I don’t understand in keeping with the 150 year theme and wanting to pay homage to the original shirt why there is no black on it, that’s what confuses me, and what would distinguish it from other clubs shirts.

I don’t dislike the shirt but I also don’t like it because it does bear a resemblance to a Leeds or Wire shirt.

Seems to be a mixed reaction to it though and hopefully it sells well.

Get ready the away shirt! Laughable!!!

For what it’s worth I like it for a special kit (150 years) as it’s something different and stands out. Make it red white and blue and it’s any other seasons kit. Brilliant effort to get all the sponsors to go gold aswell. Just that fact alone will put it amongst the best looking home jerseys this season!

This poster has a history of starting pointless threads, special boots being the best one.

Tbf original colours are blue and black no black from what can see ?

Tbf also, perhaps that's why they ditched the original colours in the first place, maybe they just don't match, just a thought, and personally I can think of a few shirts we have had that's been a lot worse, just buy the bl**dy shirt and have done with it, at the end of the season just put it with the others that's how simple it is.

It’s what I do, I have a loft full of shirts I’ve never worn. I buy them to support the club and I accept some I like more than others.

And here comes Tweedle Dee.

150 year celebrations are ten a penny. They come by every 150 years, so nothing special.

Don’t confuse him with big words

I think my googlefoo is broken
I can't find a leeds and wakey shirt for 23 that look remotely similar, one is dark blue with yellow piping and a big daft white band across the middle and the other is blue and pale blue stripes with gold piping and gold sponsor lettering, which I might add, looks excellent.
Either post examples of this offensive wakey/leeds shirt or I'm gonna go ahead and start a gofundme page in pursuit of monies to buy a new life for the thread starter, clearly a troubled individual.

Leeds have just released their away strip which is a single colour design using Turquoise. Some of their fans love it some don't.

No clash with our Home shirt for the game next year though.

I thought the main thrust of the op was that the Wakey shirt looked like the Leeds shirt, which it clearly doesn't.
I imagine there would be no clashes of home/away shirts anywhere in SL since all semblance of colour/team association goes out the window for away kits.
Regardless, I think the 23 kit is great and I dump this thread in the off season can't think of anything worthwhile to moan about bin.

Apparently the first batch in shop on display is all but sold

I thought we were "comparing" it to the Hospice shirt colours?

I think those like myself who are comparing it with Leeds rhinos on both threads mean……it looks like “A” Leeds shirt, not “the” Leeds shirt.
Imagine looking at the shirt before any of the teams shirts were released. Who’s “home” shirt might the average RL fan have thought it was.

That isn’t Leeds 2023 shirt for a start. Trinity is for 2023.

Different colour trim. Gold for trinity, yellow for Leeds.

The sponsor in middle on Leeds shirt has a box round with colour infill. Wakey doesn’t.

The stripes on Leeds shirt don’t go to the seams across full front. The wakey top does.

The shades of blue are different from trinity and Leeds shirt.

The trinity shoulders have full block colour. Leeds has stripes/segmented.

The colour location is different. Trinity starts with dark first stripe. Leeds lighter.

The trinity has more of a v neck than a round.

The sponsors are different along with the badge.

That’s just me having a quick look in no particular detail.

Like a Leeds shirt, not an exact replica. It's OK, you can like the shirt whilst also accepting it has a touch of loiner to it. I do.

You think your shirt is bad, have you seen ours.

Sales going well so no doubt the next complaint will be that we didn't order enough L size as these have apparently sold out already.
Even on the despond infested R/W/B Facebook page a poll has 67% of responders liking it.
Silent majority strikes again.

I know you're desperate to defend the shirt because you like it, but those are nitpicking details.

I'll put it another way. If Leeds released our shirt the season after the one in the picture, the Leeds fans would say, "it's just the same as last years, but with gold instead of yellow."

You say not picking details but theyre factual differences and some quite significant imo. I’d say that the ones saying it’s a Leeds shirt are the ones ‘nitpicking’.

I’ve just posted facts on two photos provided that’s all. I’m yet to see someone list the similarities.

One has leeds badge and sponsors, one has Wakefield badge and sponsors enough for me to know the difference

I suppose leeds shirt this year is like our other throw back shirt with the dark blue and red/orange centre aside leeds is white box I really could not careless it’s a shirt celebrating a historic occasion the away shirt will probably be more traditional colours to appease the old and new

The similarities are obvious, in that it is the same design and colour scheme.

Let's imagine Hull KR decided to play in black irregular hoops. It would be no defence to say that the thinner hoops are a bit thinner and that one has a KR badge and another an FC badge, and the sponsors are different.

Be honest with yourself: your heart sank a bit when Khav posted the two pictures alongside each other. Had they been two Leeds shirts of consecutive seasons, the Leeds fans would say it was a rip-off as the design hadn't changed.