How come that's two games at home were the opposition has played in their all white home kit? It's a joke, I know it's only a friendly but still!

Probably cant afford an away kit ?

Do you know what?, I was wondering exactly the same thing!

There was hardly any difference between the shirts from a distance, good job they were wearing different coloured shorts.

Did anyone else think that the black stripes on the Bradford kit made it look like they were wearing braces? Looked like they were playing in lederhosen.

We said exactly the same thing



Ridiculous kit clash today. The shirts were identical from the back.

Anyone see pictures of the Souths/Wire game, loving chuff.

Away teams should automatically play in away shirts unless it clashes with the home strip of the club they play at, at least that way we all get a turn in laughing at Huddersfield.

Totally agree. I was amazed when the Bradford team walked out with their home kit on.

My hubbys stated the exact same thing!! Said they looked like an ooompah band

Thought they had braces on too

Was waiting for them to slap each others thighs

Hull offered bradford there away kit to play in but was refused, at one point they was going to call it off as hull also refused to change as they were playing in radders jerseys and bulls wanted them to change

How the heck does this ever happen.. Dont the clubs talk during the week leading up to the game..reminds me of the stupidity surrounding the game when they had to get Mavis from Halifax outta bed to sort a kit out last season. They should look at how the NHL do it.. Home kit is dark and all away kits are light.. They never clash !!!

If that's true then that's crazy! The away team shouldn't have a say in the matter if it's a colour clash!

The NBA have a simular system I think where as all home kits are white. Personally I cant see how hard is it to make all teams have both kits avaliable at all games, home or away. That way if there is a clash, the other kit is nearby to change into.

Dear RFL,

As it appears that you either don't have someone sending out kit directives to the clubs or the person that is doing it is clearly inept, I am kindly offering to help you in this obvious predicament you're having.
As a follower of Hull FC, it has been frustrating that for some reason the away team (or the person in charge of telling the away team) cannot understand that although their is black in our kit, it is majority white (white shorts, white socks with black hoops, greater amount of white in the shirt) and so we have seen incidents such as:
2008 clash with Wigan Warriors, who came in their home kit of mainly white shirt (with cherry hoops), white shorts and white socks with cherry hoops.

2008 clash with Bradford Bulls, who came in their home kit of mainly white shirt (with black trim), white shorts and white socks.

2008 clash with Huddersfield, who came in their away kit of mainly white (with claret and gold trim), white shorts and white socks.


Since these 2008 incidents, Hull are reverted to a predominantly black kit (black trim on shirt instead of white and black shorts in 2009, black shirt with white chevron and black shorts in 2012, and black shirt with thin white hoops and black shorts in 2011), but we have returned to having a mainly white kit this year. I was hoping that the colour clashes wouldn't happen again, but so far in our two home friendlies this season, we've already seen two clashes:
Hull KR playing in their home kit of mainly white shirt (with red hoop), white shorts and white socks.

Bradford Bulls playing in their home kit of mainly white shirt (with black trim), black shorts and white socks,
(Hull were playing in Lee Radford's testimonial kit of mainly white shirt with thick black hoops, white shorts and black socks).


As you can see from the photos, these are unacceptable kit clashes and in a day and age where we're trying to portray ourselves as a high profile professional sport, situations like this (which are ridiculously easy to avoid) should NEVER be happening. Mixing in these issues with the Leeds/Warrington Challenge Cup Final clash in 2010 and the highly embarrassing Huddersfield/Castleford "both teams in white away kits" situation (which delayed the game by 15 minutes and resulted in Castleford wearing Halifax's kit), it highlights a really big issue at the RFL if it is indeed their job to prevent such clashes.


So, therefore, I have painlessly and quite easily gone through the trouble of selecting for you which kits should be worn in Hull FC's games this season by both the home and away team so I will not have to pay money to guess which team in white is currently holding the ball...

