Darcy Vescio of the Blues, Briana Davey of the Blues, Melissa Hickey of the Demons, Daisy Pearce of the Demons, Katie Brennan of the Bulldogs, Ellie Blackburn of the Bulldogs, Moana Hope of the Magpies and Emma King of the Magpies pose for photograph during the Women's League marquee player announcement on July 27, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Collingwood released its 2017 AFL Women's guernsey on Thursday, with a design that is remarkably similar to Port Adelaide's traditional prison bar strip.

The Power are not impressed with the copy cat guernsey, sending out several tweets and also publishing an article on the club website about the guernsey.

"Bereft of ideas, Collingwood adopts prison bars for women’s team," the title reads.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 07: Travis Boak of the Power leads his team from the field after the First Elimination Final match between the Port Adelaide Power and the Richmond Tigers at Adelaide Oval on September 7, 2014 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 07: Travis Boak of the Power leads his team from the field after the First Elimination Final match between the Port Adelaide Power and the Richmond Tigers at Adelaide Oval on September 7, 2014 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)

"Collingwood has two guernseys in the AFL – the traditional white with three black stripes, and the black guernsey with white stripes which replaced it in 2000," the article goes on to say.

"So, spoilt for choice, it makes you wonder why they chose not to adopt either their traditional jumper for their women’s team (or the one worn by the men's team today) and instead pick out this familiar look, inspired from a long-standing design from across the border…"

The Power's twitter response to the Pies' guernsey release also sparked some brilliant banter on the social media platform between several clubs.

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