest of the jumper.
I was wondering whether there may be some trademark issue with this because I have seen this problem before.
Having said all that, I bought a Bear`s one (because they`d sold out of Magpie`s ) about thirty years ago when I went there and the logo was fine. I still wear it around the farm to this day. Still would prefer to be wearing that iconic old Victa Magpie`s jumper though. lol.

 

[Perth Red]

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Thats very nice!

 

[The Great Dane]

What's wrong with repeating the design of a club's heritage jersey? And by 'heritage' jersey, I mean a true, proper replication (with current day materials, sizes, ect), not, say, the Warriors version of a heritage design which on occasions has been a new design based on traditional patterns / colours of the people of the area, or other clubs who base their heritage jerseys loosely on an old design.

In my opinion, a heritage jersey / kit design should be either the club's original design, an iconic (say, premiership-winning) design from many years ago, or a design from a certain era (eg: Roosters sky blue war-time jersey).

If the clubs repeat the same heritage design year after year, great! If it's a new take based roughly on an old design every year, it's kinda missing the point in my eyes.

Because it's boring, lacks creativity, and preaches to the choir. It's a lazy excuse to stifle creativity and prevent the next generation from being able to put their mark on the game.

I'd say it's a nostalgia sale for old men as well, but it's not even that as after a while everybody already owns the design, so you're not really moving heaps of product. You're just allowing old men to remain comfortable in their nostalgia at the expense of appealing to the tastes of younger generations.

The most successful sports merchandising campaign of the last roughly 5 years was the NHL and Adidas' Reverse Retro campaigns (google it), and attitudes like yours are why the NRL doesn't have a strong jersey collecting culture.