Australia national rugby union team kits

Kit evolution

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Australia kit evolution as follows:[1]

 
 
 
 
 
 
1899–1904 [1]
 
 
 
 
 
 
1899–1904 [2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1905–07 [3]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1908–28 [4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
1929–61 [5]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1937 [6]
 
 
 
 
 
 
1961 [7]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1984–89
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1989–1996 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1995 WC Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1997–1999 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1998-99 Commemorative Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1999–2004 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2005–2007 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2007–2009 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2010–2012 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014–2015 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015–2016 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015 WC Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017–2018 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017–2018 Indigenous
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2018–2019 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019 Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2022 Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2023 RWC Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2023 RWC Away
Notes
  • [1] Worn in the first test v. Great Britain on 4 June 1899. From then on, Australia tended to use the colours of the state they were playing in, in this case, the light blue of New South Wales.[2]
  • [2] Worn in the second test v. Great Britain at Brisbane. From then on, Australia tended to use the colours of the state they were playing in, in this case, the maroon of Queensland.[2]
  • [3] Worn v. the All Blacks in 1907. It returned as a change kit in a series v. the Springboks in 1937.[2]
  • [4] Worn during the 1908–09 tour of Great Britain. It was revived in the tour of South Africa and Rhodesia in 1933, and also for tours of New Zealand in 1936 and 1946.[2]
  • [5] Worn during a series v. the All Blacks in 1929, 1931 and 1932.[2]
  • [6] Worn in 1937 against South Africa[3].
  • [7] The now traditional gold jersey was introduced in the 1961 tour of South Africa to avoid confusion with the Springboks jersey.[4][2]

References

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