Sleek kit to provide Bok edge

Sleek kit to provide Bok edge

20 Jul 2007

Canterbury has unveiled the revolutionary new Bok kit designed to give the team every advantage at the World Cup.

The new kit is the result of three years of development and testing by Canterbury designers in conjunction with Loughborough University in the United Kingdom.


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“The jersey caters for the needs of different player positions,” said Canterbury MD Paul Zacks. “Design features include the placement of specific grips on the jersey to improve ball retention whilst running and to enhance binding in the scrum.

“The jersey features short and long sleeve options, as well as a cap sleeve version which has been developed specifically for the props to reduce manipulation by opposition props at the scrum. A new offset loop neck and slimfit design will help players evade collar and jersey tackles.”


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Movement is also enhanced by an underarm stretch panel and a new super lightweight Temex fabric that significantly reduces moisture retention and the weight of the jersey. The fabric also wicks perspiration away from the skin to the jersey surface which prevents overheating and discomfort.

The William Webb Eliis Trophy with the legend 1995 are embroidered on the right arm sleeve, and this feature has been included for all previous World Cup winners. Incidentally, Canterbury are making new jerseys for Australia, Scotland, Ireland and Japan, but Zacks confirmed the Springbok jersey boasts the most features.

The shorts have grip panels for line-out jumpers to aid lifting technique and also feature a slim design to prevent opposition interference during the line-out. There are grip handles on the Boks’ shorts, a unique feature that improves binding at the scrum. The shorts’ lightweight material also provides greater agility.

The socks have an open weave structure that allows air and moisture to escape. In a break from tradition, the stripes have been dropped. The sock will be all green except for a gold panel at the back of the calf which is designed to manage the build up of lactic acid and thus reduce cramp.

All these changes have been made after a lengthy research process that also involved many of the Bok players themselves.

“It makes sense to test new developments with the athletes who are going to make use of the kit,” said Bok captain John Smit. “The innovations that are used in the new Canterbury kit are fantastic and the players are excited about putting them to good use during the World Cup.”


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  • 1.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 19:46 pm

    not even my car has as many features

  • 2.wp_boytjie: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 19:49 pm

    lol

  • 3.RedLion: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 19:55 pm

    Nice!

    Can pictures be posted here?

  • 4.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 19:55 pm

    Took a ‘pom’ to design it. Be grateful.

  • 5.rugby911: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:09 pm

    Nice cleavage accentuation..

  • 6.RedLion: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:15 pm

    Awesome!

  • 7.RedLion: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:16 pm

    I like it – I like it alot!

  • 8.raven: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:16 pm

    Nice – can they now invent something to straighten John Smits legs??

  • 9.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:18 pm

    rofl Smit looks like he’s wearing a miniskirt

  • 10.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:19 pm

    :)

  • 11.RedLion: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:20 pm

    I want one.

    I really dig the collar, unlike that Nike jearsey where the gold collar looked too much and out of place this jersey has a tasteful hint of gold, if you look carefully it looks like a gold flap.

  • 12.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:22 pm

    Skin tight shirts are a Sir Clive Woodward innovation

  • 13.RedLion: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:23 pm

    Can we get tight green pants too? – like cycling shorts. This way there will be nothing for the opposition to grab excepts maybe the guys package, and that is a no no.

  • 14.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:24 pm

    13

    no ****?

  • 15.bewer: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:25 pm

    #9 – does that make you horny?

  • 16.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:26 pm

    15

    a little bit. you?

  • 17.bewer: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:27 pm

    hell no!

    what will get me worked up though is when the Boks make the Poms bend over in the World Cup!

  • 18.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:28 pm

    ahh the group element, i see..

  • 19.RedLion: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:29 pm

    “the Springbok jersey boasts the most features.”

    “There are grip handles on the Boks’ shorts, a unique feature that improves binding at the scrum.”

    I do not get it, why do the Boks get extra features that other countries do not get from the same manufacturer? Did we specifically ask for this?

  • 20.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:31 pm

    19

    All these changes have been made after a length research process that involved many of the Bok players themselves.

  • 21.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:34 pm

    I’d like to see if the Aussies are bringing out a shirt like this or maybe another team

  • 22.RedLion: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:36 pm

    The Aussis have an identical jersey, they and other countries sponsored by Canterbury just have a cheaper version, or so it appears.

  • 23.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:38 pm

    Wales have got a new skin tight jersey too

  • 24.robertparker: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:40 pm

    Somehow I want to say some un-PC stuff about the new kit…

  • 25.RedLion: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:48 pm

    lol

    look at Bakkies, now that is a face that only a mother can love, scary for the opposition though when they have to pause to have a look.

  • 26.Mephistopheles: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:56 pm

    Sorry, but the current jersey looks better. This new one is like a wetsuit.

