Here's the latest and greatest on track and field as of August 29:D :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsQ8PgcDMCU

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New, from Aussiebum:
"Joey"
These high-performance sports shorts are made using a cotton blend fabric for the ultimate in comfort and quality. Developed in a retro sports look, these shorts feature an elastic waist, pockets and split sides for movement and durability.








https://www.aussiebum.com/menswear/joey-navy/4251

At school we used to have to wear rugby union shorts that looked like this. They were made by Bukta and started off navy blue but faded to a grey blue in the sunshine and the wash. For normal school rugby shorts they were about the length in the Aussibum photo, and were a standard 4 panel short, with no pockets or front fly, made from rough cotton. When new they were really stiff and since we had to wear them commando we'd feel the roughness of the cotton as we moved.

Imagine 120 12 year old boys lined up and sitting on the grass in our rugby kit, in front of the pavilion waiting to be called to play rugby.

Here's an update on the state -of-the-art for men's running shorts in track & field and cross country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R13VI2gFQ5M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2imbYgFWCk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWn8hHFmad8

Now if the trend could spread to mostly Speedos for swimming, that would be a step in the right direction.

This very recent video is of a cross country team in Spain and some of those short running shorts look almost as small as a speedo!!! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJjOQW_AXk

Looks like basketball and rugby are going back to the old fashioned short shorts.

Josh Christopher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re9DGK6zETI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKS5e0Sr7Js

Hopefully, the trend will spread to swimming. ;)

Rugby
 

I don't think rugby ever went with the longer shorts.

Oh Gee....... Rugby never bought into the idea that longer was "FASTER"? :D

The rugby tackle is almost a martial art in it's own right, wearing longer shorts would give the opposition more to grab hold of, who would want to help the opposition ?
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...ckle&FORM=IGRE

They also make special line-out shorts for the jumpers so they can be lifted by their own team to catch the ball at line-outs.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...&FO RM=IQFRBA