Round 1: Sun 5 Feb Hull FC (primary) v Warrington Wolves (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 2: Sat 11 Feb Catalan Dragons (primary) v Hull FC (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 3: Hull FC (primary) v London Broncos (primary; alternative is a lighter colour)
Round 4: Salford City Reds (primary) v Hull FC (either; no clash)
Round 5: Hull FC (primary) v Wakefield Wildcats (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 6: St. Helens (primary) v Hull FC (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 7: Hull FC (primary) v Widnes Vikings (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 8: Castleford Tigers (primary) v Hull FC (primary; alternative shorts and socks would clash)
Round 9: Hull FC (primary) v Bradford Bulls (alternative; primary would AND DID clash drastically)
Round 10: Hull Kingston Rovers (primary) v Hull FC (alternative; primary would AND DID clash drastically)
Round 11: Huddersfield Giants (primary) v Hull FC (primary; alternative is a darker colour)
Round 12: Hull FC (primary) v Wigan Warriors (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 13: Hull FC (primary) v Leeds Rhinos (primary; alternative is hoops which would increase similarity)
Round 14: London Broncos (primary) v Hull FC (primary; alternative would clash drastically)
Round 15: Hull FC (alternative) v Hull Kingston Rovers (primary)
*Hull have never worn their alternative kit against Hull KR at the Magic Weekend)
Round 16: Hull FC (primary) v St. Helens (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 17: Wakefield Wildcats (primary) v Hull FC (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 18: Warrington Wolves (primary) v Hull FC (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 19: Hull FC (primary) v Huddersfield Giants (primary; grey base colour of alternative increase chances of a clash)
Round 20: Leeds Rhinos (primary) v Hull FC (primary; alternative would clash drastically)
Round 21: Hull FC (primary) v Hull Kingston Rovers (alternative; primary would AND DID clash drastically)
Round 22: Hull FC (primary) v Salford City Reds (either, no clash)
Round 23: Wigan Warriors (primary) v Hull FC (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 24: Hull FC (primary) v Catalan Dragons (alternative; primary would clash drastically)
Round 25: Widnes Vikings (alternative) v Hull FC (alternative; both kits clash with primary kit)
*Or ensure that Widnes wear white shorts if Hull play in alternative to reduce chances of a clash)
Round 26: Bradford Bulls (primary) v Hull FC (alternative; primary would AND DID clash drastically)
Round 27: Hull FC (primary) v Castleford Tigers (either; no clash)

If you require any further assistance in this matter, do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards,
A concerned fan.

There we go. I have hopefully solved them (and us all) a problem. Who do I send this to?!

your psychiatrist?

Send it into the RFL, they might offer you a job.

Killing time between my morning job and afternoon job!

Either some people are blind or cannot distinguish colour and/or shapes.
Saints for instance may well have a predominantly white shirt but there's a great feck off big RED V on it so their kit does not drastically clash at all.
Same with the KR & Wigan kit, again bright red which contrasts quite a lot to our black, the photo of the warry leeds one I'll give you however as a fan & as a some time player I've never had to worry about whom is on my team and certainly I don't ever remember passing to an oppo because I had issues with shirt colours (Ok, maybe back in the dim/distant past of watching all mud coloured teams)
I'd suggest people get off to specsavers early doors as this season is going to test your eyesight a lot it seems from the supposed kit clashes

It's easy to distinguish who is who when Hull play Rovers. The Hull players are the ones under the sticks waiting for the goal kick to be taken

So when both sets of players have their backs to you, how do you see the black hoops or the red chevron? You only see a white panel at the back, black number, white shorts and white socks.
Similarly when they're in the ruck. Or when you see them on a side. The main thing you see is white. People shouldn't have to look for something that appears on one part of the kit and can't be seen if they turn around. We might as well just look out for different sponsors.

I don't know how you can "give me" Warry/Leeds and yet say Hull/Saints isn't a clash. If anything, there's more of a clash in the latter as over 75% of the kits are identical in the same places. Why can't you look for the team with the blue shorts or the yellow shorts to distinguish them? Or the fact that the Wire shirt has a big white V on it in the same way as you say to look for the Saints big red V? It's exactly the same principle yet you've come up with two different outcomes.

Did you not think there was a clash in the friendlies?

You must have been confused after the first minute then last week.

I can clearly see the red of the kits mentioned from behind (Saints And Wigan have red in their socks, easy to see from distance) Roversd have a red band all the way around and it isn't as if all the players of any given team will have their backs to a particular direction for long. There's also the fact that they are often standing 10+ metres apart that is a big clue, that and the team going in a particular direction/those anticipating a pass/attacking defending field positions, it aint rocket science tbh.

I don't come up for friendlies and frankly a kit issue in those games for those few people who can't distinguish between colours/shapes AND their own players is niether here nor there anyway.
Sorry but you're making a mountain out of a mole hill IMHO.