Footy fans are all asking the same question after Tasmania’s long-awaited launch with new strip, logo and name revealed

Footy fans were left disappointed after the official launch of the 19th AFL team on Monday night.

The competition’s new team, based in Tasmania, will be called the Tasmania Devils and will don the state’s traditional green, yellow and red when it enters the league in 2028.

The colors are officially myrtle green, primrose yellow and rose red, the exact same colors that have represented the state team for over a century.

And while the club’s name has proven a hit with fans, the strip – which is essentially a carbon copy of the state’s kit – has left fans feeling flat.

“You can’t use the state jumper as an AFL jumper,” one fan said on X.

“The jumper design is disappointing,” added a second.

A third fan said: “Looks like a five year old did it on Paint.”

“If the bill from the creative agency was more than $5, you got scammed,” said a fourth supporter.

“So we spent all this time and I imagine money to create the exact same jumper that Tassie always had,” another added.

Fox Footy pundit Mark Robinson echoed these sentiments on AFL360.

“I thought it could have been a little more dynamic, that’s all,” he said.

“I like the traditional parts of our game but I thought it could have been a little more dynamic.”

Supporters also compared the new team’s colors to those of the African nation Cameroon.

Tasmania’s entry into the league is dependent on the construction of a new 23,000-seat stadium at Macquarie Point, Hobart, although this weekend’s state election could have a huge impact on stadium development.

The incumbent Liberal Party supports the new stadium project, but Labor is seeking to abandon the AFL and believes the state is the victim of a bad deal.

Instead, they offered the team to play at smaller venues such as Hobart’s Blundstone Arena or Launceston’s UTAS Stadium.