Adventures in Advertising VI

Welcome back! Adventures in Advertising with rugby in mind is always fun and today we look at a fun campaign for the ITV Player. (online video on demand service accessible though the main ITV websi...

The Alternative Rugby Commentary

We don’t remember exactly how we came across the Alternative Rugby Commentary back in 2007. We were probably looking into the Tri-Nations and it comes as no surprise to us today that you’ll find no...

Adventures in Advertising IV

New year, new post. First off, how is everyone doing so far in 2012? We’re happy to still be doing what we love and hope that Bakline finds you or you find Bakline at some point in 2012. Adventures...

Free Ground Shipping!

Free Ground Shipping on all orders between now and midnight, January 2nd, 2012. www.bakline.com

WOW! New Zealand was amazing. Wait, it’s X-MAS soon?

World Rugby Shop’s holiday catalog displays our SIN BIN tee prominently up top. As expected, this is one of our hottest tees selling at the moment. It was no surprise that it was also a popular ite...

Who fashions the RWC competition

As written by Rugger Blogger: Remember all that fuss in here in NZ just before the tournament started about Adidas’ prcing of this year’s new All Black jersey? It got me to thinking if anyone else ...

Shots from our Spring 2012 Shoot -

To follow our behind-the-scenes shoot in our home town of Brooklyn, here are some still shots from that sweltering day.

Behind the Scenes of Fall Bakline shoot

On a sweltering day in the concrete jungle, we Bakliners teamed up with photographer Doron Gild to shoot our friends and models trying to keep cool in Bakline tops. Which is a little easier to do i...

Having ginga with the Brasilian Seleção. All Black style.

Is it coincidence that the best and most feared football team in the world, the Brazilian national squad share a marketable jersey with that of the most feared rugby team, the New Zealand All Black...

Adventures in Advertising, the Photographer: Ross Brown

Instead of focusing on a round of ads that use rugby as a medium to sell a message, we thought we’d take a closer look at the magic behind the art direction. New Zealander Ross Brown is a magician ...

Adventures in Advertising Part III

It’s very interesting to see how international brands interpret rugby. Here we have three distinct products. Delivery/Courier services. Alcohol and Transportation. While we get the idea that DHL is...

Wrap your Head Around This!

Besides not taking advantage of extensive padding, another thing the sport of rugby can’t take advantage of is custom graphics on its equipment. Granted, we ruggers can go nuts on designing a jerse...