PUMA® has unveiled a dramatic new Away kit that the Vodacom Bulls rugby team will sport in the Vodacom Super Rugby 2012 competition. The striking colour marks a significant image shift for the Vodacom Bulls and is inspired by the purple Jacaranda trees that characterise their hometown Pretoria.
Official Bulls Media Release
Vodacom Bulls captain Pierre Spies says: “PUMA have certainly changed the pace since their arrival at the Bulls and the team feels that our Away jersey, a complete contrast from our traditional kit, is a great way to celebrate a new partnership.”
The Away shirt, as with the home shirt launched in December 2011, has a dramatic “smash” design inspired by the phrase “bull in a china shop” and expresses the Vodacom Bulls’ powerful playing style. The complexity of the design, which combines a chevron-like effect, is designed to distract opposition players.
PUMA South Africa’s Marketing Director Brett Bellinger says: “In designing the new Away shirt PUMA wanted to create a statement on the field, so we have opted for a striking colourway inspired by the purple Jacaranda trees that are synonymous with Pretoria.”
PUMA has a long-term deal to supply full technical kit to both the Vodacom Blue Bulls and Vodacom Bulls rugby teams, and is the official distributor of the teams’ match replica gear.
The Vodacom Super Rugby replica away shirt will be available from 24 February 2012 and will retail for R599.
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Can’t say that I’m over the Moon with the colours… but what the hell, it’s Valentines Day… and the shirts will be bought in their thousands and thousands by the horde of ladies Bulls supporters!
Very metro-sexual.
Could we say that those colours are purple, pink and gehy?
How touching of the BB to launch there range of His and His jerseys on Valentine’s Day! This is cracking me up!
Picture the Bulls supporters with their big Boepies, and Blou Bull hoedjies in this pink strip, man I can feel the LOVEEEEEEEEEEE! Let me try this Lieflinggggggg
BWAHAAAAHAAAA
3 @ Loosehead:
What in the world is “gehy”
Men only think in the basic colours…
… no Mauve, no Butterskotch, no Mocca, no Magenta….
A thing is RED or BLUE or WHITE or BLACK or ORANGE or PURPLE or PINK or YELLOW or GREEN… and if you really need to define a colour, you add the word LIGHT or DARK…. it’s simple, like us men!
Wonder how this will look with Khaki shorts, khaki socks and a black comb?
4 @ Cheetah4eva:
You can laugh all you want, we probably deserve the laughter…. till we beat you AGAIN in Super Rugby…. and we have to listen to pathetic excuses!
“No, the referee was against us, the pink and purple confused us…”
6 @ Cheetah4eva:
Metro-Danville-Sexual!
Hehehe
7@ grootblousmile:
Even if you beat us, we will still hold the moral high ground having not supported the team in purple, pink and gehy!
FFS, surely the players had a say in the jersey colours?
3@ grootblousmile:
Oh, it is grey, but said with a West Coast bray lisp.
9 @ Loosehead:
You never answered the question, what in hell is “gehy”?
10 @ Loosehead:
11 @ grootblousmile:
Oh, ok, answered…
How do YOU know about “gehy”?
I worry about you!
When the Purple & Pink Bulle keep winning, the colours won’t matter…..
grootblousmile wrote:
Hier is my mening wat ek daar op die Pienkspan se blog geskryf het:
39: LBB, jou opmerking (oor swart truie wat ‘rou’ kan beteken) wys net opnuut dat kleurkeuse nie neutraal is nie, dit simboliseer iets wat jy nie kan ignoreer nie. Bv. hoekom nie swart wegtruie gebruik nie, dan is ons soos die AB’s wat teen die NZ super spanne gaan speel, dink net hoe intimiderend sou dit wees, en die ANC sou dit verwelkom, dan is ons polities korrek ook, daar is nou vir jou ‘n goeie innovasie waar ons baie getalle en baie geld kan trek, terwyl ons NZ oneindig daarmee sou frustreer.
Om te redeneer ons kan maar in enige trui speel want kleur is onbelangrik is net so goed Helen Zille daag by ‘n DA vergadering op in ANC klere. Of Zuma daag met DA kleure/klere by die ANC se vergadering op. Ja, laat mens dink né.
Ek sal my verkleurmannetjie span deur dik en dun ondersteun, maar het nog geen goeie rede gehoor waarom pienk van alle kleure gekies is nie, ‘n kleur wat geen verband hou met die BLOU Bulle, Loftus of Pretoria nie. Dan sou persblou ‘n baie beter opsie geswees het. Daarom kan ek ook nie anders as om te wonder of hier nie een of ander pienk agenda agter hierdie hele ding sit nie, om ons seuns bietjie sag te maak nie …. wat ook weer ‘n ander betekenis gee aan “maak sag voor, slaan agter!” …. 😉
@ GBS #7
Well the I suppose it is remotely possible that the Bulls could maybe, possibly beat the mighty Cheetahs in a real match ha ha, but then us honourable, gentlemanly Cheetah folk would have to confess, that we could never play rough with the girls Bwaaahaaaa!
