Highlanders v Crusaders

[booboo]

Holy crap !

Eventually watching the recording.

15 mins in

What. A. Game.

[Crash]

Big kudos goes to Sammy Whtelock for rallying his forward troops and really taking the attack to the Landers in that final 25 mins. Romano had a big hand in that also. That is a huge W in the checklist and a very enjoyable, intense and absorbing game to watch from a spectators point of view I must say.
Did the Landers think they had it in the bag and in doing so took their big guns off too early?
There will a number of teams looking at that result who will feel more than a little uncomfortable about having to play the Saders at the business end.

[Rapido]

Kit clash.

How on earth is it possible to make red / black & blue / gold look indistinguishable from the main camera.

The whole purpose of having team colours is to look different. It's rugby, not a law firm.

[Chris B.]

@Rapido I'm pleased someone else noticed this. A lot of the time I was thinking people had thrown wild passes for interception.

We need to escape from the thrall of the marketing people and get back to the basic purpose of jerseys. Knowing which team is yours and which isn't.

[Stargazer]

According to an article I read about these special jerseys, the Crusaders one is so dark because the Lions jersey is also red.
The Crusaders shirt obviously had to be red and black, but had to contrast sufficiently from the Lions jersey.

As these jerseys were designed for the Lions tour and not Super Rugby, I think the colours were clearly picked without thinking of a possible clash with the jerseys of the other NZ franchises.