Can someone tell me the history and reason why we used to have an almost Orange or burnt orange coloured jersey back at least to the 2nd world cup.
Then it stated morphing into the Yellow and Gold colour.
Why the change? I actually like the original colour better and is not similar to any other nation.
Loved the egg-yolk gold of the 91 world cup, and the years surrounding it. Don't know why they changed from the winning colour. So many people fell in love with Wallabies under that shade of gold. It was also a similar colour for the 84 grand slam jersey, although that jersey had the green adidas stripes (also very cool). People also feel in love with the Wallabies then too. Why change from that? Obviously, it can't look like an adidas brand. But the shade of gold is what counts.
I reckon they should bring that shade of gold back. It's pretty close to the shade of gold on the bok's jersey.
Apparently there is an official Australian gold, which might be what they're aiming for. But the gold of old was 'our' gold.
I like the new indigenous jersey, but the green should be darker. Again, similar to the bok's green - the colour of dark gum leaves of the Australian bush.