As we wait patiently for the 2016 Super Rugby season to arrive, we have to find things to keep us entertained (hard when your idea for a good time out is watching 100+ kg men fight over a ball). In an endeavor to add a little fun to your assumedly dull lives I have come up with a poll to vote for the best teams Jersey for the 2016 season.
Please only take the home jersey into account when voting, and try not be to biased.
Missing:
Cheetahs have not scheduled a date for their reveal
Waratahs have scheduled the release for February 2016
Los Jaguares were meant reveal their Jersey on December 16th, but never?
Bulls 2016 Kits
Lions 2016 Kits
Sharks 2016 Kits
Stormers 2016 Kits
Southern Kings Jersey
Brumbies 2016 Home Jersey:
Rebels 2016 Kits: ( I honestly don’t know which is which)
Reds 2016 Jersey
Western Force 2016 Jersey
Blues 2016 Jersey
Chiefs 2016 Jersey
Crusaders 2016 Jersey
Highlanders 2016 Jersey
Hurricanes 2016 Jersey
Sunwolves 2016 Jersey
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I’m going with the Crusaders… Can we vote for worst jersey too? If so, my vote goes to the Kings
On the SA side I think ours is the best, might be as its my team, but I really think the NZ sides kits are awesome for next year something totally unexpected from them, especially the crusaders and the hurricanes, but then so our ours, I like the fact that the color is almost in comparison with our Currie cup kit, but with some spice added for a lekker flavor
Hurricanes, Crusaders & Sharks
That DHL logo has spoiled the Stormers jerseys for a number of years now. They might as well go all yellow and red.
Lions one is very original…
Stormers and Sharks away jerseys actually look better than their home jersey…I just don’t like the creche drawings on the Sharks jersey…Kings jersey is ugliest and 2nd ugliest Bulls…
I see all the SA teams went red for their away jerseys…is it out of respect for the Currie cup champs?
Sharks, saders and canes are my favourites
Easy. Rebels and Sunwolves by far.
Worst – Kings’ jester strip
Also reckon Kings is the worst…
I also really like the Crusaders and Hurricanes strips. I like the Sharks jerseys too…
The Stormers away jersey was designed to attract the Cape Crusaders
2nd worst – Hurricanes
Crusaders then lions black. Our red one but the black one…no
Kings! Lol
The red and blue has been over done. I was hoping some of the new teams would adopt something a little different. I fear the Jaguars (I’m sticking with their English name) are going to go with boring blue too.
What really is rather humiliating for South Africa is that bookies Sportingbet have Jaguars of Argentina more likely to win Super 18 over ANY South African team.
in fact 7 teams are placed with shorter odds before the first SA team, the Stormers (quite bizarrely).
I must say, I do foresee another dire year of Super Rugby for SA teams, well the consistent trend really other than a tiny spell of Super 14 when the Bulls won it 3 times.
@Gold_Must_Fall (Comment 16) : Thats hardly surprising seeing as though the Jaguars is pretty much the Argie National side so of course they are favourably backed. Majority of SA sides are fairly young and untested hence not much backing.
Really dont have an outstanding favourite in terms of the jerseys. Think the sponsors logos ruin a few good ones, like the Blues jersey. Im still not a fan of the arb patterns on the Sharks jersey…think i would have preferred without those patterns or if they were integrated better…seems like they were an after thought.
For me it’s no contest, I love the art work on the Chiefs jersey, and love how the sponsor blends in perfectly.
Oh and also no contest for the worst, Kings.
@SheldonK (Comment 18) : Mate, I think it speaks volumes about the present state of SA rugby that the Jaguars are said by bookies to have a greater chance at winning the comp than ANY SA team. If it was so obviously the case as you suggest that the Argentinian team is superior to all SA teams, why has an Argentinian team not been included decades ago? I think even just two years ago when White was in charge I’d have backed the Sharks – laden with an All Springbok front row, Alberts, Coetsee, Lambie, Steyn etc – to beat the Argentinian national team home and away…. of course Argentinian rugby has improved in that period… but my concern is that SA rugby has declined to a greater extent. The true test is am I concerned the bulk of the kiwi teams will lose to the Jaguars home and away? Not at all.
@Seth101 (Comment 20) : marketing faux pas that Chiefs jersey/sponsor logo. You can’t even distinguish the sponsor from the design! It’s meant to stand out and be noticed… Zero brand awareness there.
Can those Kings players pictured not afford boots either?
@Gold_Must_Fall (Comment 21) : Argie rugby is reaping the rewards now as their players have learnt their trade playing in Europe and have now returned to Arg. They have a current group of very good players. NZ sides will def struggle in Arg. I still dont think the Jaguars will be that great away from home but will still be tough to beat. There has been a large exodus of experienced and talented guys from SA, there are new coaches at the helm. The guys we have coming through now are largely untested…would be a very brave book maker to back them over a National side. I know we like to think that any SA side side should beat anyone no matter what but thats very unrealistic. The guys coming through are good…no they wont win every game…but give them a chance to see what they worth. Trust me NZ sides are definitely very beatable
Anyone else notice that ex Shark Riaan Viljoen is in the Sunwolves squad…
I think the lions black and gold strip is quite nice. The best ive seen amongst the lot. The bulls really owning the pink hey yoh. Eish the kings strip…. shame man.
Man, trying to choose a favourite jersey when the Kings strip is on display is like trying to judge a beauty contest while someone is rubbing fresh chillis in your eyes…
@Culling Song (Comment 27) : haha it’s dreadful
@Gold_Must_Fall (Comment 28) : Do they have an away kit? or just the 1
@SheldonK (Comment 29) : http://www.newrugbykits.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Kings-Away-Rugby-Jersey-2016.jpg
Unconfirmed, just as ugly.
