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O/T England Rugby getting a new kit supplier
DIR By: DazzaS
Date: October 7, 2019, 5:38 am
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Accoridng to Rugby Shirt watch non twitter (who got their news
from the Mail on Sunday, RFU are changing kit suppliers next
year after the 6 nations to Umbro. they apparently put in a
higher offer than Canterbury.
I thought Umbro was a bit unsual, but it has been pointed out to
me they used to supply rugby kits to clubs and internationals
during the 80s and 90s.There is also apparently a link with
lovell rugby because Mike Ashley hasa a stake in Umbro and fully
owns Lovell.
Here is the Mail
HTML https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-7541845/England-Umbro-shirt-deal-Six-Nations-agreeing-deal-worth-5m-year.html.
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Re: O/T England Rugby getting a new kit supplier
DIR By: guest257
Date: October 8, 2019, 1:45 am
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An odd choice: risky in the sense that they haven’t been
producing modern rugby kits so not sure they’d be up for its
technically; and design wise a bit of a throw back to the
football team from the 90s...
Notwithstanding that, they have produced some classic football
kits and I’m sure they’ll be up for making their mark in rugby
with this contract.
To be honest I thought the company was done for so am pleased to
see that they’ve been resurrected. My understanding was that
they were bought by Nike, who took all the lucrative contracts
(England football, Manchester City, etc etc) and then dumped
them. But I see they have been emerging again in the football
top couple of tiers.
They’re a solid British brand - and a specialist one and in the
era of sportswear being dominated by the big global brands of
Nike and Adidas (much as these are quality...) I like to see
more local and traditional providers suck as Umbro and
Canterbury getting some of the big contracts in the sports that
they have really focussed on.
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Re: O/T England Rugby getting a new kit supplier
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: October 8, 2019, 3:26 am
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HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbro
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Re: O/T England Rugby getting a new kit supplier
DIR By: never sleep
Date: October 8, 2019, 4:13 am
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I suspect that they would mix it up a bit and probably design a
white shirt with a rose over the left breast.
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Re: O/T England Rugby getting a new kit supplier
DIR By: guest694
Date: October 12, 2019, 6:30 am
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I’ve always found it a bit curious that Canterbury kept their
dominance as a kit provider when the kits moved to skin tight,
collar-less synthetic jerseys. Canterbury’s USP was always a
high quality natural material using New Zealand and South
African wool. They also prided themselves on the the ‘looped
collar’ which was almost impossible to rip.
Their USPs are obsolete so it’s probably time the sport
freshened its allegiances.
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Re: O/T England Rugby getting a new kit supplier
DIR By: Everyone’s a Quinner
Date: October 13, 2019, 12:22 pm
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Being a general fan of rugby kits and also collecting a few from
over the years, this news does surprise me. Umbro haven’t been
in the rugby game for decades, however I remember when they used
to be the supplier for England in the 80’s I believe and looking
at the past England rugby kits produced by Umbro they used to do
a decent job in my opinion.
Personally I would have liked and hoped that Nike could have won
the deal to produce and supply the England kit again. I was a
big fan of each and every England shirt they released and they
had some good training range that went with it, some magnificent
designs and also quality in durability, plus very nice to wear
both the player issue kit, standard replica kit and the cotton
long sleeved kit.
Canterbury haven’t done a bad job since they took over with some
nice kits here and there, but I wouldn’t say they’ve blown me
away either. Giving England and other teams the same template
for the home kits this year gave off the impression that you
couldn’t be bothered and didn’t put much care into it.
Especially during a World Cup year, you would have thought
Canterbury would have put some thought into it.
Either way, I am optimistic with Umbro; they seem to have
overcome their troubles from a few years ago and again are
producing nice kits and good boots again. I especially really
liked their England World Cup 2010 football kit they made. They
gave a classic all white look and redone their feel of the kit
with a sport mesh infused cotton feel, during their campaign of
“Tailored in England, by Umbro”. They care and design they put
into those kits was exemplary and I hope they do something like
that with the future England rugby kits should this news be true
and the deal come into fruition.
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