They say that most trends tend to catch on in Pretoria a few years late and in the case of the Bulls “out there” decision to play in a “shocking” pink away jersey, this couldn’t be more true.
The Bulls and their new buddies Puma are all over the sports pages today, proudly unveiling their busy new jersey aimed at emphasising the “fresh start” the team is making, or some similar marketing crap. The reality, though, is that they’re simply copying what Stade Francais did way back in 2005 when their decision to play away games in pink really did shake up the rugby world.
In fact, playing in pink isn’t even particularly ground-breaking in the South African context; both Boland and the Pumas played in pink jerseys last year, whereas the Sharks and the Western Force have also donned pink for one-off matches in the interests of raising money for cancer research.
Perhaps the most amusing part of this whole sorry saga, though, is the statement that the “busy” or “smash” design on the front of the jersey has been specially designed to distract opposition players. The thinking here is clearly that the style of rugby the Bulls have lined up is unlikely to distract anyone much, so they’d better hope the jersey does a better job.
Here’s the new jersey, courtesy of Sport24.
So glAd I don’t support the bulls….damn that’s scary
i can see Muzi rocking this jersey solid
Go Muesli!
erg… no self respecting male south african rugby supporter should ever have to wear something like that
Just for that jersey, I would relegate the bulls and promote the Kings instead…
Where is Muzi when you need him?
@RuckingFun (Comment 4) :
So its clear that Meisiekind now expanded his role at the Bull, was only hear and makeup but now their clothing too
Thanks to Rich and Ice for the running commentary during the weekend’s game. Lekker viewing RF radio!
Looks like the Puma company belong to a bunch of gay people. If I recall correctly you guys also have a pink one. He he he!
@RuckingFun (Comment 4) : Seconded.
Why in the world would the Bulls think this is a good idea? Can you imagine an Oomie with a beer boep rocking this abomination? They must have Pretoria confused with Cape Town.
@Bloubloubul (Comment 9) : don’t be ridiculous.
The gay guys I know wouldn’t be caught dead supporting anything as backwards as the Bulls.
@Bloubloubul (C9)
We all have a pink one but we do not flaunt it! 
We use ours for breast cancer awareness and not to play around with foreign men 
@Uli (Comment 5) : standing in line to buy one of these things I presume.
@PienkPersbul (Comment 9) : you guys? who?
Hahahaha.. Now we can call them the Pink Flamingo’s
@robdylan (Comment 11) : If the are not gay then they must be sexually flustrayed. Lucky its apparently purple.
@Bloubloubul (Comment 16) :
Shouldnt this be banned? It will give the Bulls such an advantage on attack, the opposition are going to get double vision big time!!!!
no way that shirt is gay. gays normally have style, and keep to the trends
Slowly, pshycologically getting their supporters ready for a MERGE WITH THE LIONS to accommodate the Kings?
Small jump from pink bulls to red bulls . . .
@GeneralSpecific (Comment 19) : @
TRUE! 
@KSA Shark © (Comment 14) : Hahaha – well done on the nic change!!
@Bloubloubul (Comment 9) : yeah for cancer awareness week.
@MJ (Comment 23) : You guys did it for cancer ja but we are doing it for a other reason.
@Bloubloubul (Comment 24) : and that is?
@Ice (Comment 25) : I do not know but beleave it will be for something like to save the Jacaranda trees from all the shark supporters staying in Pretoria. I will find out.
@Bloubloubul (Comment 24) :
Please tell it to the construction worker, the indian chief or the policeman! Not here 
@Bloubloubul (Comment 26) :
Ek is ‘n trotse Pretorianer wat die blou trui gedra het, maar ek weet die trui gaan nie aftrek kry by die manne hier nie! My vriende is nog almal bul supporters maar gaan nie die koeivel aantrek nie. 
@PienkPersbul (Comment 24) : And your reason is?
1) It’ll go well with a stonewashed Jean Pant?
2) It’ll look cool on the back of a Nissan 1400 Bakkie?
3) Meisiekind now designs clothes as well as haircare products?
4) All of the above?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 29) : I was thinking 3 but my final answer is 4
@Bloubloubul (Comment 16) : Translation for all the sober people: ” If they are not gay then they must be sexually frustrated. Thankfully (the jersey) is also purple, apparently?”
@Viking (Comment 30) :
Stade Francais is the original pink jersey team. Bulls are fakes.
@CapeShark (Comment 31) : Ja ok. My English are not so very delishesly.
Hope the Bulls have good lawyers, because I’m claiming medical costs from them. I just fractured two ribs falling out of my ofice chair, laughing.
test
@Bloubloubul (Comment 34) :
@jako (Comment 36) : 1.. 2.. 3…
I’m not gonna lie; i really like the Bulls jerseys…and i’m a huge Puma Clothing fan. I really wish The Sharks woudn’t live in the past(ReeBok) and instead have Puma or Le Coq Sportif be the Kit sponsor. And The Sharks have soo many female supporters, why not treat them with a bit of Pink or is it Black
or our Sharks kit. Don’t need to lose our colours, just throw in something new, a tertiary Kit colour.
Am I detecting a touch of homophobia in some posts here?
