Kiwis collared
25 Apr 2007
A new jersey for the All Blacks at the World Cup. But expect the same result.
The All Blacks’ revised jersey for the World Cup campaign will feature a fitted, crew-neck design with the silver fern printed in mesh side panels, the New Zealand Herald reported on Wednesday.
The minimalist single button v-style collar is gone, replaced with a solid neckline like the jerseys worn by England and France.
Several All Blacks will model the new jersey at a special presentation tomorrow in Wellington during a break from the New Zealand Rugby Union’s annual general meeting.
“Join us as we demonstrate the new aesthetic and technical features of the new improved jersey, developed in consultation with players and the NZRFU right where it all begins – in the players’ changing rooms at Westpac Stadium,” the adidas invitation reads.
The Herald understands the jersey will be available in fitted or bodysuit-tight styles depending on the players’ preference.
World Cup regulations mean the jersey will have an IRB tournament logo on the right side and probably on a sleeve with the adidas symbol in the middle and the silver fern emblem on the left.
48 Comments
25 Apr 2007, 12:37 pm
Intresting
25 Apr 2007, 12:38 pm
Now for South Africa’s new jersey. Wonder what that’s going to look like.
25 Apr 2007, 12:39 pm
Dammit, lyk my die mense is al klaar op lang naweek
25 Apr 2007, 12:49 pm
tight shirts worked for the Poms last time round. not so for the french and Bokke. Personally who gives a flying F what they wear (or hair styles for that matter) if they produce then good on them, otherwise the players really need to concentrate on the game and pay less attention to their looks.
Look at the ‘Saders, siff bunch of backward sheep loving punks but hell they can play. The opposite it true of the stormers…
25 Apr 2007, 12:49 pm
Jersey looks Kak!
25 Apr 2007, 12:59 pm
In the little white box showing the detail of the neck is that a Nike “swoop”? Are the AB’s giving up on Addidas?
25 Apr 2007, 13:01 pm
‘swoosh’
25 Apr 2007, 13:03 pm
These shirts wont last through the 3 Nations
25 Apr 2007, 13:05 pm
6. That would be a picture of an English jersey to illustrate the design I’d say.
I hope the fitting takes into account the fact that the tight 5 need somthing to grab on to. It’s frustrating how often they lose their grips now because the jersey is skin tight – and the ‘fatties’ don’t even have rolls of blubber to grip now!! (apologies to Pudding Dunning who is an obvious exception to that generalisation).
25 Apr 2007, 13:20 pm
keo, be careful with the AB-bashing. they are the business. not so our team, the boks.
25 Apr 2007, 13:24 pm
ricane as a NZ’er you should be proud that your top props and hookers are in excellent condition. i mean look at guys like somerville, hayman, woodcock, tialata, flynn etc. NZ have definitely broken the mould in the last few years.
we in SA have yet to catch up. some of the lions props of recent years are a case in point.
25 Apr 2007, 13:54 pm
It looks kak.
25 Apr 2007, 14:03 pm
Don’t forget Rodzilla Ricane! You’ll be delighted to hear Dunning is being talked up by the usual band of NSW pushers as a Wallaby player this year. Ahhh!
25 Apr 2007, 14:03 pm
Dude, its a swoosh to start of, addidas is spelled ADIDAS and that is a pic of an england jersey just to show you whaat it would look like. You should read more
25 Apr 2007, 14:17 pm
Looks like a T-Shirt on steriods! Kak!
25 Apr 2007, 14:20 pm
14 – whaat is spelled what, of is spelled off (as in “to start off”) and you’re missing a bunch of detail including one apostrophe (it’s), one upper case (England) and one full stop (right at the end). Dude.
25 Apr 2007, 14:20 pm
they certainly never think of the beer drinking fans when it comes to these jerseys. Baggy jerseys always tend to hide the gut more
25 Apr 2007, 14:49 pm
Ooh, my, Tackler findz theez sexy stunning black jerseys absolutely irresistable and am having wet dreamz every night getting hold of thoze strong muscular men wearing them!
25 Apr 2007, 15:52 pm
The village people would wear shirts cut like that if they were around now. A lot less replica shirts will be sold. Certainly the hetrosexual section of All Black fans will stick with the old ones.
