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Fashion crimes Print E-mail
Written by BartMan   
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Fashion crimes.  OK, so I admit, being an ex front rower, and my idea of fashion is a pair of baggy shorts, slip-ons, and an old footy jersey, preferably with a one, two or three on the back, I still know shit when I see it, and my eyes have been getting overwhelmed in the opening fortnight as these abominations that pass for rugby jerseys have been showing their faces.

In no particular order, just as the nightmare jerseys force their way back into my consciousness...

The Paddy jerseys, aren't they ugly?  What has happened to the emerald green?  This dark green boob tube that they are wearing is just not Ireland.  Perhaps that is why they are playing so badly at the RWC at this stage!!  Dark green is Boerland, emerald is Paddyland.  Perhaps Canterbury Clothing got a bulk deal of the darker colour from their Chinese factories, and convinced the Paddy's to change...

Sure the Paddy jerseys are wrong, but not as wrong as the Welsh ones.  Is it Jones the Taffy first five?  He positively had man breasts in these rash shirts masquerading as rugby tops.  The jerseys looked like bloody superman suits - or rather the Flash.  Anyway, ugly, ugly, ugly.  I'm picking those fat Welsh props would be voting for a change too, opposing props getting a decent grip of their fat roles would not be too comfortable for 80 minutes.

Perhaps the Frogs have lost their mojo for the same reasons the Potato Farmers have.  Their 'new blue' is as shite as the new green.  What is it with wanky sponsors who feel the need to change stuff for the RWC.  Not as if it is improved either, so sales won't be going through the roof.  Bring back the lighter blue, the emerald green, and perhaps a touch looser jerseys for the Welsh.  I am sure their props would be happy to start with.

You then have the Pom shirts as the final candidate for the worst jersey at the 2007 RWC award.  Tight, and with a red slash on it to make it look, ahh, bugger me if I know what it is meant to do, apart from look retarded. 

So bring back the real jerseys, perhaps concede to science, and the tight look, and the new materials, but bejesus, leave the bloody colours alone.  Ireland belongs in Emerald green.  England jerseys are meant to be white, the Frogs play in blue, not a blue that is so close to black it may as well be.  At least the Taffy Joes didn't screw around with the colour, they have just made the jerseys look like underwear.  Perhaps they should have screwed with the colour...

At least there is one team that has been pretty constant throughout, at the very least colour wise, but that is to be expected.

After all, Black is always in fashion...

 
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