I'm totally in agreement RC, I actually like the design, but the colour combination has nothing whatsoever to do with the Wakefield Trinity colours widely recognised.
Of course, it makes no difference to my support for the players wearing it but I did hope for something a little bit special to mark 150 years of the club, based on OUR recognised club colours of RW and B and I would have bought one.
As it is I will definitely not be buying a Leeds Rhinos shirt. Silly decision IMO.

Whether we like it or not let’s hope the players wear it with pride.

Oh, and the younger fans like it as they tend to be the ones who buy them.

Up the Trin

Again it’s not a Leeds Rhinos shirt. It’s a Wakefield Trinity shirt. You may not like the colour (despite it being blue which is one of trinity recognised colours) but get it right. It is very much a Wakefield shirt and it’s only a section of sulking fans who are comparing it to rhinos shirt. Our kit this year has no semblance to both Rhinos kits this year either.


Can you imagine us releasing a spearmint green shirt like Rhinos have. We’d have this forum camping outside the club with placards.


Why would you buy a Rhinos shirt anyway?? Just buy this trinity shirt instead

About time we had something different instead of the same boring designs year on year. I just looked at Leeds shirt and it’s boring and naff compared to ours and critically nothing alike.

I guess im kind of in the middle. Been watching since 1996 when I was a lad but I was against the badge change to Wildcats and have always called them trinity even through that section of the clubs history. I put my greediness in preference down to growing up and having experienced both the humbleness of things like 4 channels on the old small tv’s, top loaders, no mobile phones etc to then experiencing the luxury of the technology boom we have seen in the 90/00s when I was a teen and young adult.

I like tradition but equally I do like something modern and adventurous. I don’t feel the need to exclude one or the other in many walks of life.

Blue and gold is a cracking combination of colours too. The more I see it then more I want to go out and buy it today.

It doesn’t bother me people not liking it. We all have opinions. It bothers me people calling it a Leeds shirt. Leeds didn’t make it and it looks nothing like the Leeds kits announced.

I'd have been happier if it had been a 'one-off' commemorative shirt with separate/traditional home & away shirts, which would also maximise merchandise potential
Instead, I'll get a polo shirt or two by way of supporting the club

The point of a new shirt, especially in our 150th year, is for people to buy it.

The idea of using the historic shirt design was really good. No one would have complained.
But adding the gold where they have makes it look like a very well known Leeds shirt. There are no two ways about it. It does. I don't mind us playing in it. But if they want to sell them they are not going to do so.

Whoever signed off the gold bit did not do their homework.

Our shirt doesn't actually look like any of their previous shirts, but the gold draws you to that link.
If the ASUS was white or we only gad gold on sleeve and not collar I don't think anyone would have connected so much.
Big miss in my opinion.

That's pretty much where I am. And it doesn't match the historic shirt they're trying to emulate, where there is a real contrast between the hoop colours. Marketing is about branding. This isn't the Trinity brand.

But we've had worse. At least one club has a comedy shirt. And I won't mind when I see Murphy scoring a winning try in it.

Leeds shirt has yellow/amber trim. It’s different to the gold. I looked at both this morning. They’re two different colours.

If we had gone the same colour as Leeds I’d agree but it’s gold and you can clearly see that so I just don’t see an issue.

Leeds have white trim on their shirt. That’s a trinity colour isn’t it?

Imagine you hadn't watched League for ten years but saw a super league trailer for next year with all the captains lined up. You'd be able to identify the clubs involved except us (and Leigh, but that's a whole other story). I think that's the general point.

As a commemorative shirt though, I like the idea. I just can't help thinking that if they are going to do that, it should be the same colours as the original shirt, light blue and black, then at least there is a point to it. This is just a generic blue shirt with gold trim.

Having not understood originally, I get why the colours have been chosen, but fundamentally light blue, dark blue and gold is not a colour scheme anyone would associate with the Wakefield Trinity of today. As a sport we are quite poor at building a brand identity and going wholesale to change to something we wore back in 1873 when we didnt even play the same sport goes against that. As an away shirt it would be great, as a home one whilst decent it just looks odd. Still makes no difference to me as I never buy the replica's due to them being made out of plastic bags, but I'll have a look at the other items to see if there is anything decent in the range. Hopefully the club will look at bringing out a cotton heritage/commemorative red, white and blue jersey as I would be purchasing that, and it might cover people not buying the shirt because of the colour scheme.

https://newshop.wakefieldtrinity.com/pr ... id=1&pid=1

https://newshop.wakefieldtrinity.com/pr ... id=1&pid=1

Yes again looks smart. Still an alternative shirt to me.