IRFU to land €15m kit deal

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

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The IRFU are in line for a multi-million euro windfall after agreeing a new sponsorship deal with Puma, believed to extend beyond the 2015 World Cup. The current contract with New Zealand company Canterbury expires at the end of this season but an agreement has already been struck with German sportswear company Puma.

This could net the IRFU as much as â'¬15million in an inclusive deal incorporating the supply of on-field, training and leisure wear to Ireland's Senior, A and underage teams.[/b]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/ru...l-14200447.html

Woohoo, no more of those God awful Canterbury kits!

 

[An Tarbh]

good riddance, the current jersey is vile, hopefully they'll go back to the older colour as well.

 

[cyRil]

Yeah I used to love the purple and yellow polka dot Irish shirts.

 

[Bullitt]

Thank god for that - I doubt many people are fans of the generic Canterbury kits being used by nigh-on everyone. And as already said, maybe they'll start using a shade of green that is assosciated with Ireland also.

That said though, let's hope Puma don't make Ireland wear anything as ugly compared to what they did to the Quins RL kit;

 

[An Tarbh]

well they haven't done a bad job with the Bath jerseys, so here's hoping we get something similar.

 

[Fa'atau82]

More than likely to be like Samoa's shirt.

 

[MunsterMan]

My preference would be for a deal with Addidas and a jersey based on this

but anything is better than what we have now!

 

[dullonien]

Why was the shade of green changed? Surely the IRFU had control over aspects of the kit of that importance. Couldn't ever see the shade of Wales' scarlet red changed. Hope to see the original Irish green back next year then :good:

 

[An Tarbh]

The IRFU seem quite happy to whore themselves to the highest bidder.

 

[monkeypigeon]

It ain't whoring, it's business.

 

[An Tarbh]

that's what whore's call it as well.

 

[shazbooger]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Feb 25 2009, 08:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

that's what whore's call it as well.[/b]

lmao

 

[Prestwick]

Puma has definitely improved in the last few seasons.

Bath are the Puma posters boys but back in 2006 their Puma jersies were more BARF than Bath to be honest. Absolutely hideous and schoolboy.

These days, they look awesome. I think the IRFU are onto a good thing here!

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

Isn't the present jersey the more traditional shade of green? I'll see if I can dig up a couple of pictures. Over time the colour of the jersey gradually lightened.

 

[An Tarbh]

don't think so, the current one is certainly darker than what we had throughout the 80s, 90s and prior to the last world cup.

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Feb 25 2009, 05:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

don't think so, the current one is certainly darker than what we had throughout the 80s, 90s and prior to the last world cup.[/b]

It's certainly darker than the jerseys from the 90s and 00s but it's akin to the shirt worn on the 80s and before that:

http://www.irishrugby.ie/735_753.php

 

[An Tarbh]

it's still not the manky bottle green we have now though.

 

[durbutter]

Fluorescent green shamrocks all over the jersey. thats what we need.

 

[Macsen]

It went from dark green to bright green to back again.

 

[melon]

Is that Keeeeeeef Wood in that picture?

He should handle the designs of Ireland's new jersey....he'd make it manly.

I like noidsay's idea of the shamrocks. The base colour should be that darker green and adorning it should be hundreds of small shiny, fluorescent shamrocks!!!!