Stade Français has new fancy jerseys...
Here is an early XXth century rugby print from Boy's Own Magazine. This colourful plate shows "some famous rugby football jerseys".
As the caption is difficult to read (I should re-up a hi-res picture very soon...), let me identify them all :
- England
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Wales
- France
- South Africa
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Blackheath
- Harlequins
- Richmond
- Barbarians
- Cardiff
- Newport
- Leicester
- Gloucester
- Stade Français (Paris)
- Racing Club de France (Paris)
- United Services
- Birkenhead Park
I have no indication of dates, but the "Equipe de France" jersey, n°5, shows a "flying rooster" holding the Olympic rings that was our emblem in the early '20s.
For ages, Stade Français has been wearing its "classical colours", n°17, i.e. dark blue and red like in this postcard picture...
More recently, my favorite team has introduced two wonderful, unique and dynamic set of jerseys : a sphisticated dark blue jersey wearing pink flowers of lily (say, the heraldic colours of the City of Paris) to play at home, and a shinning pink outfit to play away... ain't it cool ?
pictures : courtesy of www.stade.fr and leblogrugby
(Ivan, I have" robbed" this picture from your Flicke account...)
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