Genius. Double the number of shirts, double the number of sales. At least that is the hope behind creating "away" strips for the NZ super 14 teams. Personally i dont care either way, though i am suprised there is not more yellow in the Hurricanes away strip, and due to its strong resemblance to this jersey, will it be cursed? The rest look alright, not a helavalotof difference from years gone by apart from the Blues, who really have brought the Ponsonby back into the jersey. With that print of Rangitoto it would probably look alright hanging framed on the wall of your toilet, but it does cause images such as this to spring to mind. The Crusaders away jersey is more than a bit shit.   

I have a question though. Apparently the "justification", you might say, for the away jerseys is sort of covered by this:

"The main change sees each of the franchises now supplied with an official "away" jersey that will be worn for all matches on the road during the competition which kicks off on February 13.

That's a change from seasons previous, when "away" colours were only brought out when there was a jersey clash."

But what is going to happen when the Highlanders meander into downtown Christchurch for their match with the Crusaders? A farce, thats what. And probably a riot - bloody kids.