The Wests Tigers playing colours of black, orange and white were derived from
the two original club colours. Black and white from the Wests Magpies
and
orange
and
black from
the Balmain Tigers. The teams jersey features a Tiger as its main logo, but
the magpie logo remains sitting proudly on the shoulder.
In 2000, the team had two playing strips. One predominately orange and one
predominately black. These jerseys closely resembled the jersey designs of
the two foundation clubs. The team wore each design an equal amount through
the seasons 2000 to 2002.
In 2001 a special jumper was worn to commemorate the double header against
another 1908 foundation club, the Sydney Roosters. It was a black
design with small orange and white stripes running horizontally around the
jumper.
2003 saw the club's first step away from wearing the traditional based design
of its parent clubs. A new design was created with a wider spread of the
clubs three colours. The main jersey featured a predominately white body
with vertical curves of black and orange. The alternate jersey which was only
used if the main design clashed with opponents during away games featured a
black
body with white and orange vertical curves.
In 2004, the team wore a Magpie-based jersey for the NRL's 1980's retro week.
The Balmain retro jersey was worn on a later occasion. This popular move continued
into 2005 and 2006. It aims to maintain the proud identity of the two parent
clubs and looks set to continue into the future.
2005 saw two new jersey designs. The main jersey being predominately black
and the alternate design being mostly orange. Thanks to the club's first finals
appearance and grand final victory, this design was the league's biggest selling
jersey of the year.
Apart from changes to sponsorship the 2006 and 2007 jerseys have remained
the same as the 2005 design.
In 2008, the Wests Tigers jersey features the "Centenary of Rugby League"
logo on its right breast. This logo is to appear on every Rugby League Jersey
in 2008 from U6's through to NRL. In 2008 the Wests Tigers will also wear special
Centenary versions of the Western Suburbs Magpies (Rnd 1 against the Dragons)
and the Balmain Tigers (Rnd 6 against Souths).
For 2014 a jersey competition was held among fans to design the Main and Alternate designs.
In 2015 the club will wear a special ANZAC Commemorative design.
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