The Australian Wallabies

Australia Rugby Shirt: The Wallabies rugby team now plays in the traditional green and gold colours associated with all Australian national sporting teams. However this was not always the case as in the early 1900’s different colours from the coat of arms where used. It wasn’t until 1928 that the green and gold, however with the shirts been green and the shorts gold. This did not change until 1961 when South Africa toured and due a shirt colour clash Australia offered to change their strip. The design has since remained largely unchanged. Now sponsored by Canterbury of New Zealand the green and gold replica rugby shirts are available in s, m, l, xl and xxl.

Brief History: The Australian rugby union team dates back to 1883 when it became the first team to play an international test against New Zealand. Later games in the 1880’s where against the British Isles. It must be said that these teams represented the colonies at the time for example New South Wales etc, however all played under the name Australia. It was not until 1903 did the Australian colonies unite to play as one against New Zealand. By 1907 the rival code of rugby league was established and along with both wars not much growth at an international level was seen after World War 2. After the war Australia started to play regularly against the New Zealand All Black and Maori contesting the Bledisloe Cup which had been donated in 1931. Since then Australia has gone on to win every major trophy including the Webb Ellis Cup twice making them one of the greatest teams in the world even though their win record remains relatively low at just 52%.

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