Eire rugby jerseys have advanced over time however all of them (no less than the house shirts) are outstanding for his or her shades of inexperienced.
The jerseys have been worn by legends of the sport like Brian O’Driscoll and Paul O’Connell. Performances within the shirt have additionally been spectacular, notably in recent times.
Associated: Finest England rugby jerseys
However you’ll be able to nonetheless look trendy regardless of the outcomes on the pitch. Do you keep in mind what the previous Eire rugby jerseys appeared like? Listed below are a number of of our favourites…
Eire rugby jerseys: 2024
Gamers posing within the new equipment (Eire Rugby)
The 2024 Eire kits are much like ones which have come earlier than it with the inexperienced shade and white collar.
Nonetheless, there’s a distinction on the ladies’s shirt that makes it look extra slick and that’s the shirt sponsor. AON, who’ve been the ladies’s shirt sponsor for over ten years, is in white which blends properly with the opposite white options on the highest. However the males have Vodafone and the pink component barely clashes with the remainder of the shirt, taking a number of the shine off.
Editor’s verdict: The boys’s shirt is a traditional however is let down by the splash of pink. Males’s – 6/10, girls’s 8/10.
2023
Eire crew within the quarter-final (Getty Pictures)
The 2023 Rugby World Cup equipment was modern, loads like Eire’s kind heading into the event. Eire have been agency favourites to take the trophy however their quarter-final hoodoo continued with that loss to New Zealand.
The equipment was crisp with their conventional, however barely lighter, inexperienced overlaying the jersey. The sleeves and collar had a pleasant white trim and element. The Canterbury emblem, Irish crest and RWC emblem all sat properly up prime too. No sponsor is at all times a pleasure at World Cup time…
Editor’s verdict: A easy however efficient design which bought very well on the time. 8/10.
2020
Robbie Henshaw and Finlay Bealham within the Six Nations (Getty Pictures)
The 2020 jersey nonetheless had their conventional inexperienced however in a darker shade. It additionally had a darker sample on the entrance and the sleeve and collar element was black.
The match of the jersey was a pores and skin tight one, extra tight than the 2023 shirt. It wasn’t solely the shirt with inexperienced on both because the shorts had a inexperienced stripe throughout the again.
Editor’s verdict: Fashionable with the one blemish the large shirt sponsor. 7/10
2015
Donnacha Ryan on the 2015 World Cup (Getty Pictures)
The 2015 Rugby World Cup jersey might be mistaken for a boyband outfit with the deep V collar however the drop neck was common again within the day (let’s hope it doesn’t come again). That was outlined with a white trim.
The shirt was inexperienced with a crossed sample throughout the entrance with the crest alongside and the Canterbury producer emblem beneath the white V.
Editor’s verdict: The vast majority of the shirt works however the collar doesn’t. 5/10.
2008
Brian O’Driscoll along with his arms on his head (Getty Pictures)
The 2008 jersey is a bit like marmite, you’ll both find it irresistible or hate it. The inexperienced shade of the shirt was darker with a white line sample throughout it.
Shirt sponsor O2 blended in properly with only a white emblem. The sleeves and collar have been as soon as once more outlined with white.
Editor’s verdict: The white line sample actually brings the shirt an additional edge. 7/10.
2003
Brian O’Driscoll on the 2003 World Cup (Getty Pictures)
The 2003 Rugby World Cup shirt was dishevelled however traditional with a tone of inexperienced and white collars and white stripes on the sleeves.
The primary distinction with this shirt is the pronounced collar and the V was additionally barely deeper than newer variations of the shirt. Brian O’Driscoll styling it out with inexperienced gloves does carry his outfit collectively although.
Editor’s verdict: The collar doesn’t should be that massive for a sport of rugby. Go away that to Harry Hill. 6/10.
1997
Maurice Discipline is tackled (Getty Pictures)
Each Eire equipment is inexperienced, everyone knows that. However in 1997 the shade they selected was barely questionable. It was a lime inexperienced, one of many lightest shades the crew have chosen for a shirt.
The sleeves have been additionally lengthy with Maurice Discipline trying like he had his rolled up throughout the 5 Nations. Not very sensible for such an intense sport.
Editor’s verdict: The general look of the shirt just isn’t too dangerous however the practicalities are manner off. 5/10.
1991
Philip Matthews, along with his fingers on his hips (Getty Pictures)
The 1991 Rugby World Cup shirt was much like the 1997 jersey however the quantity on the again was highlighted with a white panel.
It’s the reverse of what we see now with the quantity often white on a totally inexperienced shirt. It was a welcome twist and one thing that would work fairly properly at the moment in the event that they introduced it again…
Editor’s verdict: A pleasant change however with conventional parts nonetheless current. 7/10.
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