The new French rugby jersey launched by adidas. Photo / adidas
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. After losing last year's Rugby World Cup final to the All Blacks, the French rugby team have launched a new strip with a similar design to the world champions.
France's new jersey sponsor Adidas revealed the strip on Facebook
overnight under the tagline 'all bleus'.
The strip sees the French go back to their traditional royal blue and features red, white and blue stripes above the emblem and adidas logo. It also includes royal blues shorts and red socks.
The French have previously been sponsored by Nike which brought a change to a darker blue strip four years ago, causing a jersey clash every time they faced the All Blacks.
At the 2007 Rugby World Cup the All Blacks had to wear an alternative grey strip while France wore white in last year's final defeat at Eden Park.
