Wales Rugby Macron
A seven year contract has been agreed meaning the italian sports brand will supply bespoke matchday kits.
Wales rugby macron. The welsh rugby union wru has named italian sportswear manufacturer macron as its new technical partner in a deal worth a reported uk44 million us56 million a year. Starting in october. Under armour have produced wales kit since 2008 but their contract will. Its been one of the worst kept secrets in all of rugby sponsorship but the wru has finally officially confirmed that macron will take over from under armour as the new kit supplier for the wales team.
Macron has been confirmed as the new kit manufacturer for the welsh national rugby teams. Wales new macron kit may give you a sizing headache and why plus size fans may be excluded altogether. The seven year deal which is worth a reported 30 million will see the italian sportswear giant supply all of wales representative and pathway teams from october 2020. Macron will further make a huge investment into welsh rugbys community game by providing 6m worth of kits over the duration of the deal.
The welsh rugby union represents one of the pillar stones of world rugby and for macron to stand side by side with this sporting giant means that. Wales women will wear the kit in action for the first time against scotland in their own postponed six nations clash on 1 november and from next season macrons affinity with welsh rugby will increase even further when the first instalment of 6m worth of kit over six years is supplied to the clubs in the community game throughout wales. Macron becomes the wrus official technical partner and will supply bespoke matchday kit as well as full training travel and leisure wear including accessories to its senior mens womens and pathway teams from october. After quite literally months of hype and expectation not to mention a fair sprinkling of controversy along the way the new wales macron jerseys that wayne pivacs men will be wearing for the forthcoming six nations and autumn nations cup have been revealed and theyre really nice.
Its not really a surprise given how much was riding on this first jersey but the new home shirt is an exercise in classic looks with a bit of a football twist courtesy of a v neck wrapover collar. Its fair to say that macrons long term deal with the welsh rugby union hasnt been hugely positively received by wales fans but the release of macrons first off field wales gear has caused a new issue to come to the fore the radically different sizing the italian company uses and the limited options available that could mean some fans could be unable to support their. Macron recently agreed a seven year partnership with the welsh rugby union to add national and age group sides to a welsh rugby stable which already includes the scarlets and cardiff blues plus over 50 clubs from the community game including the likes of merthyr bedwas and llandaff.