Castleford Tigers 2025

 



Class Cas back up again with another helping from Oxen. 

Home it's nice to Cas back in "proper" yellow after a number of seasons in that less than tasteful orange efforts and last years predominate black home shirt. So this looks like a proper Cas shirt, although not sold on the sash design, looks to be more a football shirt type of thing however I can see the appeal of it from the clubs point of view, very different from anything they've done before and is a move back to the traditional colours associated with Cas. Leaves me with the impression that they'll bring out a more 

Away this continues the trend in the UK and especially from Oxen to produce these striking away shirts that could be for any team. Being a middle aged bloke I know that I'm not the target market for this particular design and I'm OK with that, definitely aimed at the younger market and if it helps shift a few more shirts then that can only be a good thing. In saying that, I really like the design, similar to the home in that it looks more like a football shirt but really rate it. Will they be making retros of this in 15/20 years time and will this be a classic that it highly sought after by probably not on both counts but it's a nice contemporary shirt that should sell well. 

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