Question About Team Colors

[trouxas]

I love people who just pull stuff out of their ass and post it as knowledge. Yes I am talking to you Andy TAUS. Australian colors have changed dozens of times throughout history and it is uncertain whether the current colors actually have some greater significance. Here is a website that might enligthen some head in the sand patriotic australians: http://www.rl1908.com/rugby-league/Colours.htm

[Andy TAUS]

I love people who just pull stuff out of their ass and post it as knowledge. Yes I am talking to you Andy TAUS. Australian colors have changed dozens of times throughout history and it is uncertain whether the current colors actually have some greater significance. Here is a website that might enligthen some head in the sand patriotic australians: http://www.rl1908.com/rugby-league/Colours.htm
Mate, from your own source (which is MAINLY about Rugby League and its evolution):

In 1899 Joe Darling's Australian cricket team adopted the use of (gum) green and (wattle) gold. The team which toured England had green and gold integrated into their blazers, caps and jumpers. While this is cited as Australian sports first use of these colours, it would still be another 20 - 30 years before other sports followed. Even Australian cricket's Board of Control did not itself ratify use of the green and gold colours until 1908.

You seem to be bitter & twisted. You should take your head out of your arse, and smell the fresh air, for a change. :p

[Craig the Aussie]

Plus the article states that the "Australian" rugby teams in those days were no such thing - they were teams representing the host state, with players from other states given special invitations to play. Hence the local colours were worn. If the states jointly financed the team, a harlequin jersey was worn.

It needs to be remembered that when most sports were being codified and going international in the mid-late 1800's, Australia did not exist. It was 6 self governing British colonies, independant of each other and each with their own sporting colours, which they retain till this day:

New South Wales: Light Blue
Queensland: Maroon
Victoria: Navy Blue
Tasmania: Dark Green & Red
Western Australia: Gold & Black
South Australia: Red & Dark Blue

[Fiorentina lives!]

Can anyone explain:

Japan in BLUE

Venezuela in BURGUNDY

???

[TOTC]

Venezuela wears deep red because oil is one of its main exports. Kind of like Paraguay wearing copper four years ago.

Some teams have good explanations for their second-change strip, but others have little rationale ... Uruguay wearing red for last year's Copa America, for instance.