We put the new Predator Incurzas through a kicking test this week with the help of Pat Moore, a former member of the Sale Sharks academy now playing in the local Canterbury Metro Club Competition. adidas developed the Incurzas with input from players like Dan Carter, and have produced two new features to aid with…
Parramatta have had one of their worst seasons this year, but produced the upset of the competition so far when they knocked over the mighty Melbourne Storm over in the 20th round. The Return Of Jarred Hayne, wearing the new adidas Predator Lethal Zones, in appropriate Eels blue and electric red with white adidas accents,…
Not even Morne Steyn’s favourite boots could help the Bulls conquer the Crusaders in the first of the Super XV playoffs last weekend, with the champion first-five turning in one of the most under-whelming performances of his career as his side failed to fire and slumped to a 28-13 loss in Christchurch. While Steyn had…
For the last year I’ve been wearing the adidas R15 SG, a boot which internationals including Richie McCaw, Brian O’Driscoll and Jerome Kaino had a big influence in designing. When I first got them out of the box they looked great – predominately white, with black and red highlights and with the famous three stripes…
The latest Predator Incurza Rugby Boots by adidas feature a number of advanced technical features that make this boot truly state of the art. Most notable performance wise are the two sections on the upper-outer of the boot specifically designed with kick accuracy and precision in mind. The first, known as the ‘Precision Zone’ improves…
Enigmatic and controversial Liverpool striker Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick for Uruguay as they came from two goals down to beat Chile 6-4 in a recent friendly, and he did it all wearing a pair of rugby boots! Suarez, who will join Edinson Cavani and Egidio Arevalo Rios as the three over-age players in the…
Young All Black pivot Beauden Barrett reverted back to the adidas Predator Incurzas he wore in his test debut as he helped guide the Hurricanes to victory over the Chiefs in the final round of the Super XV. Although it wasn’t the up-and-coming star’s greatest performance his two successful penalty shots, and two conversions were…
Benji Marshall, in a pair of Asics Lethal Tigreor 5 IT’s got his team’s season back on track after four win-less weeks. As one of the NRL’s premier play makers, Marshall is a unique five-eighth who uses lateral movement to break open defenses more than any six or seven in the competition. The moulded outer,…
Nike recently unveiled its latest creation, the NikeGS, its lightest and most environmentally friendly boot ever. Limited to just 2012 pairs worldwide, the GS was conceived and engineered in Italy using recycled and renewable materials, to a brief that challenged designers to strip down the boot to include just the essential elements. The end product…
I recently received a pair of Kooga’s latest boots, the XTB LCST, and after casting my own eye over them I asked Luke Katene, a member of the Canterbury ITM CUP Rugby Squad which has won New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship for the last four years in a row, to try them out. I’d got…