THE IRFU AND Canterbury have revealed the new Ireland home and alternate playing kits, which will be worn for the first time during the November Test series against South Africa, Georgia and Australia.
The kits feature new collars that “reflect traditional jerseys from yesteryear,” according to Canterbury.
After a darker share last time around, the New Zealand manufacturer has opted for what they term a “bosphorus” green for the home jersey.
Louis Magee, President IRFU, said:
“The IRFU are delighted to welcome Canterbury back into the Irish rugby family. Canterbury has a long and successful relationship with Irish rugby at all levels of the game and we look forward to working once again with one of the leading kit suppliers in world rugby.”
Mank,the 3makes them worse
We all dream of a team of Mike Rosses.
Doesn’t look the greatest more soccer than rugby. But, no one will care what the jersey looks like if they can win the 6 nations and do well in the world cup
Just happy to see Canterbury back on the jersey…puma wasnt grrst .
Don’t think it’s too bad. Only so much you can do with a green jersey.
Kinda looks like a soccer jersey. Hopefully it’s more rugby like in real life
Winning a World Cup in a soccer jersey would be a turn up for the books
If I rip the buttons off my Irish Permanent jersey and put on “3″ would anyone know the difference
Bring back the baggy permanent tsb jersey!
I love the collar on it and it reminds alot of original earlier days with Canterbury
I think I just vomited in my mouth… jersey is MUCK
That’s well dodgy. The 70′s called, they want the jerseys back…
This means the older ones will get a reduction in price I hope?
Not one single person on this post said they liked it. I know it has the soccer teams sponsor on it, but other than that it’s grand. At least it’s not as bad as Puma’s last attempt….
Sponsors or not, ’3′ isn’t a slimming number. The whole team looks overweight.
Is it not a bit wrong that you can make out Paul O’Connell’s nipple?!
If they’re going to put a rugby collar on the shirt, then put a rugby collar on the shirt, not that ridiculous looking after thought! And no it looks nothing like a proper rugby shirt. If I gave it to my dogs, they wouldn’t even sleep on it.
There’s not much much you can do with such a neutral colour to strike fear into opponents minds,unlike say yellow or red which registers danger to our brains(Ayrton Senna’s opponents always moved quickly out of his way when they saw his bright yellow helmet in their mirrors)maybe some sort of Celtic design would help.
I’d love to see an orange jersey for once ,much more striking,or our national colour of blue a gold harp,though it might look too much like Leinsters jersey.
This Hutchinson Whampoa takeover of O2 is changing everything for the worse. First The Point/O2 has to change its name and now this. Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Like all these things you have to see the thing in real life
How many blips will that set you back?
Awful. Something your mother would have bought you as a child. Bring back traditional rugby shirts.
I think they’re deadly. The dark green 2009 ones were the last cnz ones we had I think?
Are they painted on or will they have to tear them off?
It looks just like the Irish home & away soccer jerseys circa the whole Ireland v France Thierry Henry fiasco in 2009
I like this Ireland jersey design, it is classy and slick with a nicer green colour. My only critique is that the crest on the chest of the jersey should be larger and more prominent. The white shield with the IRFU symbol is too small on the front of the jersey, it isn’t brave enough.
Larger crests on international jerseys have, over the past couple of years, come back into fashion for the most high-profile and stylish teams. For example, the 2013 British and Irish Lions rugby team wore an enlarged crest on the front of their jersey (both on their Test jersey and their replica jersey), as did the Holland national football team at the 2014 FIFA world cup. The retro penchant for larger and more prominent crests is to remind the players, supporters and opponents, of the proud identity and heritage of your team. It is to be hoped that if there are any tweaks made to the new Ireland jersey in the months to come, it will be in the form of an enlarged crest.
Very clever marketing from 3. The National football team, and the representative rugby side ( both playing at Aviva) have the same jerseys.
The home jersey is actually quite good, especially with the retro white collar attached at the top, but the alternate jersey seriously looks like the away jersey worn by the soccer team a couple of years back, and that in itself is a letdown, because it looks like the soccer team just threw it away and Canterbury just picked it up and didn’t do much with it. It just doesn’t look good. Ireland don’t always have to have a shade of green on all their jerseys. They could have made it navy/black like puma did before.
Would be class to see Ireland in Under Amrour gear. The Welsh and Clermont stuff looks unreal!
I’m not entirely sure if I like them or not. People will rubbish the puma ones, but I personally liked the first puma jersey for it’s simple design and good use of texture. Subsequent ones were kinda poor (though a few of the training jerseys were good).
Canterbury’s use of texture is again interesting. It looks like they’ve gone with tiny embossed “shamrocks” on the front of the jersey. Interesting as I have said, but not sure if I like it yet. But nah – not a fan of the collar on it.
I like it
The collar? Seriously, what is the story?