The all new 2025 Kit Thread!

[Worzel]

On 27/10/2024 at 11:18, burningmuscles said:

It's interesting that jerseys of famous football teams have miniscule variations from year to year. It seems people are happy to pay for the tweaks, and the slightly different decoration of the same shirt. 

I have no idea why RL kit designers try to reinvent the wheel every time. The Hull KR kit is literally a mish-mash of two styles, neither of them owing any past heritage to any former Hull KR shirt. I honestly think they're taking the ######.

To be fair we have had a 'sash' kit before in 2011, but I'm not a fan. Ideally for me we'd be white with a red band, and then our heritage red with a blue band for occasional special anniversaries, and leave any messing about to the away kits. But then I'm not the bloke with a target on his back to sell shirts and raise money!!   

[DI Keith Fowler]

26 minutes ago, Henson Park Old Firm said:

Looks like London are using their old badge in some capacity.

 

https://london-broncos-shop.myshopify.com/collections/merchandise/products/london-broncos-rlfc-unisex-t-shirt

I think it's really emblematic of how London have been run in recent years that they didn't revert to a version of that crest and the blue, red, yellow colour scheme of old when they moved into Wimbledon.

The football team's strip is two of those colours, and in fact all three feature on their badge. The stadium suddenly looks a lot more like home when you're team are playing in a strip that mostly matches rather than black clashing with blue seats, you look like the away team. 

[Anita Bath]

46 minutes ago, Henson Park Old Firm said:

Looks like London are using their old badge in some capacity.

 

https://london-broncos-shop.myshopify.com/collections/merchandise/products/london-broncos-rlfc-unisex-t-shirt

$57 for a t shirt…blimey. Mind you it is London -  on the basis of how many pints does it work out at then its probably a bargain.

[Dave T]

1 hour ago, DI Keith Fowler said:

I think that's good from Warrington. Sponsor looks miles better obviously, it's a bit different from recent shirts but still recognisably Warrington, and it's not a raglan sleeve cut which has been done to deaf by kit manufacturers. 

I'm not a huge fan of the home shirt. Having the yellow base still feels like an away shirt to me. But, I don't buy rugby shirts anyway so hopefully the young 'uns like it. It'll look decent on the players.

As a Wire fan I must admit to being a touch disappointed that we do appear to have moved away from the white shirts that we had during the 70s and 80s.pretty consistently.

[burningmuscles]

 

4 hours ago, Worzel said:

To be fair we have had a 'sash' kit before in 2011, but I'm not a fan. Ideally for me we'd be white with a red band, and then our heritage red with a blue band for occasional special anniversaries, and leave any messing about to the away kits. But then I'm not the bloke with a target on his back to sell shirts and raise money!!   

Well, this just proves my point about RL kits in the modern era.

Like, why did KR introduce a sash in 2011? What does a sash have to do with KR jerseys? It wasn't even a proper "Southampton" - it's all swirly as well.

I'm not having a go at KR though. Most teams are very random in their designs. Warrington don't know if they play in blue or primrose. Saints are forever dickin' about with the size/style of vee (compared to St George), and can't decide if their shorts are red/white. Castleford can't decide between yellow or orange. Salford just come up with anything.

At the end of the day, it's not important - but just merely curious as to why RL teams are a bit "liberal" with this kit design business, more so than in other professional sports.

Some recent Salford jerseys, for example; 

Edited November 4 by burningmuscles
photo tidy

[Worzel]

31 minutes ago, burningmuscles said:

 

Well, this just proves my point about RL kits in the modern era.

Like, why did KR introduce a sash in 2011? What does a sash have to do with KR jerseys? It wasn't even a proper "Southampton" - it's all swirly as well.

I'm not having a go at KR though. Most teams are very random in their designs. Warrington don't know if they play in blue or primrose. Saints are forever dickin' about with the size/style of vee (compared to St George), and can't decide if their shorts are red/white. Castleford can't decide between yellow or orange. Salford just come up with anything.

At the end of the day, it's not important - but just merely curious as to why RL teams are a bit "liberal" with this kit design business, more so than in other professional sports.

Some recent Salford jerseys, for example; 

Yes, I fully agree. I think teams should spend more time thinking about the long-term brand value derived from consistency with minor tweaks, and less time chasing the sugar rush of one years kit sales. The former is much more valuable in the long run. 

From a Hull KR perspective, they have the opportunity to "own" white-with-a-red-band in a way that they can never truly own "something random with a lot of red on it", which a lot of teams can do. 

I think elite football teams understand that far better. 

