Toulon Get the Blues

While the title could just as easily refer to Peter Stringer's excellent try-saving tackle, err, shirt pull, on Toulon's right wing Gabiriele Lovobalavu, this post concerns the use, or lack thereof, of alternate jerseys.


Today Munster played Toulon at home.  Were no-one to change jerseys as stubbornly as Martin Johnson won't give foreign dignitaries a bit of the red carpet, both teams would line up as follows:

This lack of a pallet swap could prove problematic to those wishing to cheer on their favoured team.  So let's try the age old adage of the home team changing to their alternate jersey:

Not bad.  No real clash thanks to the hooped vomit concoction that is Munster's alternate jersey.  Hence the reason I was surprised to see Toulon's blue line up against Munster's red.  Let's play around with the possible jersey permutations a bit more.  Munster alternate, Toulon alternate?

Okay, now I'm beginning to see a clash of the titans - at least colour-wise.  So how about Munster's home jersey, Toulon's alternate jersey then?

Not bad, not bad at all, still think it worked best when Munster wore their alternate jersey, and Toulon their home, but perhaps both jerseys were too dark, or maybe not contrasting enough, for Sky Sports 3D purposes...  So we ended up with Toulon having to change to a completely new kit, one I recently discovered is their very own "third", or Heineken Cup, jersey, leaving us with no clash at all!  Although let's be honest, that game really did pack a punch, leaving Toulon with the blues!