New Tigers (Canterbury) kit

http://store.leicestertigers.com/stores/tigers/products/product_details.aspx?pid=102067

Spoiler:

I feel sorry for you guys

http://store.leicestertigers.com/stores/tigers/products/product_details.aspx?pid=102097

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Don't even get me started on that one...



Edit: KRD
The strip does look a little better on the players - http://www.v2journal.com/leicester-tigers-home-kit-for-201213-released.html

The first one looks awful. The second just hurts my eyes

Horrific

The first picture is coming up black fo me.

this gives a better indication of all of them together:

http://store.leicestertigers.com/stores/tigers/products/product_browse.aspx?category%7ccategory_root%7c19354=leicester%20tigers&category%7ccat_19354%7c19356=kits&category%7ccat_19356%7c28732=12/13%20home%20kit&category%7ccat_28732%7c28733=mens+kit

All I can say is, Oh god no!

It's actually working really well as the zebra affect, i can't imagine any opposition will be able to pick out one player amongst all the god awful stripes! And imagine all the fans wearing them! Where's the vomit icon?!

Wow, erm. A little Rugby League for my tastes, I think Canterbury might take some time adjusting to the more let's say traditional tastes of the Tigers fans. The green bib to accomodate the sponsor is the main area of horror for me, the Tiger pattern is a bit tacky but in the right theme.

It's still better than the 'platinum' away shirts but leaves quite a bit to be desired. The price is a tad eye watering when you can now pick up this seasons home kit for £20 and the new Euro shirt (worn all of twice?) also for £20 both of which look better. The new away shirts should be interesting...

formerly known as Sam wrote: The new away shirts should be interesting...

same design as the hoem shirts but with green replaced by yellow and red by pink

Canterbury just don't get it do they, it's the same with all their kits, they really have no idea what they're doing. I've heard that Sale have switched over as well, i can only imagine what that will look like...

Should have gone with Cotton Traders.

same design as the hoem shirts but with green replaced by yellow and red by pink

I really hope you have no insider knowledge on this.

Personally I expect them to swap the white and green round to make a 'light' shirt because green shirts count as 'dark'.

Canterbury just don't get it do they, it's the same with all their kits, they really have no idea what they're doing. I've heard that Sale have switched over as well, i can only imagine what that will look like...

To be fair the the last two away shirts by Cotton Traders ('platinum' and sky blue) have both been hideous. They also have a real problem getting the shirts into the store before the season starts which is just not good enough. In fact the 'platinum' kit was only shown to the fans a week before the start of the season and wasn't available for another month. The best look the fans had of it was the first game of the season!

Yeah Cotton Traders are pretty bad, i've heard that they've stopped making rugby kits now.

: retch :

Why has the green gone darker and darker as opposed to the old lime green and why are the stripes equal in width?

Maybe it's easier for the children in third world sweat shops to churn 'em out at 50c-$1 a day. The Tigers shirt is being offered at 80 quid apiece.

In that sense, I'm ashamed of my club especially as Leicester is (was) a hosiery town.

I actually quite like it....

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:I actually quite like it....

From what i can gather, it seems to be getting a mixed response. Some people love/like it, some people hate it. Each to their own i suppose

I think the player kit will look "ok" on the players.

Worn by fans however it will look awful. It is that bib more than anything.

Yea agreed, that supporters shirt is an abomination

Worn by fans however it will look awful. It is that bib more than anything

Agreed. It just looks awful and seems worse when you think that it's only there so the sponsors names are easier to read. Why is 'CAT' on there twice? They've got their logo big, front and centre, a stand and some diggers at the ground. Is the little logo above the badge really a necessary hint about who the main sponsor is?

The bib is nothing more than an advertising hoarding.

It's a sickening capitulation to the merchandising end of the club..

It's not even as though they need the dosh.

I'm getting concerned that this type of thinking is creating a fat-cat culture in the higher echelons of what is now becoming a bloated management/administrative sector.

Blydi awful.

Canterbury need to get their act together. In the Glasgow and Scotland strips they've unleashed some of the most rancid rugby kits I've ever seen. Cardiff's isn't great but this is just rotten. I'm not a Leicester fan but I agree this is way too 'rugby league'.

I'd heard England's new kit is to be made by Canterbury. I wonder what they'll be able to do with white, red and black...

It's not even as though they need the dosh

I think CAT provide quite an eye watering amount of sponsorship to Tigers actually. Hence why we seem to have tried to build the top around their sodding logo. Tigers is a business and turnover is important.

Cryptoyourisan wrote: Cardiff's isn't great but this is just rotten.

They are just as bad and mercifully, the pukey pink romper suit will be no more.

It will be interesting Sam, when the proposed ground extension for 2015 favours the fans or the corporate/prawn sandwich brigade.

To me, the expectation of fans to pay top dollar for the privilege of wearing a multinational corporate logo is a step too far.

I now understand why the green is so dark - it highlights CATERPILLAR to maximum effect.

That'd make each and every fan to look like a sandwich-board low-end who paid for their own degradation.

Generally the club are pretty good to the fans (they have to be, the fans own it) but at the same time they've got to keep the sponsors happy as they invest quite a lot of money. Holland and Barrett, Goldsmiths and Catepillar all pile in loads of cash so that they can be associated with Tigers. The fans will only pack out the stadium whilst the talent on show warrants it so we need the money to maintain that level of talent.

The ground extension will help as the rent received from the companies who take over the multi storey car park and the hotel/flats will fill the coffers a bit more. Hopefully additional seats will see supply exceed demand and the equilibrium point will fall to a lower price point meaning marginally cheaper tickets but still a packed (but bigger) crowd.

http://www.v2journal.com/leicester-tigers-home-kit-for-201213-released.html

Lots of pictures on the v2journal.

