I Sale Sharks, following their brilliant performance in the last Gallagher Premiership season, are preparing to tackle the new competitive year both in England’s top rugby league and in the Heineken Champions Cup. The English XV are doing so by presenting the new race kits which, together with the club’s colours and symbols, are intended to pay tribute to the many youth teams affiliated with the Sale Sharks, where the players who will one day become professionals grow up and develop. These shirts convey a sense of belonging to a team with a history stretching back 162 years, whilst also conveying a message of sustainability and respect for the environment. Macron, the Sharks’ technical partner, produces the woven shirts Eco Fabric, 100% polyester made from recycled plastic.

The new ‘Home Kit’, a crew-neck top, is made of navy blue with grey collar and cuffs. The back of the neck is personalised with the club’s logo and the motto ‘Respect All, Fear None’ (Respect for all, fear of none), the Macron logo and the slogan Designed in Bologna, to certify and highlight how each garment is conceived, designed and developed in the’Macron’s headquarters. On the chest, on the right and in white, the Macron the Hero, on the left the coat of arms of the Sale Sharks. There are two design features that characterise the new ‘Home’ kit: along the sides, on a grey background, are printed the names of the youth teams affiliated to the English club; at the bottom of the shirt, in an embossed design, is a shark. The shorts are navy blue with grey side stripes, whilst the navy blue socks, featuring a grey stripe along the top edge, bear the Macron Hero logo on the front and the club’s founding date – 1861 – on the back.

The ‘ version‘Away Kit’ Its design is modelled on the first shirt and is coloured blue with a crew neck and white sleeve cuffs. Here too, the names of the affiliated clubs are featured along the sides of the shirt, whilst the lower back features a raised shark design, the team’s emblem. The Macron Hero logo and the Sale Sharks crest are embroidered in white on the chest. The shorts are light blue with white side stripes, whilst the light blue socks have a white top edge and a series of white horizontal stripes of varying thicknesses that create a sort of gradient effect.

The fit is Body Fit, the main fabric used is Eco Armevo and the presence of ‘i’ inserts in Eco Boditex e Eco Strong Mesh, ensuring high performance and durability, as well as lightness and excellent breathability. The new 2023–2024 kits, along with the garments from the Macron-designed range for the Sale Sharks, are available in the a section dedicated to the English club on macron.com.