  • 27.robertparker: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 20:57 pm

    Well at least the new kit solves our flyhalf problems… with Bruce Wayne donning nr 10 we will easily win the cup

  • 28.Tjorts: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:01 pm

    What a **** jersey. No collar. No yellow bands on the socks. Why the boob stripe? Looks like something someone will wear in a ***-pride parade.

    A couple of years ago, cycling banned all the funny aerodynamic bikes and forced riders to use the conventional stuff to eliminate advances that equipment may give one rider over another. Rugby should follow suit and ban these slippery wetsuits. Back to the old cotton jerseys for everyone!

  • 29.YoMama: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:04 pm

    I really like it except for the boobtube.

  • 30.YoMama: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:05 pm

    PS, where are the stripes on the socks. That should be a non negotiable.

  • 31.Tjorts: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:06 pm

    Fortunately, the 2003WC kit was dumped afterwards and the Boks reverted to something more traditional. Hopefully, the Boks will also leave this kit behind in France.

  • 32.YoMama: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:10 pm

    I reckon that if we all complain enough about the boobtube, we can get it made green to match the rest of the jersey.

    They are our team, after all.

  • 33.TheTackler: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:18 pm

    The front looks like a kid was let loose on it with a yellow crayon and he’s “decorated” it with a worm-like scrawl. And isn’t the boob-tube hilarious!

    Imagine a group of grown men wearing this get-up and wallowing and leaping and prancing about doing a fake “Zulu dance”! The opposition will break ribs even before the kick-off.

    From laughing so hard.

  • 34.skinny: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:18 pm

    I think Madiba is going to look great in the new kit..

    Tata you legend!

    3

  • 35.rugby fan: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:21 pm

    Total **** jerseys , bring back the traditional “rugby jerseys” . Those outfits are for cycling , foolsballs , metrosexuals and swimming . Jus wonder were our game is going all because of France with their pink jerseys , it just puts you off .

  • 36.john_doe: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:22 pm

    #26 I agree somewhat but it doesn’t look that bad. Maybe a little more gold perhaps…

  • 37.Tjorts: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:24 pm

    From the front, the white neck ring looks like a Q. Does that stand for Quack, Question, *****, Queen or what?

  • 38.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:25 pm

    FFS WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE? And just the other day I was giving an aussie carrots about their **** new kit….pass the salt please

  • 39.Cal: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:25 pm

    Hulle lys soos doosters!

  • 40.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:30 pm

    Barney is going to pull a hamstring trying to get outta that mafak!

  • 41.nads: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:33 pm

    The kit looks shocking but heh if it helps them win the RWC then I’m all for it

  • 42.john_doe: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:34 pm

    It doesn’t matter what we say this has already been approved by saru.

    The material looks slick so opposition tackling will need to be spot-on.

  • 43.john_doe: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:37 pm

    Irrespective, we need to focus on rugby skills, especially our backline and not on a new kit or Bok haka.

  • 44.stormers604: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:45 pm

    STAR TREK LOOKING JERSEYS..IT GONNA BE AWESOME SEEING SA FANS WITH THE BEER BOET WEARING THESE NEW JERSEYS!!! LONG LIVE THE BEER BOEP!!!

  • 45.Flametop: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:47 pm

    Wow.

    Had a look in a sports shop window and Ireland have darkened their new Canterbury spray on jersey to a more historically Irish colour. Very similar colour to what I’m looking at above. It’s much darker than in the photos with BOD etc.

    If SA meet Ireland the supporters will all look the same.

    (Which might avert a bit of partisan trouble in my house. Couch gets lumpy at WC time!)

  • 46.stormers604: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:48 pm

    I LIKE VICTOR SCRIP ON SMITTIES “SPECIAL DESIGNED” CUP HOLDER ON THE FRONT OF HIS PANTS…

  • 47.Porra: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:51 pm

    they look like
    good fruits

  • 48.Flametop: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 21:52 pm

    As an aside how many scrum resets will we have now that props have nothing to bind on? (How did the IRB approve these awful things. Yet anyone wearing a loose/trad jersey would def be at a disadvantage if everyone else has them)

    Bet OZ props love them. :-)

  • 49.skopskiet: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 22:00 pm

    This WC thing is starting to take on all manner of “new” pervasive activities and diversions, from a Zulu “haka” dance to new fangled cycle like speedo suits designed for Ian Thorpe & co, anyone gonna be watching rugby? I’m getting pretty disinterested already.

  • 50.TheTackler: Reply to this comment
    19 Jul 2007, 22:03 pm

    You mean “uninterested” not “disinterested”.

    “Disinterested” means unbiased, impartial, having nothing to gain by any outcome of a decision or event.

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