News New Jumpers for 2015

[Groupie_]

ISC jumpers would tear like a piece of paper if put under a stress test like that

BLK tear from taking em out of the pckage

 

[El_Scorcho]

That's a cool video but the necks were pretty obviously stretched beyond use after those efforts.

If they weren't someone would have held up a guernsey at the end.

Is there really any difference between ruined by stretching and ruined by tearing?

 

[Matele]

To be fair though, they were attempting a rip that wasn't going to happen. Not with that collar anyway.

Normally a jumper with a "traditional" collar would tear like that, because it has a connecting seam on the front. The Canterbury collar is one piece on the front, so unless they attempted to rip at the shoulders (which is where I presume it connects) they aren't gonna rip that jumper in half.

I agree with El Scorcho though, those collars would be all stretched out. I'd rather a ripped jumper over an ill fitting stretched one.

 

[Mero]

Why would Sekem manufacture the guernseys for St Kilda but then have logos like Piping Hot and Skins displayed instead of their own?

Some things just happen I guess, maybe Mero might know

Sekem used to be contracted to make sublimated jumpers by companies who did not have their own facilities.
Piping Hot and Skins for instance still got to sell a boat load of T-Shirts, singlets, and any other merchandise you can think of (compression gear in Skins' case)
And after all, that is what being an apparel sponsor is all about, not necessarily who makes the jumpers supporters buy.
As it stands adidas sponsor Hawthorn and Essendon, and they don't make the jumpers the players wear.
No-one brings that up much.
Star makes Collingwood's gear and technically you could argue they don't even exist.
And whether they do or don't, they get someone else to make the jumpers.

 

[Mero]

ConceptSports, who also did Richmond's apparel in 04/05. They went under shortly after I believe.

Freo had their club logo on the neck in 2004 but the guernseys were manufactured by 'Covert Fashions'

http://www.investogain.com.au/company/concept-sports-limited
Concept Sports were owned by Gary March and Andrew Plympton, and run by StKilda board member Glen Casey.
They went broke in 2008, changed their name to Beyond Sportswear and continued trading.
Eventually they were bought out by others who have since transformed the business into something else entirely.

From what I can tell, Covert Fashion are a company with various brand names.
For instance Decjuba ladies clothing stores are owned by them
http://www.decjuba.com.au/
It appears they were one of the first manufacturers to push sublimation printed clothing, specifically into the fitness market.
It is perhaps not a huge leap to include jumpers and apparel as part of their offering.
They were replaced by Reebok a year later, a company who did not make their own jumpers at the time, and is also in the fitness market.
Who knows what actually happened to them and why, but they seem to be more focused on the more lucrative ladies fashion than sports apparel.

 

[Jack Stevens]

I like to think that ISC jumpers being so easily torn is sort of like the crumple zone in a car. The material of the jumper takes all of the force of someone grabbing it so the player's neck doesn't have to.

 

[DoctorPav29]

I like to think that ISC jumpers being so easily torn is sort of like the crumple zone in a car. The material of the jumper takes all of the force of someone grabbing it so the player's neck doesn't have to.

That weirdly makes a lot of sense.

 

[demon_spud]

I like to think that ISC jumpers being so easily torn is sort of like the crumple zone in a car. The material of the jumper takes all of the force of someone grabbing it so the player's neck doesn't have to.

Just like.....

Which happened three times until he ran out of named replacements and then he became Walker....best of the named guernsey games.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

What ever came of Hummel?
I loved them at the Tigs, nice collar and nice logo.

One year then nothing.

 

[Mero]

What ever came of Hummel?
I loved them at the Tigs, nice collar and nice logo.

One year then nothing.

Soccer brand.
They never really made the leap into the Australian market, in either soccer or footy.