Wake up people! A rugby jersey has a collar, This game is getting worse in every way by the year.
25 Apr 2007, 16:07 pm
19 – And tennis is played in white slacks.
25 Apr 2007, 16:15 pm
I hope the Bokke doesn’t get caught up in all this nonsense like in 2003.
Stick with what we have.
25 Apr 2007, 16:46 pm
Expect the same result Keo?
Would that be the same for the Boks too?
Why don’t you spend more time writing about the Boks shortcomings and how they are going to improve on their Quarter Final finish last time out rather than showing the pettiness of a schoolboy willing his main rival to fail in any way possible?
I think you know deep down that the All Blacks under Henry are the most professional team to come out of NZ for a long, long time. Not since Fitzpatrick’s All Blacks has the aura been as strong as it is and the dominance of the All Blacks been so great.
It is usual that the most professional team wins the world cup. The last two bear this point out with Oz in 1999 and England in 2003 taking the prize.
Keo, do you write these articles because you believe them yourself or do you do it just to stir up the rabid Bok fans and generate more hits?
I’ve always seen you as someone who can call the game as it is based on facts and form. This time, your facts don’t stack up, as last time I checked, the world cup isn’t being held in South Africa, the only place on the planet the ABs have tasted defeat in over two years.
The Boks won’t be playing at home, and their playing record in Europe shouldn’t even be compared to the All Blacks one under Henry as it might cause grown men to weep.
Of course, facts and trends can be misleading, but in the Boks and ABs cases, they are pretty accurate at the moment IMO.
25 Apr 2007, 16:46 pm
Skim,
of course they will. New jerseys mean more money for the union and the kit maker.
25 Apr 2007, 17:05 pm
very dodgy – its a jersey not a fabric for NASA – worrying signs indeed.
25 Apr 2007, 17:24 pm
Stodders you are destroying the ambience of this site. Intelligent, thoughtful responses are not usual here.
Keo is a wishful thinker. He is hoping for the good old days when the AB’s lost more matches with Kiwi referees than they do today under neutral ones.
The Black caps lose so the MIB will? Give me a break. Baby Bok pretenders got a lesson in Ireland as their octogenarians will get in France. France may be an obstacle for the RSA as may be the Paddies. Neither of these teams can get closer than 30 points against the MIB B and C teams.
Get this! The Kiwis will cheat at the RWC and play their A team. ********!!!!
25 Apr 2007, 17:51 pm
And Tackler which MIB team do you fancy the most? The A, B or C team?
25 Apr 2007, 22:53 pm
Do they get newer modern looking handbags too
25 Apr 2007, 23:26 pm
AiDoc – you could quite rightly apply that trend with SA refs in the bad old days too – the 74 Lions were just too good, bit other teams had to play 16, and the influential single man with the whistle on the highveldt made sure the Boks had an impressive record at home.
25 Apr 2007, 23:30 pm
#19
Look its the game that counts not what style of jersey they wear.Those sort of comments worrying about the jersey only matter to:
1) A *** person
2) A women
Rednik please circle which one you are.You can cicle both as well if you have to
25 Apr 2007, 23:43 pm
New Bok jersey looks much the same as the older one from 2006,except the collar is a little shorter. On the SA rugby official site they have them for sale in the shop and merchandise section.Springbok logos are also finely embedded in the fabric .Nice
26 Apr 2007, 00:18 am
Do we (NZ)really need yet another new jersey. I would like to hear some opinions on how this move will help us win another RWC. One given fact is that the NZRU is short of money for keeping players in NZ, or in the AB’s, yet they can spend needlessly on new jerseys that wont make the slightest difference to us winning/losing the RWC,
Patrick.
26 Apr 2007, 00:20 am
keo, bru, great webpage, seriously. fantastic. mba from harvard, no jokes, and your webpage among the best compared to anything.
26 Apr 2007, 00:24 am
Jackman – this is a blog, and an average one at best. Compared to TSF, its like comparing a 1972 Ford Cortina to a 2007 BMW X5, sucker.
