Originally Posted by
dr dre
And following on from that I checked the uniforms of the other Australian national teams. Olympic teams, Wallabies, Socceroos, Kookaburras, Matildas, Boomers etc.
Most of them feature the Southern Cross, the Commonwealth Star, the Coat of Arms, but none of them feature any elements that contain the Union Jack. It seems the sporting world moved on from the current National flag a long time ago.
You're completely right. I have noticed this for decades, a decidedly earnest effort to use anything that says Australia but not the flag because it, well, says Britain, despite what apologists who try to pass it off as something else try to say. When it comes down to it, the upper hoist, the canton, in heraldic terms reserved for the symbol of highest honour, contains the flag of another country.