Can someone explain why the Scottish and New Zealand Rugby shirts were so similar in the last match.?

Question

It really spoiled the game....Why didn't Scotland play in their normal dark blue....made it very confusing....I know its a bit of old news now, but just thought of it....

Answer 1

I've no idea why none of the officials didn't think it would be a problem - everyone watching in the crowd or TV could see it was a problem straight away . That's why i blame the ref for the whipping we got (well , not quite).

Answer 2

The travelling team always wears an away strip and the home side wears their uniform.  In saying that they are both playing in France but it was assumed that the All Blacks would wear a alternate strip.  Yes they could have worn something more distinctive which would have made it easier to determine the palyers and opposition.  They definitely made a mistake their.    With that said the playing strips of both countries were very similar and even the All Blacks were sometimes confused and very hesitant in making decisions.  

They played a basic game, no frills and they came away with the win.  One more to go and roll on the quarters.

Answer 3

Lots of uninformed answers here so far, so here is the deal

It was decided, via coin flip, well before the tournament started that NZ would be in their alternate jersey.  All teams have to submit jerseys to game officials well in advance and the All Blacks went with the silver ones to represent the silver fern that is the symbol of the All Blacks.  Scotland's jersey that was submitted was changed after it was decided that the jerseys were acceptable.  The grey on the front of the jersey was added later.

NZ was actually asked to change into their black jerseys at half time but because they had not expected the jerseys to be an issue, they had left that kit back in France at their team base.  I have no idea why Scotland weren't asked to change into their normal dark blue jerseys since they are the home team and would probably had easier access to extra uniforms.

As for the Haka.  It had nothing to do with disrespect at playing a 2nd string team.  The choice of which of the two Haka's to use is totally random.  The Kapa O Pango version used for the Scotland match is a lot less frequent so should actually be seen as a show of respect to Scotland.

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nonenzedder..... Chris Rattue is a genius... you prove it every day.

Answer 4

that was the Scottish home jersey the grey parts were to make it appear 'stylish' and nothing would have stopped them from being thrashed because they were terrible.

Answer 5

That was horrible isn't it? No wonder why there was so many mistakes during the game, the player couldn't differentiate without giving it a proper look...

Somebody didn't do its job or there was no other set of shirts available...

Answer 6

Although they where playing in Scotland it was not automatically a home game for the Scottish.  Before the tournameant each team has to register a Home and Away kit.  On the match day the ref tossed a coin to see who would be designated as the home team and Scotland won the toss (that was the only thing they where gonna win that day).  This obviously ment Scotland could wear their home Jersey, which now has the Gray components and the All Blacks had to wear their 2nd strip.  I believe that was the reason for the clash of strips although I'm bemused as to how this was not noticed prior to the game and rectified.  Surly the All Black had the normal kit with them and I don't think Scotland would have objected to them using it for the sake of common sense.

Answer 7

"Apologies about the colour clash out there. If you're confused, the All Blacks tend to be the team with the ball."

*Presenter on TV coverage of NZ v Scotland Rugby World Cup match.*

Loved this quote.

Answer 8

I agree the haka is now used as a tool to give ( and more importantly withhold) respect to the opposition. This is not what the haka is meant to represent, so as such is not a proper haka and the players are well within their rights to disrespect it and turn their back on it - as the modern haka is not representative of maori culture in the slightest..

Hawkeye..if one is special and one is not...and the "special one gets wheeled out at special occasions" and is denied to other lesser important teams...doesn't that prove my point that the haka is now a tool used to "withhold respect to the opposition?"

Edit...

By Newzealander standards i guess he is...