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Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that our V jumper is not based on the old state jumper but the current state jumper has been modified to appear like our V jumper. Our V jumper is based on a design from an Australian rugby jumper and was the only moment of enthusiasm to come out of the club's darkest period in history.
Regardless of the above, the V jumper is not unique. The Roosters wore a jumper for 15 years or so that practically is the same as our V jumper, and they're not the only top level club to have similar design.
IMO our V jumper looks good but I still can't fully embrace it because Haysman likened it to the state jumper using it as the reasoner for it to be the right jumper for Port Adelaide. Sadly my immediate thought at the time when he did that was 'here we are a club that's traditional, 140 years old, and with already a unique jumper of its own, still searching for an identity and happy times through a new jumper that's not unique'.
There wouldn't be another sporting club in the universe that's had to live with this foolery.
Still I don't think the crows should be wearing any form of a state jumper even if Haysman believed that Port are.
Regardless of the above, the V jumper is not unique. The Roosters wore a jumper for 15 years or so that practically is the same as our V jumper, and they're not the only top level club to have similar design.
IMO our V jumper looks good but I still can't fully embrace it because Haysman likened it to the state jumper using it as the reasoner for it to be the right jumper for Port Adelaide. Sadly my immediate thought at the time when he did that was 'here we are a club that's traditional, 140 years old, and with already a unique jumper of its own, still searching for an identity and happy times through a new jumper that's not unique'.
There wouldn't be another sporting club in the universe that's had to live with this foolery.
Still I don't think the crows should be wearing any form of a state jumper even if Haysman believed that Port are.
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