The England Rugby League academy side played against the Australian Schoolboys yesterday (6 December, 2014). They narrowly lost 18-22, but more interestingly, the England RL academy kits were made by BLK.
The senior England RL squad wore ISC apparel in the recently concluded 2014 4 Nations, but it has been long rumoured that the national team will have a different kit supplier next year and it might well be BLK judging by this picture. England RL’s original agreement with ISC was from March 2011 to December 2014, and they wore ISC kit at the 2013 RL World Cup last year too.
Couple of pics of that BLK made kit worn by the Academy side from the game- a plain red creation
The England Community Lions RL squad, which is currently in South Africa, also wore BLK branded kits for their recent games against the Rhinos.
If BLK have landed the England deal, they better put in more effort into the shirt. This looks nasty and plain.
It looks great! Don’t know what is up with mungoball fans thinking ‘plain’ equals unspectacular. You don’t see people saying that about the All Blacks jersey.