Aussie Fans 'HATE' Their New Rugby World Cup Jersey

The images popped up in apparel shops overseas and online this week, and while the picture shown here are said to be a supporters' version of the playing jersey, fans showed no mercy online.

"I could have drunk a case of pineapple cruisers and eaten a mid-2000s Australia one day shirt and vomited out something better. Disgraceful," said one fan on rugby site Green and Gold Rugby.

"Yeah it's a little bit 90s pyjamas odi cricket and a little bit tennis t shirt. Nothing particularly rugby about it. It'd make a decent Hookeyroos jersey, but it's not a wallabies jersey," said another.

"That's a shocker! Looks like something you'd get for free if you buy two cartons of XXXX and then send away your bar codes," was one supporter's opinion.

Designed by sportswear manufacturer Asics, the official jersey will be unveiled later today, and if the leaked photos are any guide, it will contain a number of changes to the current design.

The right sleeve is adorned with a stars-and-stripes feature, representing the southern cross, while the Wallabies crest on the right pectoral is set to be replaced with the official Rugby World Cup logo, as was done in 2011.

A major concern punters have with the rumoured design is the colour scheme. While still predominantly green and gold, it has been lambasted by some for being too bright, resembling the canary yellow more commonly associated with Australian cricketers during the 1970s and 1980s.

NZ HERALD

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