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I know this is a little late in the game given that the new rugby league rep jerseys were announced a lot earlier, but today’s Sydney Morning Herald was the first time I’d seen what the new shirt would look like
Ok, let’s start with the good.
The Kangaroos jersey is effectively unchanged from its basic form. It has the double golden chevrons and the horrible and ugly VB sponsorship is gone.
It’s produced by a good kit maker in Canterbury.
Yes, the collar is gone, but I think most of us have now moved on from thinking this silly anachronism is actually worth mourning.
On the basic design then, I wouldn’t really change much, as it’s still the basic Kangaroo iconic design, just with a slightly lighter green.
So what am I bothering to write about if the basic ingredients are right?
Well, to be blunt it’s the logos. We all love our chevrons in League, but putting one on both the Kangaroos badge and the coat of arms, in exactly the same style as the jersey, all just looks kinda stupid.
Talk about chevron overload!
Now that the shirt is covered in chevrons, it’s become clear that scarcity and context are what lend symbols their value.
So having six sets of them (yes, I count six – the main chevron on the jersey, two sets for each Kangaroos logo on the jersey and on the shorts, two on each side of the shorts, and one in the middle of the coat of arms) on the Kangaroos kit makes them look like a particularly offensive bright orange that your neighbour has decided to paint on everything thing he owns.
What annoys me about this is that it has done two things: it firstly trashed two perfectly good logos in the previous and impeccable Kangaroos logo and the normal coat of arms, and then trashed the iconic Kangaroos jersey itself by effectively turning it into a tacky mosaic of chevrons.
Why ARC, why?
I know it’s a superficial issue, but why did you go out of your way to coat the jersey with this hideous tone of bright orange?
You had done well in getting rid of the eyesore that was the massive VB logo, so why undo that good work by taking two aspects of the jersey that worked fine and replacing them with something so devaluing?
If the jersey had any more sets of angled lines it’ll start to look like a green and gold zebra.
So for the world cup, do us all a favour and give us back our old Kangaroos logo (first used in 2008) and coat of arms.
Then, the jersey only would have only three sets of chevrons, which is just about enough.
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