I see this and think “ Brisbane Norths “Dodgy paint effort...but i think it would be cool!
I see this and think “ Brisbane Norths “Dodgy paint effort...but i think it would be cool!
We had a couple of decent players in our inaugural squad, sadly I heard the attitude of most of them was pretty poor.
http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/arl-1995/western-reds/summary.html
Never did like the reds jerseys though, too many colours and no real relationship to WA
http://www.oldrugbyshirts.com/en/teams/w/wa-reds/shirts-t337.html
If you look on link above can anyone e plain the SL jerseys? There is one with qbe sponsor and super Cup logo, was this a jersey pre SL launch as the one used in 1997 was sponsorless and had the SL logo in middle?
Also the reds 1995 jersey with nswrl logo, was this a 1995 pre season jersey?
man ive asked this before, never really got a response, BUT, i think the clean skin idea Super League had only lasted a couple of weeks- i have old magazines of the first few rounds and youre right all jerseys were plain, just the big S, however soon most of the teams rocked ansett on middle and sleeves, bar bulldogs who had canterbury leagues, reds with Qbe, cowboys with xxxx and a few others. oddly for some reason adelaide rams actually rocked a mascot logo for this first period too, the only team to do so...
i assume pretty early on they realised how bad super league was doing and withing a month had to sell out ha... happy if anyone has any other explanations/ memories..
Your probably right though that reds jersey has a "s cup" logo badge on it? Here is a pic of the Reds jersey with sponsors that came in during the season.
Early season
Late season
??? Was this a pre season cup , or the original name for SL before it became SL or was it SL reserve grade?
Rams two versions
with Rams logo
With Scup logo
Rams two versions
with Rams logo
With Scup logo
Adelaide (and Hunter) were lucky in that they could display their logo as they were born a SL team.
Teams that were previously ARL were not permitted to use logos or their nicknames.
They may not be the best, but compared to some of the abominations today, some of the SL jumpers were actually very nice...
Never did like the reds jerseys though, too many colours and no real relationship to WA
http://www.oldrugbyshirts.com/en/teams/w/wa-reds/shirts-t337.html
Also the reds 1995 jersey with nswrl logo, was this a 1995 pre season jersey?
There is very limited number of all the 1995 teams that ended up with NSWRL badges similar situation happened with the Titans with the different Telstra logo, they released a lot of jerseys for presale and then never actually took the field in it.I may be in the minority, but I loved the old Western Reds jersey. So different from everything else and iconic. When a Perth team is admitted back into the NRL and Classic release the old Reds jersey as part of their retro jersey collection, I, and I suggest many others, will be getting one!
In regards to the Western Reds jerseys with the NSWRL badge, I have one of those. I received it for Christmas 1994. The Reds were admitted in 1993, ready for a 1995 kickoff. The comp changed from NSWRL to ARL in the 1994-95 off-season, so presumably these supporters jerseys were made before the change.
The Reds did tour South Africa before they kicked off in the ARL, and I'm pretty sure their jerseys for that tour had the NSWRL badge on it.
I wonder if it was deliberate to change colours of the reds to bears and rams to knights?
I wonder what they would have done if the split had gone on? Would they have had to come up with new names or new logos?
I wonder what they would have done if the split had gone on? Would they have had to come up with new names or new logos?
Well, Perth became the Melbourne Storm, so I guess so.
They may not be the best, but compared to some of the abominations today, some of the SL jumpers were actually very nice...