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Australian rugby union team goes hi-tech with new jumpers

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...
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Unbreakable 'steel' jerseys

IN a memorable Seinfeld episode, George Costanza convinces the New York Yankees to switch to cotton shirts, assuring the team manager the players will be five degrees cooler.

But the cotton uniforms shrink in the rain, leaving the players "running like penguins".

If Costanza was involved in the design of the Wallabies' new jersey, there would be a very good chance the players would finish their next Test half-naked.

The Wallabies' "technically...
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New Wallabies jersey design is good as gold

TEST players old and new have given the thumbs-up to the new bold gold Wallabies jersey, erasing the memory of the jigsaw design disaster of the late '90s.

A change of jersey-maker is always cause to hold your breath because of the urge to tinker with tradition yet Queensland-based sports apparel manufacturers KooGa have got it spot-on...

The green side panels and white spiderweb grip panels which tricked up one of Australian sport's most iconic jerseys are gone and the overdone green piping has been reduced.

The cleaner, more classic look unveiled yesterday...
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