Cracking shot

Salford's away kit...

As much as I quite like both Salfords shirts, they've both got a football like look to them.

I know what you mean.

The "Kappa" effect.

I agree. It's pretty much a copy of River Plate's kit.

That's the club I was thinking of that had a shirt very similar - I'd been through AC Milan's, a couple of Dutch Clubs, as well as other South American sides and I couldn't find the Club in mind, lol can't believe I forgot about RP.

Trying to appeal to a football city? Not a bad move.

Both nice shirts though!

Loving the Primrose and Blue hoops on the sleeves of the Widnes away kit!

Warrington away shirt looks very nice . Salford home shirt is nice too. . The Wigan shirts are totally ruined by the large yellow sponsor logo .

Love the green one but it is 100% the same as Canberra in the 1990s. Check out virtually any Laurie Daley picture of the time to see it. ( I still do not know how to add pictures).

O/T but interesting to see the England netball team have signed a deal with Nike. How can netball attract Nike and all we can atttact is an Aussie company in ISC who are pretty unknown globally. I think the biggest one involved in RL is Kappa (who we're rumoured to be with) but it's not exactly Nike, Umbro, Adidas etc. I think Puma sponsoring England 10 years a go was last time a global sports brand was involved in the sport. For a club, i think it was Wigan with Nike 20 years a go. Do you reckon anyone even goes to these companies to make them an offer?

Huddersfield release their kits on Thursday evening.

It depends on the deal that manufacturers are willing to enter into. Farsley Celtic had "Nike" shirts, but they didn't receive a penny for them - they were the same shirts that you could get from DW Sports' teamwear range. Leeds, for example, have a ten-year commercial agreement with ISC that I imagine is worth a few quid.

But it's also worth noting that women's sport is something a lot of big companies are willing to get into - it is something that may align to their corporate social responsibilities strategies as well as their wider marketing plans, and it appeals to a large number of potential consumers who may not be attracted to 'male' sports. The audience for the women's FA Cup final is very different to the audience for the men's FA Cup final.

There are a lot of good reasons for companies to invest in women's sports that most male sports - RL included - don't align with.