Doug Howlett tries hard, but there's no real explanation for this jersey, and how the Munster Branch allowed it to come to fruition. For God's sake, it even says "Colour: Black/Slime" on the adidas tag!!!
Last season we had the double whammy of the Santa suit (see Donncha on your left) and yellow high-vis vest (see Earls on your right). I understand that Munster Rugby needs to make a profit in this professional ere, however surely to God there's some sort of quality check along the production line?
Some have suggested that seeing as the alternate jersey switches every season (as opposed to the home jersey, which generally stays the same for two seasons), it represents more of an opportunity to generate fiscal income. Seeing as Munster lead jersey sales in the UK and Ireland (second are the Ospreys funnily enough), perhaps some thought this would be the perfect vehicle to capture the imagination of some of Munster's newest supporters in Limerick, those who say would also devoutly follow Glasgow Celtic... Offended? I challenge you to spot the difference below:
On the left is Celtic's away kit, on the right is Munster's alternate jersey, or wait... Well you get the idea! Others have argued that such a luminous slime green will allow better visibility of players in foggy conditions. Some merit could be attached to this postulation, as Denis Hurley below does indeed stand out:
Leaving Nightwolf aside, there is the curious case of what could have been. Still many are wondering what was wrong with the old navy alternate jersey, much like the "Missing: Irish white alternate jersey" posters that are being put up by concerned supporters. Indeed, even a red version of this Slimer (of Ghostbusters fame) jersey has the potential to look semi-decent:
In fact, I'd rather take the combined provinces record 68-0 jersey or the new Munster training jersey over this odd Chelsea-esque adidas abomination...
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