LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Yeah, fuck World Rugby for trying to let as many people as possible easily enjoy the game!
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Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
Your team runs to the left or to the right of the screen it’s not hard
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Possibly the most reductionist statement I've ever read about rugby.
Last thing I'll say given the thread - 1 in 12 males are colour blind. Have a look at these examples below and see if you still think it'd be easy viewing. The last one serves as an example of the impact of good contrast, as well as how match officials need to be considered.
Drew
Bob Davidson (42)
Thumbs down emoji!I'd like to see a dark blue jersey with the Union Jack and six white stars. Something like this:
With dark blue shorts and socks with Union Jack design:
I remember the 2016 Kangaroos training shirt with something similar:
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
This right here is the most obvious solution to the problem - make the away jersey hooped. In this instance they perhaps should have gone green and white or something, but as long as they are 2 contrasting colours it solves the issue right?
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
It would but they would look like soccer players. Hoops is the answer.
Drew
Bob Davidson (42)
We need that colourblind filter on the Force heritage jersey in a game, or Waikato (I think) in the NPC.
I stand corrected, meant hoops. Vertical stripes don’t work in rugby, fact.
The Ghost of Raelene
Simon Poidevin (60)
This is very interesting. I don’t have to deal with it but wouldn’t Hoops regardless of colour eliminate the issue because you can identify the pattern. As long as you know which team has the hoops then it’s all good?Possibly the most reductionist statement I've ever read about rugby.
Last thing I'll say given the thread - 1 in 12 males are colour blind. Have a look at these examples below and see if you still think it'd be easy viewing. The last one serves as an example of the impact of good contrast, as well as how match officials need to be considered.
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LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Re: all the hoops comments - the answer is yes and no.
So long as the colours chosen are not similarly impacted, it may help (as with @Drew's example); however, as with the below, you can see that it's not necessarily a fix in all cases. The other consideration is that there are several variations of colour blindness, in terms of the actual colours affected, so it really isn't one size fits all.
Realistically, the best way to combat it is as proposed by World Rugby - by ensuring a 'high contrast' clash strip is available.
So long as the colours chosen are not similarly impacted, it may help (as with @Drew's example); however, as with the below, you can see that it's not necessarily a fix in all cases. The other consideration is that there are several variations of colour blindness, in terms of the actual colours affected, so it really isn't one size fits all.
Realistically, the best way to combat it is as proposed by World Rugby - by ensuring a 'high contrast' clash strip is available.
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Drew
Bob Davidson (42)
Just tried with Auckland v Waikato in NPC. Just the filtered image shows Even when both sides are hoops, the white/black stand out, while the red and yellow disappear. Probably why they went with white alternate jersey. Still think hoops with a good contrast would make for a more interesting alternate.
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Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
The issue now is you turn on the game and nobody recognises the team as everyone else is now in white. Where nobody but England wore it beforePossibly the most reductionist statement I've ever read about rugby.
Last thing I'll say given the thread - 1 in 12 males are colour blind. Have a look at these examples below and see if you still think it'd be easy viewing. The last one serves as an example of the impact of good contrast, as well as how match officials need to be considered.
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LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
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Greg Davis (50)
In seriousness though, I understand your point from an 'identity' perspective - however no one is proposing clash strips be worn all the time, and ultimately I think that making the game accessible to fans holds greater importance.
It's also no different to having a home and away strip, which has been happening for the best part of forever.
D-Box
Cyril Towers (30)
That's cause on the props they bend
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
Just forcing sides into plain white kits for the World Cup is shambolic
Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Don’t all of these teams traditionally wear a white alternate kit anyways?
Seems like a lot of outrage for nothing…
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Your understanding is misguided - the teams are free to determine their own alternate/clash strip, so long as it meets the broadcast requirements, which have/will be extended to include considerations of colour blindness. Aus nominated white as their alternate/clash strip - they don't have to be 'plain white'.
Also, to put things in perspective:
dillyboy
Colin Windon (37)
Not really - colours at a distance all blend in for me......
When you tell someone you're colour blind they always ask "what colour is the sky to you" or "what colour is the grass" but you learn in school that the sky is blue & grass green so that's what you say.
But Autum and sunsets though - I don't get all the fuss everyone makes out about it, as I can't see shit!
Also red flowers on a green tree, from beyond a few paces I just see the green tree.