Australia national rugby union team kits
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Kit evolution
[edit]Australia kit evolution as follows:[1]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Worn in the first test v. Great Britain on 4 June 1899. From then on, Australia tended to use the colours of the state they were playing in, in this case, the light blue of New South Wales.
- ↑ Worn in the second test v. Great Britain at Brisbane. From then on, Australia tended to use the colours of the state they were playing in, in this case, the maroon of Queensland.
- ↑ Worn during the 1908–09 tour of Great Britain. It was revived in the tour of South Africa and Rhodesia in 1933, and also for tours of New Zealand in 1936 and 1946.
- ↑ Worn during a series v. the All Blacks in 1929, 1931 and 1932.
- ↑ Worn in 1937 against South Africa
- ↑ The now traditional gold jersey was introduced in the 1961 tour of South Africa to avoid confusion with the Springboks jersey
References
[edit]- ↑ The great history of Green and Gold: The Wallabies and Springboks jerseys by Harry Jones on The Roar, 7 Sep 2016
- ↑ a b c d Brief history of the quirky colours of the Wallaby jersey by Spiro Zavos on The Roar website, 25 Aug 2012
- ↑ [wallabies 1937 jersey https://web.archive.org/web/20070807135510/http://aru.rugby.com.au/about_the_aru/history_of_the_aru/history_of_the_aru%2C183.html]
- ↑ 50 years in gold - the journey of the Wallabies jersey on Australian Rugby Union, 7 Jul 2011