Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:
You can guarantee if a shirt is released people will complain about it, I don’t see the issue with it. It’s got red, white and blue on it still, just less red and more blue. I will say though £55 for a shirt is on the high end price wise, I won’t be buying one.
I didn’t realise a World Cup shirt was released in 2021, if that’s the case they should have stuck with that, this is the same World Cup that’s just been postponed after all. Can anyone post an image of the previously released, now abandoned World Cup shirt?
Ive got issues with it for a few reasons.
There is way too much Blue and no red in the actual design - this is all the more baffling considering we play in a group where all the other teams play in blue. What was the rationale behind it?
Because this World Cup was postponed a lot of the marketing will be repurposed and a lot of that marketing will have Englands colours being Red &. White, EG take a look at the official RLWC website, every mention of England is visualised with red and white. Even the press shot with Wayne and Ralph Rimmer and Betfred had them holding up red and white scarf alongside a blue and white shirt, it looks like amateur hour
They had already released a kit for this tournament, this means people will have already bought replica kit and merchandise, I understand the Sponsor had changed but they could easily have changed the sponsor without changing the design and colours.
Its just a typical Oxen shirt, no special design details, nothing that makes it look like a special shirt for a special occasion.