We are just not raised that way!
As it is, the Bulls play the Cheetahs in Bloem, so if the Bulls are going to run out in their ladies strip, it will already be a moral dilema for the Cheetahs.
They will have to focus on putting their instincts and chivalry aside, and to tackle them fairies lol
@ Cheetah4eva:
Passop, the Pienk Bull Mafia will pay you a visit soon.
@ Cheetah4eva:
I wonder if Steve Hofmeyer will wear this jersey when he sings “Die Blou Bull’?
@ grootblousmile:I said in an earlier thread that you would become the Golden Bullocks with pink tops – Well I’m 50% of the way there!!!!!
That strip is just outrageous, it belongs on a rugby field in France, not SA. You boys were getting so upset that the Stormers were getting all the headlines with their front row rubbish, that you had to come up with something to rectify the situation. Well you’ve done that, with bonus points too!!! Oh well, you will give the rest of the SA supporters a good laugh, I suppose
20 @ Just For Kicks:
It is rather outrageous!
We’ll have to be careful or the Stormpoppie players might get the wrong idea and make a pass at our players…
@ Loskoppie #18
Lol, guess I will have to carry hot for a while! BTW, if they come wearing their girlie tops, will I still be legally allowed to defend ‘lil ol me?
Poor old GBS, he is getting pummeled today, and clearly Supa, has opted to not defend the Bulls honour!
22 @ Cheetah4eva:
Ag bedaar SUSTER, ek sal jou met my pienk meegaande poeierkwas donner!
Hehehe
… anyway, die truitjies behoort mooi by Wynand Olivier se hare te pas…
Lol, maybe this is a ploy to improv the sales if accessories at Moftus. Expect to see specials like:
New soft “Pink Balls” for the SUv’s with low profile bands!
Removable battery operated horns(for the hard hats)!
New Pink Hair gel (Wynand on the logo)
Pierre Spies blow up dolls.
And a new Steve Mofmeyer Album, with a modification “Trek die Bul by die horing!) lol
And a new training video for how to colour code your lipstick with your socks .
Maybe we can start a thread with some suggestions on new products for the Bulls shop at Moftus! Any contributions welcome!
Bwhaaaaaa I am so on a roll!!!!!!!!!!
21@ grootblousmile:You’re coming to Cape town, take it like a man!!!
25@ Cheetah4eva:Probably the best comment I have ever seen, you deserve a medal…Hell, no, you deserve the S15 Cup!!!
25 @ Cheetah4eva:
Die Pienk Bul song
Die Pienk Bul eet nie van die vloer af nie
Die Pienk Bul weet nie van verloor af nie
Die Pienk Bul sukkel nie sy roer af nie
Nou vra jy my vir wie ek skree
Chorus
Ek skree nie WP nie ek bly n Bul
Ek skree nie OP nie ek bly n Bul
Ek skree nie Vrystaat nie ek bly n Bul
Laat staan die Sharks en die Leeus en die hele bleddie spul
Die Pienk Bul tjank nie by sy pa hulle nie
Die Pienk Bul tjank nie by sy ma hulle nie
Die Pienk Bul tjank nie by die pale nie
Nou vra jy my vir wie ek skree
Chorus
Ek skree nie WP nie ek bly n Bul
Ek skree nie OP nie ek bly n Bul
Ek skree nie Vrystaat nie ek bly n Bul
Laat staan die Sharks en die Leeus en die hele bleddie spul
Die Pienk Bul rol hom nie n mielie nie
Die Pienk Bul kan hom ok nie kielie nie
Die Pienk Bul is hy nie n bielie nie
Nou vra jy my vir wie ek skree
Ek roep vir Frik du Preez hy sal my hoor
Ek vra vir Thys Lourens bly op my spoor
En gee vir Naas Botha hy skop hom oor
Nou vra jy my vir wie ek skree
Ek sit vir Fanie voor kan jy hom vang
Ek het vir Ruben oor maak hy jou bang
Vat Uli Smit jou vas los hy jou mank
Nou vra jy my vir wie ek skree
Ek pass vir Moaner in kan jy hom vat
Na Hansie Breewis toe hy’s gans te glad
Ek pass vir Josie uit jy maak jou nat
Nou vra jy my vir wie ek skree
Die Pienk Bul eet nie van die vloer af nie
Die Pienk Bul weet nie van verloor af nie
Die Pienk Bul sukkel nie sy roer af nie
Nou vra jy my vir wie ek skree
Chorus (X4)
Ek skree nie WP nie ek bly n Bul
Ek skree nie OP nie ek bly n Bul
Ek skree nie Vrystaat nie ek bly n Bul
Laat staan die Sharks en die Leeus en die hele bleddie spul
….. ek bly ‘n Bul…. in Pienk ook!
27@ grootblousmile:please, please don’t send the tune to that, I don’t want that running around in my head for hours.
Just realised, but interesting to note that they couldn’t find any bulls players to model the shirts!
28 @ Just For Kicks:
Mmmmmm, good idea, I’ll put the song in the Article… or here
I want one!!
Pink is my colour… lol
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