France Sevens Jersey 2015- Adidas France Rugby New 7’s Shirt 2014-15

This is the France’s new 7’s rugby jersey 2014/2015, the new uniform for the French national sevens side as they prepare for a crucial year on the 14-15 sevens circuit. Made by Adidas, the new shirt was officially unveiled on 2nd February, 2015, a short while after new home kit for the 15 man side was unveiled in November 2014..

France will debut their new sevens rugby kit at the 2015 Wellington Sevens. They wore their old kit at the first few events of the 2014/15 HSBC Sevens season at the Gold Coast, Port Elizabeth and Dubai.

Interesting design from Adidas, but the white part on the collar could probably have been integrated better Continue reading

New Georgia Rugby Jersey 2014-2015 Under Armour Georgian Rugby Shirt Lelos 14-15

The Georgian national rugby union team recently (October 2014) inked a three year sponsorship deal with Under Armour (who also supply kits to Rugby Canada and the Welsh national team). The first of these Under Armour creations for the Georgian national rugby side was worn on 8th November, 2014 when the Lelos took on Tonga in Tbilisi in front of over 23,000 fans. They will also play against Ireland in Dublin this coming weekend and against Japan the week after.

The side’s most recognisable player is of course Toulon star Mamuka Gorgodze, with the vast majority of the squad plying their trade in France.

Some pics of the new Georgian rugby Under Armour black and red coloured kit below. The Lelos will also be competing at the 2015 World Cup in England. Continue reading

New Canterbury Samoa Jersey 2014-2015- Manu Samoa Rugby Home Kit

This is what appears to be the new Manu Samoa jersey 2014-15, the new jersey for the Samoan national rugby union side. The Samoans were earlier with BLK, but wore a Canterbury (CCC) made jersey for their opening autumn international against Italy this weekend. It’s unclear whether they have formally parted ways with BLK, but the Samoa Observer did recently report that BLK are claiming that the Samoan RU have a fair bit of uncleared payments (over 1 million Samoan tala, over USD 400,000) dating back to 2012.

Cromwell Property are the sponsors of this new Samoa rugby union shirt made by Canterbury of NZ. Continue reading

New France Rugby Kit 2014-2015 Adidas Les Bleus French Rugby Jersey Home Six Nations

This is the new France home rugby shirt 2014/15, France’s new home kit as they embark upon the autumn internationals and the 2015 Six Nations. Made by Adidas, the new Les Bleus jersey was officially unveiled by the FFR on 6th November, 2014. France’s new 14/15 rugby strip will be first worn this weekend against Fiji.

The jersey has evoked mixed reactions from French rugby supporters, with some fans accusing Adidas of not showing enough importance to all the colours of the French flag Continue reading

New All Blacks Kit 2014/2015 | Adidas New Zealand Rugby Jersey 14/15

This is the new NZ rugby shirt 2014/15, the new strip for reigning Rugby World Cup holders New Zealand. The new All Blacks 14/15 kit has been made by Adidas and was officially unveiled on 5th November, 2014 in London. It will make its debut this weekend against England at Twickenham and has been dubbed “the Blackest jersey ever“.

The new AB’s rugby jersey, here seen modelled by skipper Richie McCaw and other All Black stars Dan Carter, Israel Dagg, Kieran Read and Jerome Kaino, does not feature a white collar, and is again sponsored by AIG.

Adidas have produced two jerseys- one for the forwards and the other for the backs. For the forwards, there’s extra fabric for binding, rucking and mauling, while the jersey for the backs has been designed to make it more difficult to grab hold of. Both tops are made of woven carbon fabric.

The AB’s will be wearing compression socks, like the ones sported by distance runners, and the shorts will also be made of the same material as the shirts Continue reading