LEINSTER, MUNSTER AND Connacht have all launched their new kits for the upcoming season and tonight it was the turn of Ulster’s players to take to the catwalk for the big reveal.
New signings John Cooney, Jean Deysel and Schalk van der Merwe joined Ireland international Andrew Trimble at Kingspan Stadium to model the new home and away shirts.
The Kukri-designed home kit incorporates the province’s traditional colours of white, red and black while the alternate jersey is described as ‘black and duck egg blue’ in the press release.
Both kits will remain unchanged for the next two seasons and Ulster will wear the new away one for the first time in Thursday’s pre-season friendly against Wasps in Belfast.
“Kukri Sports has been a valued partner of Ulster Rugby for ten years and they have once again delivered a quality product for players and supporters to wear,” Fiona Hampton, head of sales and marketing at Ulster Rugby, said.
“We are now starting the fourth season of our current five-year deal and this new design will be retained for the next two years.”
What do you think of the new kits?
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At least they didn’t try and sell everyone a horseshite background story like the Munster and Irish jerseys
Wow a ulster article, we are allowed to comment on! No body say “10″ or they will close the comment.
@Patrick Corrigan: It will be interesting to see how all that fairs out.
@Patrick Corrigan: 10
@Dave Murray: ah you gone and done it now!
@Patrick Corrigan: 10.30
@Patrick Corrigan: Bring back Ian Madigan for Ulster at 10.
@Dave Murray: nice save!
Traditional Ulster colours are red and yellow. However the colonial game of Rugger imposes white, the England colour, in keeping with that sports colonial mindset.
Sad that an Irish province has to play in the colours of the conquerer. (This new black is pretty horrible too).
@Con Murphy: traditional munster colour is blue but they play in red. what does that mean
@Con Murphy: Jaysus Con, get a life.
@Con Murphy: Sad that someone thinks it’s sad.
@mark:
Englands red of course, also conquered Munster, for a while.
@Con Murphy: Ireland’s change kit is white. What does that say?
@Con Murphy: While it would be a good idea to use the Traditional colours of Ulster for inclusion. However the black is not horrible and I am inclined to agree with Martin Quinn. Away to your political party of double standards and leave rugby to its own in Ireland.
@Con Murphy: This could be wrong but a lad I know once told me Ulster’s colours are in tribute to Trinity College, the first rugby club in Ireland and oldest in the world to still be running. That’s not as exciting or political an explanation though, so it’s probably not worth hearing.
@Ewan Euphrenza: Yes it is worth hearing.
@Con Murphy: Ulster have been playing in white for as long as I can remember . That’s at least back to the early eighties .
@Con Murphy: Do you not have fairies to be chasing down there in Kerry with the Healy-Raes
@Con Murphy: You appear to be confusing the colours of the provincial flag with the rugby team. Let’s take flags shall we? Google “IRFU flag”, then take the Leinster flag – the yellow harp on a a green – don’t think I’ve ever seen yellow and green on the Leinster rugby team? Munster’s flag of yellow crowns on blue … definitely not the Limerick/Cork standard, connacht in green but their flag is a mix of blues/black/white. So in closing, all the provinces appear to be ignoring your idiotic oberservation. Bottom line and everyone knows this, Ulster is white, Munster is red, Leinster in blue, Connacht is green. I suggest you crawl back under your rock sir or see a doctor for subject Irish province colour blindness.
Why no comments on the Lealiifano article?
@Bruce Lee: I’d imagine it’s relating to the two Ulster lads legal case.
@Dave Murray: Overkill?
@Bruce Lee: Took them a couple of days after the story broke to actually post an article about it!
@Bruce Lee: They are due to write an article today at 10:12, or it can be 10:13 (depending on who’s injured.)
@Bruce Lee: Probably to avoid it being pointed out they were 4 days late with the story. the42 rugby writers appear to have been asleep all summer, no opinion pieces on the Pro 14 either.
@Bruce Lee: I’ll comment. Lealiifano is a class act and if he comes to Ulster, it’ll be as good as 2010 when they signed Pienaar. As for everything else, everyone should leave Jackson/Olding be until their case comes up. Let the police and courts decide what is going on.
Red for Blood.