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Can anyone explain to me why the GWS Giants are in their white clash jumper (also worn this finals series against Brisbane) against Richmond in the Grand Final today, when the Giants have twice played finals against the Sydney Swans in 2016 & 2018 with both sides wearing their traditional jumpers?
So a team wearing a mainly orange jumper clashes with a team wearing a black jumper with yellow sash, and a team wearing a maroon, royal blue and gold jumper, but there is no clash between two teams one of which has a red back jumper and the other an orange back jumper? The Swans vs. Giants is not a big clash like Hawthorn and the Brisbane Bears BB jumper in their early years or even Essendon vs. Melbourne, but there is a clash nonetheless.
i hate the Swans v Giants clash when both teams are wearing their home tops. It is a shocker and I love the fact that we wore out away top this year. I wish we get a chance to wear ours more often. The Giants dont when they play us though. Just one of those stupid inconsistent things. I know why they dont(white would make the clash worse) but still.....
I have said this a thousand times before. The AFL needs to fix its rules up and get some consistency. There are so many. Honestly, using the Giants as an example, they should have their home top, a lighter away top(like its white or even all Orange) and then 3rd top against us(all black back). i think any team which is half/half colours should have its normal top, then a lighter top and a darker top. Collingwood used to do this and it worked well. They had that darker number v North(and should be v Geelong), the normal home top and the white away top. All represent its club and the colour and uniform they wore in its history very well while doing the job of being different enough to not clash with anyone.