Blues 2026

[Kiwiwomble]

....not a fan of the away...

[Canes4life]

@Kiwiwomble said in Blues 2026:

....not a fan of the away...

That away jersey looks like something the Auckland white ball cricket team would wear.

I thought these jerseys were being launched tomorrow lol.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Canes4life all the advertising is 27/11/25....maybe they were supposed to be embargoed and he's stuffed up

[Canes4life]

@Kiwiwomble said in Blues 2026:

@Canes4life all the advertising is 27/11/25....maybe they were supposed to be embargoed and he's stuffed up

I think he has tbh, probably shouldn't be posting it if Classic and the Blues are doing an online unveiling tomorrow. Too late now.

[UpTheHarbs]

Stuff's also put up an article about it
Blues unveil ‘alternate’ white home jersey in throwback to Super Rugby origins

Definitely going to put the home jersey on my Xmas wishlist, but I don't like the away TBH.

[Yeetyaah]

The jersey launches are today/tonight but the retail release and public unveiling is tomorrow. Boomfa probably wasn't allowed to post that lmao.

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360899769/blues-prop-marcel-renata-says-he-was-lucky-not-lose-another-finger-freakish-accident

[Tim]

Dalton Papali’i: Revitalised by All Blacks XV’s unbeaten European tour

Effervescent Dalton Papali'i, now a father, played the last of his 37 Test matches for the All Blacks against France on July 17.

[Mr Fish]

Really like both those jerseys actually.

[UpTheHarbs]

2026 BLUES JERSEY CELEBRATES HERITAGE — Blues Rugby

[UpTheHarbs]

Home:

This one's going to be on my Xmas wishlist

Away:

Reminds me of the Newcastle Knights

Training:

Reminds me of the Penrith Panthers

[African Monkey]

@UpTheHarbs said in Blues 2026:

Home:

This one's going to be on my Xmas wishlist

Away:

Reminds me of the Newcastle Knights

Training:

Reminds me of the Penrith Panthers

More like the Newcastle Knights.

[UpTheHarbs]

@African-Monkey Especially when you have the same apparel supplier and major sponsor

[Yeetyaah]

That away jersey is the biggest piece of dog shit I've ever seen. Who ever designed and greenlit that should be flipping burgers.

[mikedogz]

That away jersey might have been inspired by their jersey from around 2000.

[UpTheHarbs]

@mikedogz It is too. That’s what I thought as well when I first glanced at it in Boomfa’s video.

[Canes4life]

@UpTheHarbs said in Blues 2026:

@mikedogz It is too. That’s what I thought as well when I first glanced at it in Boomfa’s video.

I think the Blues are incorporating red into their strip so Razor and his Cantab comrades might finally notice Sotutu, Papali’i and Lam.

[Daffy Jaffy]

This looks like Tamiano Ahloo at Blues training. Maybe he is one of the young NDC players.

Also Sir Ted was there. Making a comeback?

[Kiwiwomble]

@mikedogz said in Blues 2026:

That away jersey might have been inspired by their jersey from around 2000.

thats what i assumed...but feel they missed the mark...i prefer the training jersey

i feel both the blues and the highlanders might have an issue when playing the brumbies with lots of blue and while on all jerseys

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360900556/it-was-hanging-all-black-patrick-tuipulotu-reveals-shoulder-injury-scratched-him-northern-tour