GLOBAL SPORTSWEAR COMPANY Puma have taken back the set of commemorative jerseys work by Ireland’s rugby players against South Africa on Saturday for a comprehensive examination.
The shirts – commissioned to mark the first international game at the redeveloped Lansdowne Road stadium – had to be replaced at half-time after a first period in which they ripped consistently.
A Puma spokesman, speaking to TheScore.ie this afternoon said that the German ‘sportlifestyle’ firm are determined to get to the bottom of the problem.
Colin Morrissey of Horison Sports – speaking for Puma – explained that the adverse conditions affected the gear, in a game which Ireland lost by two points to the world champions after Ronan O’Gara hit a late conversion effort off the post.
It was affected by the wet weather and they obviously made the decision at half time to switch to the old gear.
The commemorative jerseys have been taken back and Puma will identify exactly what the problem was. In the meantime they’re back in the jerseys they wore for the Six Nations
And after a week of embarrassing climb-downs for the IRFU, this latest minor set-back, is all they need. Writes David Kelly in the Irish Independent this morning:
Quite apart from the ticketing shambles, jersey-gate also mocks the supposedly bright sparks in their new Dublin 4 offices. Ireland had to change every single one of their commemorative jerseys at half-time.
“The ultra-modern fabrics and construction techniques that give the kit the strong and lightweight high-performance demanded by today’s players”, which will set punters back a cool €60, apparently rip when you fold your arms.
Can’t see many of them shifting.
Only beating Malta by two goals is embarrassing
I’m glad Southgate got the job. He’s a useless pr*** and the best thing you can say about him is he is Allardyce’s sloppy seconds. A sad comment on the quality of English managers.
He is only caretaker manager as there wasn’t enough time to find a long term replacement before these games. Calm down.
@Chocolatito: It’s not embarrassing at all. Malta rarely get hammered by teams, in the last year they’ve only lost by one goal in games against Croatia, Italy and Austria. The reason they got hammered by Scotland was because they had a player unfairly sent off and fell apart from there.
No. It is embarrassing. It’s f***ing embarrassing. Malta’s top player only played today because he got someone else to cover his postman’s round. To be fair. Any team Rooney can get into now has to be shite.
When was the last time Rooney had a good game? If he played for a smaller club there’s no way he’d be playing for England.
They’re gonna win the WC now again
Had England -2 in an accum tks you sh#t head
Ah Ryano ya may aswell have given me your money
Had a big win during the week Al put a lot of it on an accum and the English let me down, typical
Bookie always wins Ryano
Your right Al, keeps ya interested in the boring games .
Nelson haha