PURPLE MERCURIAL SUPERFLY

14th November 2009
in: Nike Football Boots

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Football fans who enjoy marvelling at the latest equipment would have been excused for turning there eye towards a different sport when the England Rugby beat Argentina at Twickenham by 16 points to 9.

England beat the Pumas, but it was the arrival of their special Purple Rugby shirts and some seriously cool football boots that stole the show.

Not only were the entire England team wearing the new purple rugby kit, Nike also introduced a limited edition white and purple Mercurial Superfly football boot to celebrate the new national strip.

Mercurial Superfly White Purple – Limited Edition

Rugby-superfly

Ugo Monye, the Harlequins winger / full back, was the man charged with wearing the Superfly which was one of only 70 that have been manufactured. Each boot has been handmade in Italy and individually numbered from 1 to 70. The white boot with purple Nike swoosh carried the message ‘Wear it Proud’, whilst the tongue carried his name.

Mercurial-Superfly-Rugby

The Mercurial Superfly is an ultra light boot, weighing a mere 185 grams (for a UK Size 8), and is manufactured using Nike’s other innovation, Flywire technology.

Flywire is the technology designed to make a boot stronger without sacrificing weight. The essence of Flywire is to utilise high-strength threads that act like cables on a suspension bridge, which give lots of support precisely where it’s needed. The strength of Nike’s Flywire technology is created through the specific placement of these threads across the upper of the football boot.

With added feedback from Nike’s stable of athletes, Nike has also improved the soleplate for this year’s Mercurial Vapor. Nike then kept the carbon-fiber sole plate from the Mercurial Vapor SL to again make the Nike Superfly football boot even lighter.

Superfly-Purple-white

England back Ugo Monye said:

The purple change kit and now the white and purple boots are associated with the iconic track jacket and all things England Rugby. It is a privilege to wear purple and I can’t wait to play in the boots on match day.

Purple England Rugby Shirt

purple-england-rugby-shirt

For the new England Rugby shirt, Nike and the RFU collaborated on a new design, drawing on inspiration from the purple track jacket that was rewarded to players called up to represent the England squads in the 70′s, 80′s and 90′s.

The innovation and technology in the new change kit mirrors that of the latest white home kit which, weighing in 27% lighter than in previous seasons, is designed to give the England team every possible advantage on the pitch.

Tight fitting rugby apparel was introduced by Nike in 2003 in a bid to help reduce the opportunity to be tackled via the shirt.

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35 Comments

Goal Scoring Maniac
November 13, 2009
10:57 am

love the shoe!!!

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Hugh
November 13, 2009
11:44 am

THEY ARE SO NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Meji
November 13, 2009
1:13 pm

got to admit the rugby strip is amazing. and those boots are to die for.

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Splinter09
November 13, 2009
1:25 pm

I wonder if they will ever go into mass production?

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cr7wonka
November 13, 2009
1:38 pm

can u buy em

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Makarem
November 13, 2009
2:25 pm

Wicked!!!

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greg ballantine
November 13, 2009
3:39 pm

noice!

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MisterBroom12
November 13, 2009
4:17 pm

Where do I buy them?

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Fenboy
November 13, 2009
4:59 pm

Very nice indeed.

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massive attack
November 13, 2009
4:59 pm

Niketown in London, UK has them!!!!!!!!!

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ggg
November 13, 2009
5:03 pm

shouldn’t the slogan read “wear it proudly”?

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goonerdan
November 13, 2009
5:11 pm

^^^ no it shouldnt

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kuuku
November 13, 2009
6:43 pm

Wonderful stuff! I believe the mercurial steam and veloci come in that purple and white colour…..for those of you who want that colourway and don’t mind the lower level boots.

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murat
November 13, 2009
8:59 pm

feel the wrath of the rugby friend!!!

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MisterBroom12
November 13, 2009
10:13 pm

If they are really in NikeTown London, can someone tell me how much they are selling for and if they would be willing to purchase them and ship them to the US for me?

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fifinho
November 14, 2009
5:33 am

mwuhahaha now i know his shoe size!!! lol nah seriously though, these look AMAZING. best vapour to date i reckon

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tim
November 14, 2009
8:54 am

arent the superflys a bit…..weak for rugby? as in protection of the foot since rugby is a pretty rough sport….

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Barriecuda
November 15, 2009
1:57 am

Sexy stuff! That is a fantastic boot, and the shirt is beautiful as well. What a shame we won’t see this colorway as a mass production one (that would kind of ruin the ‘collectors’ effect of this batch). I’m surprised actually, that white/purple boot marketed on a prettyboy like CR7 would probably sell quite well in football circles.

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Ishmael
November 15, 2009
3:46 am

horible, nikes just making the new boots so that peoples terrible opinion on the shirt will improve. I wouldn’t be seen dead in that purple shirt!

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murat
November 15, 2009
12:28 pm

@Barriecuda

correction, CR9

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Meji
November 15, 2009
7:52 pm

yeah they do have them in NikeTown London <3 but i dont wear vapors.

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MisterBroom12
November 16, 2009
6:55 am

How much are they selling for at NikeTown London? Do they come in various sizes or just the Ugo’s 11.5? Would anyone, including those of you who run Footy-Boots, be willing to buy a pair of these at NikeTown London for and shipping them to me? I would pay for all costs incurred to do so.

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KickSprint45
November 16, 2009
5:57 pm

these look brilliant!

Does anyone know if it’s wide fit? Most Rugby incarnations of football boots are i.e. Predators, Puma King. I have hammertoes so I need to buy wide fit boots.

If so I would try all I can to buy these boots! I think there should be more speed boots availible in wide fit.

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Barriecuda
November 16, 2009
7:36 pm

@ murat: Right right, I’m a little behind on the times haha. He’s still much truer to the 7 role than the 9 though!

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Hugh
November 16, 2009
8:01 pm

I love them, the purple shirt is awesome and these boots are amazing!!
I prefer football but I am glad that Nike are concentrating on Rugby a bit as well.

I think it’s because they have realised how much money adidas make from their rugby predator incarnations!!

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Jacob
November 17, 2009
1:32 pm

Can i customize my own supefly in Nikeid stido in London?

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Meji
November 17, 2009
11:59 pm

mrboom i went to niketown today…they cost 220 pounds send me an email @ timesarehard1@gmail.com

they seem to have a few pairs and they are all numbered.

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diego
November 19, 2009
12:22 am

theres so nice i love them but i love the shirt too o n i was thinking about a new shoe like all puerple n the nike check mark white or pearl

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OFCsoccer
November 20, 2009
4:49 am

check out the UK nike store guys 220 euro

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MisterBroom12
November 20, 2009
9:33 pm

@Meji – I found that they are for sale via http://www.nikestore.co.uk like @OFCsoccer mentioned. I am not positive if I am going to buy them yet so if I am I can do it that way. Thank you very much though for offering to send them to me had this option not arose.

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Will
November 24, 2009
9:40 pm

I have got a pair and willing to sell it. Email me for sizing info. sagill1119@hotmail.com

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sydney
November 29, 2009
1:23 am

plz Mr.broom can u post me a direct link 2 the boots really love a pair thx.+ who knows the sizes

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sydney
November 29, 2009
1:24 am

Mr broom can u post a direct link can’t seem 2 find them thx.&does anyone know the sizes

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alfredo
December 6, 2009
8:04 pm

werein the helldo u get does at im in love iwant them so baddddd….

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who_got_game
June 4, 2010
3:09 pm

If got this amazing boots. No. 50 of 70. If someone like to have this boots, I’m able to sell them – so if you want to have some pictures mail me at who_got_game@hotmail.de and make an offer

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