Rugby Jerseys and Merch Deals

[Braveheart81]

Buy the previous season's stock.

I bought a 2011 RWC Wallabies jersey towards the end of last year for $40.

 

[Hell West & Crooked]

CANDIDATE for Worst Rugby Jumper ever...

Last Weeks New Zealand Rugby League outfit - that had then looking like the old Western Suburbs Magpies (Victa Era) running on, and said "MALAYSIAN" across the back every time they turned around....

Awful.

 

[Hell West & Crooked]

2nd Candidate... Any Jersey with 'Emirates' or 'Etihad' on it.

 

[JSRF10]

Hell West & Crooked Surely this horrific jersey is up there?

 

[Scoey]

Looking at Lovell's website there are a few very nice jerseys on there. A few of the Queenstown Knights one's are pretty cool - never heard of them but.

 

[JSRF10]

I think they are an invitational rugby 7's team, as is the case with a lot of the obscure jerseys on Lovell.

 

[Hell West & Crooked]

Hell West & Crooked Surely this horrific jersey is up there?

which one?

 

[JSRF10]

The one in the link if you click on the text, its the new vomit inducing English 7's jersey

 

[Hell West & Crooked]

No link on my page for some reason - but I know the ones you mean...

Yes, thay are bad, but the real Crime is they are so pointless....

The actual people who 'design' these, and are given these responsibilities as their job, are largely people who have never played sport at any level in their lives, and never been part of a Club... The jerseys are just "patterns" to them... this happened to the Mungoes in the 80s and 90s - and I am amazed that Rugby is letting it happen to us...

It happened to British Airways at one stage I recall, also.

 

[Jets]

I've had the same issue getting jerseys done for work. The jersey companies design team have shown little imagination and we've had to do most of them ourselves.
I don't mind the England 7's jersey, at least the white one. The other one could be the worse jersey ever designed.

 

[Dave Beat]

The ARU don't control the price of the jerseys, Kooga do. The have to get back their investment in the top end and jersey sales are how they do it.

Jets bet theyre having huge success with that price tag.

 

[Scoey]

The ARU don't control the price of the jerseys, Kooga do. The have to get back their investment in the top end and jersey sales are how they do it.

Surely when the jersey contract gets negotiated the ARU would have some input into the price of the merch. This would surely form part of the contract as it reflects directly on the ARU rightly or wrongly.

 

[TOCC]

Surely when the jersey contract gets negotiated the ARU would have some input into the price of the merch. This would surely form part of the contract as it reflects directly on the ARU rightly or wrongly.

Yes you are right, but also the ARU would naturally be afforded a more lucrative contract if they give the merchandiser greater control over prices..

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Hell West & Crooked Surely this horrific jersey is up there?

The Soap Dodgers 7's have a history of some pretty yucky jumpers over the years.

 

[Badger]

The price of jerseys is a reflection of the higher cost of many things in Australia, eg software, books etc. Part of it may relate to the cost of doing business in Australia, but there would have to be an element of profiteering when you hear stories about it being cheaper to fly to the US to buy certain computer software even after including the cost of the airfare.

I saw the new jersey for the first time this week. The quality isn’t as good as previous versions. It is lighter (weight), but comes across as filmsy. The Wallabies logo and sponsor logo are made of some sort of raised glossy PVC material which looks like it will crack and scuff after a few washes and spin cycles. Definitely iron inside out otherwise, the jersey could be ruined. Looks more like a training jersey than a match one.

 

[TOCC]

The prices are pretty standard when compared to other producers and codes... AFL jerseys are cheaper but NRL jerseys are in the same price range and sometimes more expensive.

 

[Jets]

At work we have down graded the jersey that we get for our team because the top line ones don't last. Much better getting the cheaper ones as they are more durable. Don't see the point in buying a Wallaby match quality jersey as, unless you are an athlete, you look like a fat bastard wearing one.

 

[Braveheart81]

Definitely iron inside out otherwise, the jersey could be ruined. Looks more like a training jersey than a match one.

People iron their football supporter jerseys?

 

[Hugh Jarse]

^^ For men of a certain age the "ironing" is done by their body parts applying pressure to the fabric from the inside.

 

[Braveheart81]

I have to say in terms of looking after my supporter jerseys (I don't play rugby anymore, so that's all I have), I wash them and then hang them up to dry. The dryer doesn't do any favours to the prints. I certainly don't iron them, but after they've been hung up to dry they're not really wrinkled.

As Hugh Jarse says, provided you can fill them out reasonably well, there will never be that many crinkles or creases!

Anyway, that was a great story and I'm sure you all enjoyed reading it.