Balls (Merged Threads)

[Man of Kent]

Apparently Steeden balls are being used next season.

Is there as much difference between Steeden and Rhino as is made out?

[EastLondonMike]

Can't comment on the current Rhino balls, but can remember when the change was first made, and handling a Steeden was so much better. Rhino did improve over the years, but still think Steedens are the better ball. 

Has this switch been reported anywhere?

[Damien]

I remember the switch to Rhino was accompanied with loads of complaints about the ball and that it was slippery, particularly when wet. It was blamed for a lot of dropped ball in matches but don't know if they made changes to fix this.

[Man of Kent]

3 minutes ago, EastLondonMike said:

Can't comment on the current Rhino balls, but can remember when the change was first made, and handling a Steeden was so much better. Rhino did improve over the years, but still think Steedens are the better ball. 

Has this switch been reported anywhere?

The Bradford winger Jy Hitchcox said it on his Proper Sport ‘Six Til Eight Debate’ show.

[EF2000]

What a wonderful thread title...

[Mr Plow]

The NRL use Steeden don’t they? You can see Elstone trying to align SL with the NRL. Hopefully we’ll end up starting and finishing our seasons around the same time in the future

[gnidir]

We should either give Steeden a 100 years contract, or at least have the technical specs for suppliers.

I remember the Rhino ones being light and flying wrong, before that, there were the KuKri ones that were really round and light, then the Gilbert 8 panel ones, proper heavy and really skinny with a large hole in the end.

White Steeden, worldwide deal at all levels, done!

I actually never understood why NRL or RLIF didn't just buy them out from Gray Nicholls. Where else will they sell league balls?

[Rupert Prince]

1 hour ago, EF2000 said:

What a wonderful thread title...

Oblate spheroids to you too!

[chuffer]

Yay! It will be interesting to see if handling errors reduce

[DavidM]

This far and zero jokes about rhino balls ... very disappointing 

[M j M]

This is perhaps the first massively positive news since Elstone came in. The Rhino balls were appalling. 

[hunsletgreenandgold]

Hope the NCL 'drop' the Rhino balls as well - they really are smother than a seal's head  

[Clogiron]

16 hours ago, gnidir said:

We should either give Steeden a 100 years contract, or at least have the technical specs for suppliers.

I remember the Rhino ones being light and flying wrong, before that, there were the KuKri ones that were really round and light, then the Gilbert 8 panel ones, proper heavy and really skinny with a large hole in the end.

White Steeden, worldwide deal at all levels, done!

I actually never understood why NRL or RLIF didn't just buy them out from Gray Nicholls. Where else will they sell league balls?

Think the steeden move is a positive one, as to white why not use the dayglow yellow like they used in the NRL nines a few years back, it's a colour that wouldn't really clash with team strips making it easier to identify in video ref calls and it would be unique to the game giving it an identity, a usp I believe it's known as which all companies strive for and isn't that the sort of thing that Elstone was brought in for not just to copy the NRL slavishly, ok, I've suggested something they used before but it looked good in those tournaments and I can't think of another colour that would stand out so well, even bright orange would clash with some of the 'away' kits around.

[iffleyox]

10 minutes ago, Clogiron said:

Think the steeden move is a positive one, as to white why not use the dayglow yellow like they used in the NRL nines a few years back, it's a colour that wouldn't really clash with team strips making it easier to identify in video ref calls and it would be unique to the game giving it an identity, a usp I believe it's known as which all companies strive for and isn't that the sort of thing that Elstone was brought in for not just to copy the NRL slavishly, ok, I've suggested something they used before but it looked good in those tournaments and I can't think of another colour that would stand out so well, even bright orange would clash with some of the 'away' kits around.

Using dayglow balls of any colour permanently is free ammunition to anyone that wants to say that RL is so northern they have to use the foul weather ball all season....

[gingerjon]

46 minutes ago, DavidM said:

This far and zero jokes about rhino balls ... very disappointing 

I don't even know who we are any more.

[chuffer]

36 minutes ago, Clogiron said:

Think the steeden move is a positive one, as to white why not use the dayglow yellow like they used in the NRL nines a few years back, it's a colour that wouldn't really clash with team strips making it easier to identify in video ref calls 

Have there been many instances of that problem? Cant say i can recall any..

[graveyard johnny]

knocker Norton, john holmes, gary divorty , john woods , dave topliss etc etc never had a problem with the mitre multiplex

[henage]

I liked the addidas balls used in RU with a circle near each point , brown in colour .

[Manx RL]

On 11/22/2018 at 4:50 PM, henage said:

I liked the addidas balls used in RU with a circle near each point , brown in colour .

Better to be brown in colour than flavour.

[chuffer]

21 minutes ago, Manx RL said:

Better to be brown in colour than flavour.

Have you tasted many brown balls?

[Manx RL]

3 minutes ago, chuffer said:

Have you tasted many brown balls?

Is that an offer?

[chuffer]

I cant offer many

[Futtocks]

58 minutes ago, chuffer said:

Have you tasted many brown balls?

 

[TIWIT]

I just knew this thread was going to end up here

[philipw]

http://www.totalrl.com/steeden-to-once-again-be-the-official-match-ball-supplier-in-super-league/

https://www.rugby-league.com/superleague/article/54111/steeden-become-official-match-ball-partner

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