It’s official. Stuart Lancaster = good egg.
Despite pressure from the RFU bean counters and the recent unveiling of a red and white striped “Battle of the Roses” change kit, Lancaster has vowed that, for this season at least, England will wear white.
“...for this year when we are trying to build an identity, it pays to play in white,” says Lancaster.
Quite right. And it should not only be for this year.
Lancaster gets it. When do the All Blacks ever wear anything other than black? Only when they are forced to. The result is that the black shirt has become iconic in its own right, with minimal design changes down the years reinforcing its status as a commercial asset.
Contrast that with the myriad of designs undergone by the England kit during the Nike era. The latest Canterbury version, with minimal tinkering, is a step in the right direction.
All we need now is to lose the bloody O2 logo.
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