26 Apr 2007, 03:02 am
Kia – the difference between this blog and the silver fern is that this site is not policed by nazi-like bloggers who take most unkindly and unsportingly to any posts to which they do not agree. its is run by the rugby equivalnet of right wing consevatists who propogate pro-AB propaganda.
why do you think there are so many more people here? this site, by contrast has a sense of humour. TSF does not.
26 Apr 2007, 04:11 am
TSF is not that right wing, sensitive on-lookers may think so, but what they do attempt to do is make it available for all ages to view, not expose minors to vitriole of an inappropriate manner and misconduct.
Equally churlish nonsense should have escaped the playground, and unfortunately, some of the **** in here is not just because people have a sense of humour, but because their level of intelligence has not risen beyond name calling and my dicks bigger than yours type bullshit.
I was also referring to the format – this format sucks, the threads wander all over the show, you have to manually insert what specific item number you are often replying to etc, – that belongs in the ark, – and then the thread often disappears, or you have to go hunting all over the show to find it if you are tracking something that could go on for a few weeks!
believe me, the format on this site is like typing dos commands as opposed to using an apple mac, its that far behind in its use of software!
26 Apr 2007, 07:56 am
Then why the **** are you here? Kicked off TSF or just lonely?
By the way, your rant about this primitive site compared to the technological glory of TSF falls into the category of “my **** is bigger than yours type bullshit”.
26 Apr 2007, 08:00 am
Katman (36),
He is here to grace us with us presence and share his in depth knowledge of the game.
Not to mention trying to tame us arrogant and ‘churlish’ Saffas.
Ignore the dumb Kiwi *******.You get a few black sheep in every bunch.
26 Apr 2007, 08:17 am
Kia
Looks like you lost a couple of people when you sad apple mac and things like that.
You might have to draw pictures for #36 and #37
26 Apr 2007, 08:25 am
Only a backwater yob who’s never laid eyes on one still says Apple Mac. People in the know simply say Mac, he says, typing away on his iBook G4.
26 Apr 2007, 08:26 am
katman – Macs are fisher price stations for adults
26 Apr 2007, 08:29 am
Yeah I know. I want that one.
26 Apr 2007, 08:58 am
Geee and here I thought Macdonalds had created a new apple tart.
Back to TSF you sorry lot !
26 Apr 2007, 11:17 am
Keo is one of the best rugby sites in the world, if not THE best, no doubt.
It is a global rugby village, stretching from Norway (Wpf) through Europe (willievz) to the Far East(little ol’ me!)
26 Apr 2007, 11:19 am
By the way, the photo on this thread is a great idea. Is it a first for keo?
26 Apr 2007, 23:21 pm
You guys are fantastic – you didnt just dip your toe into the meathead jar, you threw your whole selves into it – beautiful – accuracy and completion, pin pointed stuff.
Re apple macs v PC’s – its quite irrelevant really, as most people know, PC’s are the domain of the business world through the manipulation of getting everyone using word, excel and Outlook.
Mac software kicks arse over anything creative at a desktop level, and animation.
Seems some of you would prefer an abacus over a calculator.
26 Apr 2007, 23:25 pm
Pietman – c’mon man – the format is hopeless irrepsective of where you’re logging on.
To think putting a picture “is a great idea” has been on most rugby boards for about 5 years now.
You’ve confirmed my push to have this place upgraded.
For teh record chaps – I pop in here to discuss useful rugby topics, as I appreciate your guys love of the game – similar to ours, yeah?
And I would have thought that some of you would appreciate somne perspective from the opposition – or does it scare you too much that there is an opposition and that we too have ideas about this game, and on the current record, we are playing it better than you guys.
You’re not that insecure are you?
26 Apr 2007, 23:29 pm
Hurricane – thats half the problem with this site – no pictures, no avatars, how do you start a new post?? the list goes on…
I like the topics, just hate the format
27 Apr 2007, 06:39 am
Well, there’s the picture of Jean de Villiers clenching his teeth as he knocks his jawbone back into alignment, and the one of him dressed up like a Norwegian reindeer-farmer in gumboots, running away with a large round sofa-cushion (or is it a vintage eight-panel leather rugby ball?)
It surely doesn’t get much more mysterious than that?
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