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<blockquote data-quote="roadtogundagai" data-source="post: 273794"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (snoopy snoopy dog dog @ Aug 3 2009, 04:30 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=407257" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>But didn't that logo exist before Canterbury? The Nike Kits had the same IRFU Badge...</p><p><a href="http://www.scrumoftheearth.com/rugby_players/high_five/images/keith+woods.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.scrumoftheearth.com/rugby_playe...keith+woods.jpg</a> </p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p>It did. The rumour I posted is just what I heard and I've no idea how accurate it is. </p><p></p><p>Over the last few years the provinces have all changed their logos due to issues with rights to the old logo.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Not quite so! When Ulster moved from Canterbury to Kukri, they kept the same "new" crest of Ulster Rugby surrounded by the silly red and black coloured rugby ball type shapes. I much prefered the old Red Hand with the word Ulster below it. If it ws good enough for Willie John McBride to wear (similarly with the old IRFU crest) then it was good enough for me.</p><p>I know the badge/crest (sorry but the word logo suggests an american style franchise type of team, rather than a proud province/club./country) was more or less changed to coincide with the "Club Ulster" drive of a few years ago and was nothing political. </p><p>Any changes to badge/crest in any sport these days are more for financial gain for the club/province/country than anything else, with the exception of the addition of the Protea to the South African shirt, which was a political move by SA rugby's "leading lights" to further demote and reinvent SA rugby, rather than move on.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="roadtogundagai, post: 273794"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (snoopy snoopy dog dog @ Aug 3 2009, 04:30 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=407257']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> But didn't that logo exist before Canterbury? The Nike Kits had the same IRFU Badge... [url="http://www.scrumoftheearth.com/rugby_players/high_five/images/keith+woods.jpg"]http://www.scrumoftheearth.com/rugby_playe...keith+woods.jpg[/url][i] [/i] [/b][/quote] It did. The rumour I posted is just what I heard and I've no idea how accurate it is. Over the last few years the provinces have all changed their logos due to issues with rights to the old logo. [/b][/quote] Not quite so! When Ulster moved from Canterbury to Kukri, they kept the same "new" crest of Ulster Rugby surrounded by the silly red and black coloured rugby ball type shapes. I much prefered the old Red Hand with the word Ulster below it. If it ws good enough for Willie John McBride to wear (similarly with the old IRFU crest) then it was good enough for me. I know the badge/crest (sorry but the word logo suggests an american style franchise type of team, rather than a proud province/club./country) was more or less changed to coincide with the "Club Ulster" drive of a few years ago and was nothing political. Any changes to badge/crest in any sport these days are more for financial gain for the club/province/country than anything else, with the exception of the addition of the Protea to the South African shirt, which was a political move by SA rugby's "leading lights" to further demote and reinvent SA rugby, rather than move on. [/QUOTE]
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