England unveil new Rugby Kit

Get ready to sit down in front of your TV on November the 14th. You turn on Sky Sports and you see Argentina run out at Twickenham in their traditional blue and white striped kit. As they stand in a huddle on their half of the pitch you eagerly await the arrival of England. So here they come, lead by skipper Steve Borthwick. England run out onto the field………..in PURPLE?


Yes that’s correct England today launched their second kit, which will be on display for the first time when they play Argentina next month. England have thrown away their traditional red and white kit combination and decided to go with purple.

Nike combined with the RFU to design the kit and so far it has been warmly welcomed, partly because of the traditions that the colour purple associates with the English rugby team.

In the 1970’s 80’s and 90’s the English team would traditionally enter the field wearing a purple tracksuit to line up and sing the national anthem, so this is were Nike and the RFU received their inspiration for designing this new kit.

Personally I’m not a fan. I think it’s too different. For me, Purple is not a colour I would associate England with at all, never mind the rugby team. It would be like Scotland wearing a yellow kit in Murrayfield or Ireland running out onto Croke Park or the Aviva stadium in Orange. It almost doesn’t make sense and I just don’t really understand it. I have found myself just completely confused by it.

However I was not a fan of the Ospreys jersey for this year and I’ll be honest, it’s grown on me now, I don’t mind it now. Maybe i'll have the same feelings for the new English kit.

What do you think?
Is purple the new red and white?
Will you be rushing out to get one?