Welsh Rugby this week released their home and alternate rugby jerseys for the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France.
By and large, the kit was met with positive feedback as the supplier, Macron, stayed true to a more traditional style of jersey.
Unveiling the kit this week, several Welsh stars modelled the gear as it hit the market.
Two of these players were backrows Taulupe Faletau and Christ Tshiunza, both likely to feature heavily should they be healthy for the tournament.
Whilst Faletau is nursing a calf injury, Tshiunza is joining the rest of the Welsh squad for their warm-weather training in Turkey this week.
Clearly heavily focused on the challenges ahead, both men will not have taken kindly to some stupid comments online.
As ever, when there is an announcement of the magnitude of a national jersey for a World Cup, not every comment will be positive.
What shouldn’t be expected, however, are racist comments directed at the players.
Fortunately, these comments were in the minority and have been called out by fans and players alike.
Nice bit it casual racism from Ria Morgan… pic.twitter.com/DNkeGJKNlC
— Rhodri (@Rhodri152) July 20, 2023
More racism for Edward de Wet. Some awful people about fair play pic.twitter.com/WPmJox0Mld
— Rhodri (@Rhodri152) July 20, 2023
And certain fans have been trying to tell me how racism is non existent in rugby, more specifically rugby in Wales.
Diversity exists and being welsh doesn’t mean being white. https://t.co/BxxqvHvnZd
— Ashton Hewitt 🏴🇯🇲 (@ashton_hewitt) July 21, 2023
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