 

[Red Crow]

Sekem used to be contracted to make sublimated jumpers by companies who did not have their own facilities.
Piping Hot and Skins for instance still got to sell a boat load of T-Shirts, singlets, and any other merchandise you can think of (compression gear in Skins' case)
And after all, that is what being an apparel sponsor is all about, not necessarily who makes the jumpers supporters buy.
As it stands adidas sponsor Hawthorn and Essendon, and they don't make the jumpers the players wear.
No-one brings that up much.
Star makes Collingwood's gear and technically you could argue they don't even exist.
And whether they do or don't, they get someone else to make the jumpers.

This is very interesting. So where is the line drawn? Are there AFL rules that stipulate that the "apparel sponsor" must actually be in the apparel business?

For example, what is to stop another, completely unrelated company - lets say Sony - from offering to be "apparel sponsor" for a club, to get their name/logo/brand on all of the clubs jumpers, polos and training gear, but just outsource the actual apparel manufacturing to a company like Sekem?

Because it sounds like that is exactly what Piping Hot and Skins did. The only difference is, they actually are in the apparel business (just not the footy jumper manufacturing business). It just sounds like advertising.

 

[demon_spud]

Cantebury are growing pretty quickly on me

Holding the ball by the new rules I think..

 

[Greater Gattsby]

Holding the ball by the new rules I think..

You'd bloody hope so. 10 seconds without disposing in a tackle will surely get penalised this year...

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

By the looks of things there is no interesting design on the CCC shorts.

 

[hitthepost]

This is very interesting. So where is the line drawn? Are there AFL rules that stipulate that the "apparel sponsor" must actually be in the apparel business?

For example, what is to stop another, completely unrelated company - lets say Sony - from offering to be "apparel sponsor" for a club, to get their name/logo/brand on all of the clubs jumpers, polos and training gear, but just outsource the actual apparel manufacturing to a company like Sekem?

Because it sounds like that is exactly what Piping Hot and Skins did. The only difference is, they actually are in the apparel business (just not the footy jumper manufacturing business). It just sounds like advertising.

That's exactly what the Madras Rubber Factory (MRF) has done in cricket, especially India.
MRF Tyres are a major sponsor of the ICC/World Cup, but a number of players use MRF bats and other cricket equipment.

 

[Bryce_Jersey17]

Another clue from a club email that just arrived

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Ok, I havent seen any news on this on the club website, but this is my interpretation of the front. The back looks a bit like it has red, black (or navy) hoops at the bottom though.

 

[Bryce_Jersey17]

Also, Mero, a close up of the Saints Home back (Taken from the club Twitter)

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

That EST thing is the lamest and stupidest thing ever.
Ever.

 

[Bryce_Jersey17]

That EST thing is the lamest and stupidest thing ever.
Ever.

Not to mention the font. If its going to be there, at least make it visible somewhat

 

[Dylan8]

That EST thing is the lamest and stupidest thing ever.
Ever.

and what a shit font

 

[Dylan8]

Not to mention the font. If its going to be there, at least make it visible somewhat

snap

 

[Fizzler]

Also, Mero, a close up of the Saints Home back (Taken from the club Twitter)

Nice if we could see it past his dreadlocks haha

 

[Riccardo11]

That EST thing is the lamest and stupidest thing ever.
Ever.

I absolutely agree. Why do we need a neck tramp stamp, especially if it's just the year we were founded? Sydneys, Brisbanes, Bulldogs etc make sense because they are honoring past identities, but why we need or want this particular "design element" is beyond me.

If they absolutely had to do it, it could have at least been the club motto or something inspiring.

 

[akkaps]

That's exactly what the Madras Rubber Factory (MRF) has done in cricket, especially India.
MRF Tyres are a major sponsor of the ICC/World Cup, but a number of players use MRF bats and other cricket equipment.

Sachin Tendulkar used MRF equipment during his career. And to be honest, I never knew what MRF meant or that it was even a tyre company until the World Cup.

 

[Spanna_]

Sachin Tendulkar used MRF equipment during his career. And to be honest, I never knew what MRF meant or that it was even a tyre company until the World Cup.

So did Steve Waugh. MRF have been a big part of cricket for quite some time now.