 

[Barry Badrinath]

On 04/11/2024 at 10:40, Dave T said:

I'm not a huge fan of the home shirt. Having the yellow base still feels like an away shirt to me. But, I don't buy rugby shirts anyway so hopefully the young 'uns like it. It'll look decent on the players.

As a Wire fan I must admit to being a touch disappointed that we do appear to have moved away from the white shirts that we had during the 70s and 80s.pretty consistently.

White shirts historically are our poorest sellers

[Leyther_Matt]

On 02/11/2024 at 13:36, Harry Stottle said:

Is it a brand new club or a continuation of the one that was originated in 1880's?

I thing you had better get onto Mike Latham and tell him to cross out the names of all those who have played for the club and recieved an Heritage Number prior to the 2023 season and start it all over again.

Without wishing to dive too deeply in to this, there’s a reason why the ‘fan’ heritage numbers only began in 2023 and not using the years of previous data that was available. 

[Harry Stottle]

17 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Without wishing to dive too deeply in to this, there’s a reason why the ‘fan’ heritage numbers only began in 2023 and not using the years of previous data that was available. 

Yeah agree Matt, it was one of the very good marketing ploys that the club entered into in the 'new era'. And as I said a combination of the old and new could also be a good winner for sales perhaps for Magic Weekend, the original Cherry and white hoops as the '71 Wembley Kit with the Leopard Crest on the Chest.

[gingerjon]

15 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Yeah agree Matt, it was one of the very good marketing ploys that the club entered into in the 'new era'. And as I said a combination of the old and new could also be a good winner for sales perhaps for Magic Weekend, the original Cherry and white hoops as the '71 Wembley Kit with the Leopard Crest on the Chest.

Because we disagree so much elsewhere - let me just say that I think that is exactly the right thing to do for something like Magic Weekend and would look so good.

[Dave T]

22 hours ago, Barry Badrinath said:

White shirts historically are our poorest sellers

yeah, I can get that, and as I say, I won't buy a shirt anyway, so I'm perfectly happy that they cater for those who will. 

[Harry Stottle]

9 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Because we disagree so much elsewhere - let me just say that I think that is exactly the right thing to do for something like Magic Weekend and would look so good.

Thank you and much appreciated.

[LeytherRob]

5 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

Yeah agree Matt, it was one of the very good marketing ploys that the club entered into in the 'new era'. And as I said a combination of the old and new could also be a good winner for sales perhaps for Magic Weekend, the original Cherry and white hoops as the '71 Wembley Kit with the Leopard Crest on the Chest.

Maybe as a heritage round but not Magic Weekend in my opinion. MW is a weekend to attempt to cut through the noise and gain additional exposure and you don’t get that looking like Wigan. Yes we had may have had cherry and white hoops first, but that ship has sailed and the past 2 years have shown it was the correct decision to let it go and separate the Leigh branding from looking like a knock off Wigan.

Personally after being initially horrified at losing the traditional kits I’ve moved to the far camp and I now believe we should consign red and white to the bin as a home kit, probably adopting black and gold since no one else on RL has those home colours. 

[gingerjon]

Should they exist, London Broncos:

[Hopie]

9 hours ago, gingerjon said:

Should they exist, London Broncos:

Back to Fulham? The Khan's have got money to burn.

[Angelic Upstart]

Rovers alternate/3rd

Love it!

[Anita Bath]

1 minute ago, Angelic Upstart said:

Rovers alternate/3rd

Love it!

Why do HKR keep getting the red stripe the wrong way.

Mind you having it this way might have made roger the dodger look a bit taller.

[LeytherRob]

16 minutes ago, Angelic Upstart said:

Rovers alternate/3rd

Love it!

Good to see PSG back in SL 

[Worzel]

13 hours ago, LeytherRob said:

Good to see PSG back in SL 

I'm sure it's a total coincidence

[jacobus]

Dragons training kit- not sure if this is a sign of things to come with the match shirt being off white

 

https://ukcatalansdragons.blogspot.com/2024/11/first-sight-of-2025-training-kit.html

 

[Just Browny]

14 hours ago, LeytherRob said:

Good to see PSG back in SL 

Apart from the bit of red on the sleeves, that's just a straight rip off isn't it!

[jacobus]

 

 

[Aerosaint]

26 minutes ago, jacobus said:

 

 

Looks much better than the Arsenal shirt. My gut would straighten out the chevrons, no problem. 

[Eddie]

4 hours ago, jacobus said:

 

 

It’s a shame that the Dolphins had an absolute blank canvas to design a kit and badge, and came up with that. 

[Shaggy]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

It’s a shame that the Dolphins had an absolute blank canvas to design a kit and badge, and came up with that. 

What would you be your preferred style?