Blues 2020

[Yeetyaah]

@Dice that's the 2000 jersey so maybe it was designed in 99 when Northland was still a Chiefs territory then they switched and didn't wanna redesign.

[KiwiMurph]

@Yeetyaah Northland was part of the Blues in 99.

[Yeetyaah]

@KiwiMurph I thought they switched at the end of the 90s as the Chiefs still had blue on their kit.

[Chris]

@KiwiMurph Looks like a shattered window maybe the correct design then. or a very bad tile design in a bathroom.

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah They switched from the 1999 season. I actually went to a Chiefs home game (vs NSW) at Albany.

[antipodean]

@Stargazer said in Blues 2020:

I'm willing to wager a substantial sum that marketing tried to justify that horrid design rather than went to a designer with those words first.

The person responsible for that should have their crayons taken away.

[taniwharugby]

@Bovidae yea i went to one in 97 at Albany where the Chiefs hosted the Blues.

[Duluth]

@taniwharugby said in Blues 2020:

yea i went to one in 97 at Albany where the Chiefs hosted the Blues.

The Chiefs were meant to be based in Harbour. Most of the unions that made up the Chiefs wanted Hamilton and they won an appeal against the NZRFU

[Dice]

The shorts and socks look good though...

Seeing Beaudie in a Blues uniform makes me feel a little better about the jerseys. It's too bad we have to win our title(s) in this jersey though.

[Machpants]

@taniwharugby said in Blues 2020:

@Stargazer what a crock, how the marketing team sold that concept 🙄

Amazing how they can take a simple rugby jersey and try to justify why it looks shit.

Was this only a training Jersey? One of the better looking ones IMO.

Fuck Kaino is awesome. Everyone else look knackered. Kaino just looks nails

[jegga]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2020:

Listed as the Kids home jersey on a retail site so I guess the team one will be much the same -

Crusaders marketing team one, "we just convinced the crusaders that changing from a badass knight to two sets of cocks and balls touching was a great design idea! Top that"

Blues marketing team "hold my beer"

Have the canes unleashed this years atrocity yet? I'm setting my expectations to low based on that thing in the picture.

[Machpants]

@jegga canes much much worse

[jegga]

@Machpants said in Blues 2020:

@jegga canes much much worse

Nah , blues one is crap . Reminds me of tie died crushed velvet

[Stargazer]

[Bones]

@jegga said in Blues 2020:

@Machpants said in Blues 2020:

@jegga canes much much worse

Nah , blues one is crap . Reminds me of tie died crushed velvet

Yeah I don't understand the fuss about the Canes one. It's just your usual stark yellow Canes Jersey with a bit of black stuff on it.

[Tim]

Tevita Mafileo is training with the Blues.

[Daffy Jaffy]

The mahi begins -

[Daffy Jaffy]

Does anyone recognise any of the wtg/acadamy/injury cover players in the video above? I wondered if the player with dreads second from the right in the 'wedding photo' at 2m35s was the young Auckland halfback Taufa Funaki ?

[nzzp]

@Daffy-Jaffy that drone footage is amazeballs. Looks brutal (like most years)

[taniwharugby]

@nzzp yeah they all seem to put it in pre-season, so comes down to other issues that see the results fall the way they do.