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THE new Wallaby jersey to be unveiled on Australia Day is so hi-tech it will slow down players' heart rates and speed up their performance, its Queensland-based manufacturer claims.
Gold Coast company KooGa, which fended off international sportswear giants to win the Wallaby uniform contract, is promising the new-look jersey, shorts and socks will be "a genuine secret weapon" for the Australian side heading into next year's World Cup.
The kit is being kept under tight wraps until next week's official launch but KooGa boss Tyron Brant has revealed the jersey contains five "futuristic fabrics" never before used in a football jumper.
They include carbon fibre which is claimed to lower the heart rate by up to at least four beats a minute.
Another fabric, imported from Italy, is said to decrease lactic acid while other materials, developed by KooGa, are reputed to lower body temperature and increase movement.
The Wallabies' new shorts contain chamois panels to keep players' hands dry and the socks are made from a compression material to reduce lactic acid build-up.
KooGa spent two years researching and developing the "state-of-the-art" technology before submitting the winning jumper design to the Australian Rugby Union, Brant said. He said the company had looked at fabrics worn by cyclists and burn victims for inspiration.
"The new jersey is not only virtually indestructible – it also helps thermostatically control body temperature, repelling moisture and cooling the skin surface," he said.
"The state-of-the-art fabrics also help stimulate blood flow to heighten reaction time and speed up performance."
Brant said the new Wallaby jersey was the most expensive ever, costing about $250 to make – about five times the price of the old jumper. He said the uniform could give the Wallabies a genuine winning edge.
"Professional sport is all about that 1 per cent extra but the new uniform will hopefully provide the Wallabies with an extra 3 or 4 per cent," he said.
"That's how good we believe it is."
Despite its 21st century technology, the new jersey is believed to have the traditional gold and green colour scheme.
It will be paraded by Wallabies Berrick Barnes, Ben Robinson, James Horwill and Will Genia at functions in Brisbane and Sydney next week.
KooGa also makes uniforms for NRL teams Melbourne and Newcastle, and Queensland Reds and ACT Brumbies rugby sides.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...-10389,00.html
sounds like a whole lot of mumbo jumbo..
The cost of the jersey is pretty amazing, each test costs $6000 in the the cost of the jerseys alone, there are rugby clubs out there the operate on a budget of $6000 for the year.
I don’t think they will be going in for old Clive Woodward’s tactic of the whole team changing jumpers at half time as a psychological advantage.
Generally speaking you aren’t learning much if your lips are moving!!!
It looks like the Queensland Red Jumper in design....except the Red Colour is Gold and the White bits are green and their is a Southern Cross in the same spot as the Reebook jumper from 10 years ago
OK if it costs $250 to make, who the hell is going to buy one? You could confidently expect it to cost around $500 after everyone takes their markup.......does it come with signatures?
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I think you will find that the Replica supporters jersey will cost about the usual, they won't make it out of the same hi tech matierials.
I presume the folks in the stands wone be getting the version deisnged by Q.
Meanwhile, someone's a little bamboozled by the technology by the sounds of it:
Is it a bit early to be running with secret weapons for the world cup?by up to at least four beats a minute.
sounds like they have stitched some sham-wows into the shorts...
do you reckon they could add some things that automatically pump adrenaline into the body when the players need it most?
FFS - they are just jerseys
coz Stone Cold says so
The shorts have some design aspects borrowed from Ben Lexen and the winged keel of Australia II fame.
The front of the shorts will protect the ego for the likes of Matt Gitteau and Drew Mitchell whilst the rear of the shorts will protect the dignity of the tight 5 who push to hard in the scrum.
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"Pain heels. Chicks dig scars and Glory lasts forever." Shane Falco
"...The kit is being kept under tight wraps until next week's official launch but KooGa boss Tyron Brant has revealed the jersey contains five "futuristic fabrics" never before used in a football jumper.
They include carbon fibre which is claimed to lower the heart rate by up to at least four beats a minute.
Another fabric, imported from Italy, is said to decrease lactic acid while other materials, developed by KooGa, are reputed to lower body temperature and increase movement...."
Did KooGa boss Tyron Brant ever work for Firepower?