I genuinely do like it!

Looking at it again the Tiger stripe one isn't as bad on. The other one is truly awful and does look like Waldrum has a bib on

I'm actually a fan of it, the pics in this thread don't really do it justice. The journal look far nicer.

i think most peoples opinion will be bad as it's a massive change from the traditional one.

What a neat jersey,its got three Kiwis on it.

Still a bill-board though nathan!

I quite like the 'natural' Tiger stripes though.

aucklandlaurie wrote: What a neat jersey,its got three Kiwis on it.

Is that what the logo is? I often wondered.

My opinion that three Kiwis is enough for any team and that NZ sides agree.

Health warning : this post is just a stupid joke.

Portnoy wrote:Still a bill-board though nathan!

I quite like the 'natural' Tiger stripes though.

but the cat logo is no bigger than usual.

I think it looks bigger because of the green bib Nathan. It certainly caught my eye before anything else which was never the same on the old one, I actually thought it was bigger but on closer inspection you are correct. Hmm, I still can't make my mind up, not that I can afford to spend £80 on a replica shirt anyway.

The promo http://www.leicestertigers.com/matchdaytv/?play=media&id=11721 is pathetic. Ii only overemphasises the cat logo and the size of it on the billboard panel, but does nothing to demonstrate the tiger stripes that bond the Leicester fans.

£25 in the pre-Christmas sale

Ten quid in next year's remainder bucket is my guess.

Portnoy wrote:The promo http://www.leicestertigers.com/matchdaytv/?play=media&id=11721 is pathetic. Ii only overemphasises the cat logo and the size of it on the billboard panel, but does nothing to demonstrate the tiger stripes that bond the Leicester fans.

£25 in the pre-Christmas sale

Ten quid in next year's remainder bucket is my guess.

I'm sure your opinion doesnt set the price of the shirts!!

The training kit looks good, nothing too different like a lot of people like it! lol

nathan wrote:I'm actually a fan of it, the pics in this thread don't really do it justice. The journal look far nicer.

i think most peoples opinion will be bad as it's a massive change from the traditional one.

In fairness, I got the pics for the Journal direct from Canterbury - you'd hope they had a good photographer on hand

Kiwireddevil wrote:

nathan wrote:I'm actually a fan of it, the pics in this thread don't really do it justice. The journal look far nicer.

i think most peoples opinion will be bad as it's a massive change from the traditional one.

In fairness, I got the pics for the Journal direct from Canterbury - you'd hope they had a good photographer on hand

hehe true, i just think the shirt looks better when it's on someone.

It think it looks awful but I dread what other abominations are in store for us other clubs.

beshocked wrote:It think it looks awful but I dread what other abominations are in store for us other clubs.

I'm sure the Ospreys will steal the show again.

Not a Tigers fan but I actually think the players' one works. The 'classic' one with the normal hoops looks a bit rubbish with the bib effect, but the playing one I really like.

formerly known as Sam wrote:I think it looks bigger because of the green bib Nathan. It certainly caught my eye before anything else which was never the same on the old one, I actually thought it was bigger but on closer inspection you are correct. Hmm, I still can't make my mind up, not that I can afford to spend £80 on a replica shirt anyway.

The 'test' shirts are always £80 aren't they. Definitely have been for Quins and the Lions. Still, £65 is a fair bit for the standard replica.

My eyes my eyes....

Can't wait to see what Canterbury do with the new England kit, surly they can't mess that one up?

HERSH wrote:My eyes my eyes....

Can't wait to see what Canterbury do with the new England kit, surly they can't mess that one up?

It's not England Hersh!

Can't you read? It's O2.

HERSH wrote:My eyes my eyes....

Can't wait to see what Canterbury do with the new England kit, surly they can't mess that one up?

I've stopped buying rugby shirts recently. Considering how prevalent the 'obese stout drinker' is in rugby circles, I think companies like Canterbury should put more effort into their replica kits. This Leicester supporters' one is characteristically gash.

It could be worse. The Aussie RL team Manly Sea Eagles have a new away strip:

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Not hangover friendly

Really interesting looking at kit sponsors.

Interestingly didn't know Canterbury took over as England kit sponsors.

http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/poll-canterbury-replace-nike-as-englands-kit-sponsor-but-which-is-better

Real kit sponsor battle going on.

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=leicester+tigers+1980+abc&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1366&bih=606&tbm=isch&tbnid=xuJHcH4nLOLSVM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_Tigers&docid=0LGqpBqpi_zqQM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Martin_Johnson_and_Graham_Rowntree.jpg/220px-Martin_Johnson_and_Graham_Rowntree.jpg&w=220&h=147&ei=_8SaT8PKF-vb4QSa3cXtDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=529&vpy=163&dur=986&hovh=117&hovw=176&tx=98&ty=63&sig=100403593874827876514&page=2&tbnh=117&tbnw=172&start=18&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:20,s:18,i:154

Now that's a Tigers' shirt!
At £40 everyone would buy one (or two if they fear that like mine the old one gave up the ghost)

My version of that shirt has almost given up. Collar has gone and the badge will drop out soon.


The new kit will be worn for the match v Bath this weekend.

It's not often we get the chance to laugh at Tigers, but...

We've all been there. Every club has its turn of vile, marketing rubbish. In a few years time you'll return back to normal. You're not quite rivalling Stade or Bath yet!

Have Glos ever had a poor shirt? I've always thought they've been quite sensible.

Likewise Quins, yes it's loud but actually not too bad and there are never too many changes to it. Only the BG shirts which can be odd, but I also love my original BG shirt.