Match jerseys
Fully custom From 50 pcs
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Match jerseys built for the contact: reinforced seams, tight collars, nothing to grab.
Rugby is the most demanding garment test in team sport. The jersey is not only worn during contact, it is actively pulled, gripped and dragged, and it has to hold its shape while that happens. Everything about how we build a match jersey is a response to that, and it is the reason rugby kit is cut and sewn rather than printed onto a blank.
Every piece below is cut and sewn here, decorated in house, and finished with your club's labels.
Fully custom From 50 pcs
Fully custom From 50 pcs
Fully custom From 50 pcs
Fully custom From 50 pcs
Fully custom From 50 pcs
Fully custom From 50 pcs
Match jerseys run 280 to 320gsm in a tight-weave polyester or poly-cotton. The weight is not for warmth, it is so the fabric does not stretch out permanently the first time someone takes a handful of it.
Shoulder and side seams are reinforced with a double row of stitching and taped where the load is highest. The collar is cut tight and low with a reinforced facing, because a loose collar is a handle and a torn collar ends the jersey.
Hoops and colour blocks are cut and sewn as separate panels rather than printed, so the colour survives abrasion that would wear a print off. That is more work and it is the right way to build the garment.
Training tops are a different animal: lighter, sublimated, and built to be replaced. We would not sell you match-weight fabric for a drill top.
World Rugby Law 4 governs player clothing and prohibits anything that could cause injury, including rigid trims and exposed fastenings. Most unions require numbers 1 to 15 on the back at a specified height, with replacements numbered from 16. Sponsor placement on the front and sleeves is usually restricted by the union rather than by World Rugby. Send your union's current kit regulations with the brief and we will build to them.
Rugby is ordered in two fits: a tight modern match cut and a traditional looser club cut. They are separate patterns and the difference is substantial, so tell us which you want rather than assuming. Forwards and backs are often ordered in different fits within one squad, which is normal and costs nothing extra. Graded blocks in centimetres and inches
Club sides ordering match and training sets together, university and college programs, sevens tournament squads needing fast turnaround, and schools kitting several age groups on one identity.
Hoops and panels are cut and sewn rather than printed, so the colour block survives the scrum instead of abrading off it.
Colour blocking built into the pattern instead of applied on top of a blank, so the seams follow your design.
Any panel count
Flat stitch, 3D puff, chenille and appliqué. We digitise your logo in house and send a stitch-out for approval.
Up to 15,000 stitches
Graphics printed into the fibre rather than onto it, so there is nothing to crack, peel or add weight. Full bleed, unlimited colours.
Needs 80% polyester or more
We run six decoration methods in house. See how the six methods differ.
Every order runs the same six stages: brief, pattern and sample, your approval, bulk cut and sew, inspection, then shipping. Nothing is cut in bulk until you have held the sample and signed it off, and the approved sample is sealed and sent to the floor as the reference your whole run is measured against.
Specific to this sport. For minimums, payment, shipping and artwork formats, see thirty more answers for buyers.
That is what the 280 to 320gsm tight weave and the reinforced shoulder and side seams are for. A lighter jersey stretches out permanently the first time it is gripped hard, and it will not recover.
Cut and sewn as separate panels on match jerseys. A printed hoop abrades off at the contact points; a sewn panel does not. Training tops can be sublimated, which is cheaper and entirely appropriate for a garment meant to be replaced.
Yes, colour matched across both, with match weight for game kit and a lighter sublimated fabric for drill tops. Ordering them together is how most clubs keep the identity consistent.
Both, on separate patterns. Many squads order a mix, with forwards in the looser cut and backs in the tighter one. There is no extra charge for splitting a run across the two.
Send your squad size, your deadline and any artwork. You will have a costed quote within one working day.