Hoopster was born from football shirts, but green-and-white hoops do not follow such strict borders. The same pattern we associate with stadiums, stands and grass pitches also appears in other sports, with a visual strength of its own.
In rugby, hoops feel completely natural. The construction of the shirt, the tradition of the clubs and the visual culture of the sport all work well with horizontal stripes. In the archive, examples such as Agronomia Rugby and Benetton Treviso Rugby show how green and white can live beyond football without losing impact.
There is something especially strong about a hooped rugby shirt. The cut is different, the relationship with the body is different and the visual reading also changes. The hoops feel denser, more physical, almost like an extension of the team.
In futsal, the logic is different. The game is faster, more urban and closer to the indoor court. Even so, clubs such as Mya Futsal Essonne or Sporting Clube de Paris show that green-and-white hoops also work in that context.
That is what makes these pieces special inside the Hoopster collection. They expand the original idea. A hooped shirt does not need to belong only to eleven-a-side football to tell a story of club, city, community or identity.
In the end, the pattern is bigger than the sport. Football, futsal, rugby or anything else: when green and white appear in horizontal stripes, there is always a story to follow.