No away team jerseys in the finals

[Lockyer4President!]

How good was it to see all of the clubs wearing their main jerseys this weekend?

Wonder if someone high up realized it's better for the game this way.

 

[***MH***]

Good luck with that happening in Souths v Canberra next week.

 

[***MH***]

Plus, sharks wore their heritage jersey today. Not their home strip. (although that should be their main strip)

 

[Raider Azz]

Raiders will have to wear their white away next weekend I'd imagine.

 

[Saint Doc]

Souths wore their "away" jersey!

 

[Son of Dragondad]

Cows will wear their white strip against Manly. The winner will wear its white strip against Melbourne...

 

[Panfas]

Souths wore their "away" jersey!

Yes I think you are right

 

[beave]

Cows will wear their white strip against Manly. The winner will wear its white strip against Melbourne...

We should wear our heritage strip........just saying.

 

[Diesel]

I don't get the away jersey. The Warriors and Penrith for example wear black as their primary jersey and should be able to play in that jersey for all games except when they play each other, or say NQ or Storm. It's seriously not that hard to figure out who is who without these rediculous white jerseys every round.

 

[Snappy]

IMO throughout the year away teams should only wear their 'away' jersey when there is a clash with the home side.

 

[Quidgybo]

I don't get the away jersey. The Warriors and Penrith for example wear black as their primary jersey and should be able to play in that jersey for all games except when they play each other, or say NQ or Storm.

That's assuming that colour is the only consideration. But another consideration would be light vs dark to increase contrast for viewers and players with poor colour perception. Penrith with their black strip could be seen to conflict with the Cowboys dark blue, the Storm's dark blue, the Broncos maroon, the Warriors black, Manly's maroon, the Roosters dark blue, perhaps even the Knights blue and red and the Eels blue. Really out of all NRL teams only about four or five skew destinctly light for their main strip.

Leigh.

 

[LeagueNut]

In any other round, either the Broncos or the Cowboys would have been made to wear their alternate strips wouldn't they?

In last years Broncos/Warriors finals match at Suncorp the Warriors wore white jerseys with black shorts, they've never worn that combo before or since. It makes me wonder whether different rules are in play for finals matches.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Unfortunately we'll have to wear our white jerseys next week.

Is it just me, or are Souths a bit arrogant for the minor variation between their 2 jerseys? What's the f*ckin point of having black on the side stripes instead of white?

 

[Gozilo]

I don't get the away jersey. The Warriors and Penrith for example wear black as their primary jersey and should be able to play in that jersey for all games except when they play each other, or say NQ or Storm. It's seriously not that hard to figure out who is who without these rediculous white jerseys every round.

I agree totally, teams should only wear different jerseys if they are the away team and their primary colours clash, otherwise I see no reason for teams like St George to wear anything other that the 'Red V' if zero teams clash with that. That is excluding special occasions where they may want to wear charity jersey etc.

 

[Joker's Wild]

Is it just me, or are Souths a bit arrogant for the minor variation between their 2 jerseys? What's the f*ckin point of having black on the side stripes instead of white?

I think it was originally done so they could sell separate sponsors to each jersey "type"

 

[Big Sam]

Is it just me, or are Souths a bit arrogant for the minor variation between their 2 jerseys? What's the f*ckin point of having black on the side stripes instead of white?

Given that 14 other sides don't have colours that clash with ours, the different side panelling and shorts are sufficient. We also have a dedicated alternate jersey for when we play in Canberra.

 

[Band On The Run]

IMO throughout the year away teams should only wear their 'away' jersey when there is a clash with the home side.

Spot on. The EPL has this spot on.

 

[parraparraparra]

I still laugh at the Broncos wearing their rubbish white and blue jersey whn they wont in 2006. :crazy:

 

[LineBall]

IMO the idea that similar jerseys are a need for an alternate is a bit of a beat up anyway.

If clashes are such a problem, why do Australia and New Zealand both wear dark jerseys, and neither team has to have an 'alternate' when playing away from home?

Look at the 1985 Grand Final - Canterbury and St George, both predominantly white.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

Yeah well we played Souths for about 20 years without the need for a white jersey.