@Seth101 (Comment 30) : Eish. Thought they were just gonna turn their jerseys inside out. Looking at the Sharks jersey again i think the patterns would look better if there was no side panel and the jersey was completely black or white
The Kings away jersey is virtually indistinguishable from the home jersey. Really is a cheap effort.
@SheldonK (Comment 31) : Yup, I love it but my biggest grip is the side panels.
I understand the purpose, ‘black and white’ rather than either or, but smaller would have been nicer, and even without them I don’t think they’d go against tradition to much.
@Seth101 (Comment 33) : I just get the feeling that the guys at BLK produced the Black jersey with the side panels and the white alternate and the boss’s kid took a marker and drew patterns on it…
@Gold_Must_Fall (Comment 32) : It’s almost like they are short of money 😉
@SheldonK (Comment 34) : I don’t know so much, those a feel are very accurate to the style of Zulu art design:
https://richedwardsimagery.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/zulu-art-at-a-gallery-in-cape-town.jpg
Definitely more subtle than the real thing.
@Seth101 (Comment 35) : Those colours would suit the Kings jersey…
I’m surprised by the support for the Lions jersey. It looks interesting in pictures, but on the field it you won’t see the small details and it will just be bland colours… At least that’s what I think.
@Seth101 (Comment 33) : My exact feelings on the Sharks jersey. The size of those side panels just seem off. It’s like a skew hanging painting, once I fixate on it I can’t concentrate on anything else.
@vanmartin (Comment 38) : I’m more put off by the different shading of the shorts vs. jerseys; the fact that they don’t match offends me WAY more than the side panels
Even with a simple thing like releasing team jerseys, the New Zealand teams are more organized.
@vanmartin (Comment 38) : @Culling Song (Comment 39) : @Seth101 (Comment 33) : I rather like the jerseys but I’ve just seen pictures of it so maybe in real live my mind could chance. For me non of the teams have a really spectacular jersey.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 40) : look at the bright side things can only get better for us!!!!!!!!!!!!
@JD (Comment 41) : I by no means dislike it, just nitpicking.
@Culling Song (Comment 39) : Yeah, I mentioned that too in another thread but reckon it’s still fixable whereas the jersey design is cast in stone.
@JD (Comment 41) : I love what the Chiefs have done. It’s busy but it works in my opinion.
@SheldonK (Comment 18) : It’s going to be interesting to see how they hold up depth-wise though, seeing as how they’ll be involved in Super 500 and RC
@Gold_Must_Fall (Comment 32) : So cheap in fact, that I’d put money on the fact that either numbers will fall off during a game, or jerseys will start to disintegrate, or both!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 40) : do you think it helped that ALL their jerseys are manufactured and designed by the same company?
To save costs BLK probably had a work experience student design up the Kings’ jersey.
@Gold_Must_Fall (Comment 48) : that is an interesting fact. Wonder if bosses of NZ rugby decide who sponsor the kit for all their teams or is it just coincidence that they all have the same sponsors?
can’t believe there is no comment on who is “leading” the Stormers in their new kit?!?!?! 😈 🙄 👿
Addidas sure went all out with the NZ teams’ presentations…..contrasted by the Kings (BLK) decidedly amateur “side street ID photo vendor” look and feel.
I’d have to say:
Crusaders
Chiefs
Hurricanes
then Sharks (probably my bias, which says a lot for the designs of the teams above the Sharks)
@JD (Comment 51) : ….I saw it…then duly ignored it….he’s still trying to figure out how he signed himself into being coached by Robbie Fleck 😈
@JD (Comment 51) : No comment…
I see in various write-ups and letters that the Kings’ treatment of their player remains disgraceful…
In other, better news: I’m so chuffed that the boxing day test match, upon its return to Durban is almost sold out. Excellent news…
Sunwolves looks the coolest.
Heard a lot of negative stuff about the Kings Kit, once I was it, it doesnt look bad at all, not the best, but a very African pattern similar to what I’ve seen when I toured rural eastern cape
Im neutral about ours, its OK
I’d rather but a simple back/white t-shirt with the sharks logo on it
@FireTheLooser (Comment 53) : @pastorshark (Comment 54) : geez you guys are no fun at all!!!! ;-P
@pastorshark (Comment 56) : glad to hear. You going to Durbs to watch the cricket?!
The New Zealand teams’ jerseys are in a league of their own. They look so much better than any of the others. The Chiefs get my vote for the best looking jersey.
No Waratahs or cheetahs jerseys there, hopefully the Jaguars pull out something good and not blue, but my favourite would be the Chiefs and crusaders. With worst being kings, and pink Bulls
@RuckingFun (Comment 61) : it will almost certainly be something blue for the Jaguars.
So I asked my wife for her opinion on the rugby jerseys: After laughing at the Bulls, rolling her eyes at the Stormers and doing this 😯 at the Kings’ jersey…her conclusion was that she wouldn’t go out of her way to buy any of the jerseys. She thought the Sharks, Reds, Crusaders were ok…and basically she reckons it’s time to go retro!
@pastorshark (Comment 63) : We’re just watching “Lord of the Rings”…she reckons the fellowship should just have worn these jerseys and the look alone would have chased the wringraiths a mile…
@pastorshark (Comment 64) : hahaha ja it could have worked!!!
@JD (Comment 65) : Especially the Bulls in pink…
@pastorshark (Comment 66) : think that pink might be even worse than the Kings jerseys!!!!
@JD (Comment 67) :