A new-look Rams team will take to the field to open their 2012 Wairarapa-Bush senior first division rugby campaign against Bush Sports at Pahiatua on Saturday.
Not only will they be operating as the Rams, rather than their former title of Masterton Red Star but, for the first time, they will be wearing a specially-designed jersey.
The front of the strip features the black and white stripes of Red Star, the back has kept the all black of the old Masterton jersey, while the sleeve shows off the Rams logo.
It was in 1996 that the Red Star and Masterton clubs merged and the Rams name was actually suggested back then, derived as it was from the letters RS for Red Star and MA for Masterton.
Initially the idea got little traction but, six years ago, it resurfaced when the Masterton Red Star JAB teams decided to take on the Rams title and now the senior first and senior reserve sides are following suit.