ASICS are completely ****ing useless... I heard the guys on Rugby HQ over here defend them (obviously a partner company) by explaining they needed to make some money off the sponsorship and so had to offer these variations. Just complete bull**** when you consider what Adidas does with the ABs and what Canterbury are doing with teams like Queensland and the Kangaroos in the League, where they offer very classical designs with modern trimmings and minor details changes at the edges.
Hopefully ASICS reign of incompetent design comes to an end soon, but we'll have to put up with it for a little longer. I'd be interested to see the sales for their last two jerseys for the Wallabies though - they're both bloody horrible.