Surely not… 
I also wonder how many of the regular male readers & bloggers here actually DO own a pink shirt seeing that one sees soooo many guys wearing it nowadays.
or=on…typo
@diablo (Comment 40) : I used to about 3 years ago; but i hate wearing pink as casual clothing; but it’s kiff on a Rugby Jersey…it’s like, “i’m wearing Pink, but i can still kick ur A$$”
@JJR (Comment 39) : the sharks have pink supporters gear for their lady’s @ the shark tank, if it is puma that’s reponsable for the pink jerseys I say stay away sharks…… come-on die BLOUbulle in PINK…. Imagine the All blacks in yellow
Liefling!!!
Whats next, pink ‘ballas’ hanging from the back of large 4 x 4′s?
Im already seeing a bunch of pienk boepense in town on saturdays… Spaar my dit asseblief. I suppose thats what you get for living in Snor City. Eish.
@Franshark (Comment 43) : Okay, it doesn’t have to be pink, but The Sharks kit could be more “fresh”; like better use of The Black and White; eg. like the design on the Bulls jersey looks cool…we can claim it the waves of the Indian Ocean…or something like that.
It is not known for Puma to go with Pink; i just think Puma SA are copying Stade Francais. But still new and fresh, and that’s what i like. Le Coq Sportif are cool, they sponsor everton football; but not too many Rugby teams…and i’m sure Michalak would approve
Just had this image in my head.. 2 bull supporters with horns on their head dressed in pink looking in each others eyes singing Liefling every time a PK goes over…
The face of rugby is changing… Beware
@Crock (Comment 44)
on’t worry those oomies with the boepe won’t wear pink even if it were the primary kits color, don’t think we will see too much people with it haven’t seen one shop with it.
it is not really that bad (better than their home kits), still not someting I would buy myself if I were a Bull, atleast it is not nearly as bad as the border or griffons jerseys(2 most ugly jerseys in sa)
@Franshark (Comment 46) : my sentiments exactly!
Regte mans sing nie vir mekaar liefling nie!
@diablo (Comment 40) :
No homophobia. I wear pink, daddy of a little princess and have a gay relative but even they say the jumper looks like a Barbie & Ken 80′s retro seatcover. oh…nice avatar of a topless SPIES though! Mmmmm…??? 
Let’s give the bulls some credit, the best looking jersey up to date in Super rugby was the one of a few years back, dark at the top and faded to white at the bottom, then we copied them the next year with black on top and fading lighter towards the bottom… IMO
@Crock (Comment 48) : En regte mans het die super beker at least een keer gewen. He he.
@Bloubloubul (Comment 51) :
Dis nie wat die stickers op die bakkies lees nie! 
Just imagine the Bulls on the poduim with the cup in there pink jerseys. The world would say “and they say its the toughest tourament in the world?”
@KILLER SHARK (Comment 49) : you also think he looks yummie? You Killer you
Best description I heard wàs that it looks like a 80′s ravers hempie (by a designer)! LOL
@Bloubloubul (Comment 53) : moenie daaroor worrie nie, teen die tyd dat u bull weer by n podium staan(want dit sal nie gou gebeur nie) sal niemand meer die pink hemde kan onthou nie..
@diablo (Comment 54) : Where have you been hiding?
@Franshark (Comment 56) : Ja ja. Ek dink Puma is bietjie vroeg met hulle April fools grap.
how exciting !!
@Bloubloubul (Comment 53) : well, in order to do that, they’d need to win a final away…
Oh wait, they did that in 2007
@Ice (Comment 55) : No raver I know would wear that. If you want to see bright colours you do the right thing and take drugs, not wear an abomination like that
@Ben (Comment 57) : Hi Ben – been somewhat busy, but always keeping an eye on you finned ones
Can’t wait for the rugby to start – done enough around the house to keep me in brownie points for a while 
@diablo (Comment 40) : OH MY WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS Pierre Spies trying to give that trophy some head!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!
Those ou’s behind the boerewors curtain are hardcore.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 63) : I hope you have good lawyers, because I’m holding you liable for my medical costs. I just fell off the chair laughing again and broke some more ribs.
@Culling Song (Comment 64) :
My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 65) : Can you believe Pokkel gave me grief about my avatar when people are posting gay porn on the site??
“Bulls jersey as designed by Elton John”
@Culling Song (Comment 67) : Shocking!!!!!!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 63) : Who knows – winning the trophy does funny things to one, very exciting, you know. Oops, forgot – you would’nt actually know the feeling
@diablo (Comment 70) : that’s very nearly a bannable offence, that comment
Rob, surely not on this bootiful pink V day
Hi
You wrote the following above:
Perhaps the most amusing part of this whole sorry saga, though, is the statement that the “busy” or “smash” design on the front of the jersey has been specially designed to distract opposition players. The thinking here is clearly that the style of rugby the Bulls have lined up is unlikely to distract anyone much, so they’d better hope the jersey does a better job.
Maybe you would like to comment now after the Sharks were distraced on Friday nnight.
Hi Koa (new way of spelling koeie?)
Welcome to the site I hope you enjoy your stay.
The koeie may have won the game but we could hardly call kicking at poles all night distracting. How many tries have they scored with that style (if kicking everything is a style) of theirs so far this season.
@koa1306 (Comment 73) :
I think the Sharks were distracted by the full stadium that paid to watch that skop en jaag stuff you Bulls call rugby. I was.
BTW well done for your team.
@koa1306 (Comment 73) : yes I supose you could be right and it was a successful ploy as our hooker and loosie/captain every time they were in a ruckk and saw those boots were struck by the hilarity of them that they could stop laughing and forgot to stay on their feet thereby giving Morne easy shots at poles