Not sure why you think that way.

If a club is confident it can shift a load of shirt, it will do so irrespective of the timing of the launch of it.

Think about it, if you have your premium product in the club shop in December, then anyone wanting to spend on club merchandise is likely to buy the rep shirt. If its not for sale at that point, then you are still going to get sales of other items during December.

Put your club rep shirt for sale in the weeks before the season starts, an item with historically sells well, you are not only maximising sales of "other" items, but spreading your cashflow income.

yes can see there is different ways of doing it

just wondered if giants were the only ones not to release both shirts by now... if so it would seem we are the only ones using the logic for releasing at different times

Valid point. Theres pros and cons. Some people will buy anything with a club badge on it just for the sake of putting somethong under the tree, but other people are more picky. Someone who fancied an away shirt for Christmas (for example) might not bother again later on when it does become available. I prefer for everything to be available for what is undoubtedly the biggest shopping time of the year.

Huh? At Widnes, we've been including a star on our kits for several years for that exact reason.

The club are changing their name back to the Blue Sox therefore it needed to be removed otherwise that would look silly.

Yeah, Trinity has had them on their shirts for the past couple of years if I remember right but for being Champions. Looks like Wigan probably went with WCC because they wouldn't fit the amount Championships they've won around their crest.

Leeds WCC kit

I like that.

On that subject Hull released a shirt for the Aus trip about a week ago but it doesnt look like it has been posted here. Apparently its just for the St George game. Hoops against Wigan.

To my way of thinking that is a proper away shirt - basically a reverse of the home shirt meaning the club colours are retained - well done Leeds.

Yeah, I like both the Leeda & Hull's down under shirts, very tidy indeed. I also like the Aussie green and yellow touches in the Hull shirt.

Bit tricky for the likes of Wigan/Hull though.