I've emailed the club, this should be fun..

This is the reply i recieved from the bulls in relation to the different designs

Hi
Thanks for your email, if you are referring to the block on the back of the shirt for the letters and numbers to go in we had to make those changes because of some new regulations from the rugby league and the replica shirts had already gone to production but that is the only difference in the design. If you are not happy we will be happy to discuss the matter with yourself. You can contact me on 01274 762327.

The bit in bold is the key point

Well, that's an interesting take on things. . . .

I'd have sworn I had better eyesight & cognitive ability than the reply would imply . . . . perhaps I ought to become a ref

do they honestly think we cant tell the different way they slashes overlap? maybe the person at the bulls who checks the shirts is color blind. might explain the design as well

I'll post the reply to my email on here when i get it. The stripes on the front of the 3 shirts are different for sure..

Its a farce!

Here goes:Could someone at the club explain why there are 3 different versions of the new home shirt?!



They are clearly different with the ones modelled by Le'strange and Nero far superior to the 1 modelled by Langley..



I look forward to your response as i and many more intend on buying the shirt if it is the better version!



Many thanks

My email..

And the reply:

Hi



It’s quite easy to explain.





The ones worn by Heath and Chris are the same. The colour is only different because of the pic. In reality they are the same colour as Heath is showing. The one that we showed with Langley was the first sample.



Regards



Stuart Duffy

If it's a sample, why were replicas of it sold?


(And they WERE, because mine is the same style as Langley's)


I've always pre-ordered my shirts. After the Logitog debacle, I considered leaving it a bit in future, but decided to stick with it since it was just a freak occurence.

After this one and now essentially having what looks like a knock-off shirt (since the design is similar but not the same), I think in future, I'll avoid pre-ordering.

And my reply again!!

Thanks for your reply Stuart.

But..If you look at the pics of the Le'strange shirt and the Nero shirt closely the stripes do overlap differently, i.e the black stripe on the Le'strange shirt runs under the red and amber stripe and on the Nero shirt it runs over the red and amber stripes, so they are different!

As for the Langley one i believe quite a few fans have bought this version already so there may be some compliants coming your way..

Again

Many thanks..

Typo..Complaints..

I agree, what a farce.

I still have three of the Langley tops upstairs which Im going to exchange for the away shirt on the 23rd.

Maybe as I was talking with Mat in the pub last night, we may then buy the home shirt when it's all present and correct and we know just which version the players will be playing in.

Stuart Duffy has now replied and admitted all 3 shirts are different. The Heath one is the replica and the Langley one is the sample!

He is looking into it but if i'd have bought the Langley one i'd be taking it back to exchange it with the Le'strange one! (or the Nero one)