Wholesale Rugby Jerseys and Club Kit, Made to Order

We make every style to order for trade buyers only: distributors, decorators, team dealers and private-label brands who sell on to clubs, schools and universities. The blanks are not stock goods pulled from a shelf. Each style starts at 12 pieces, each colorway counts as its own style, production takes about two weeks after you approve the proof, and reorders against your order number have no minimum. Prices are for the blank garment, sewn hoops included, and every decoration is quoted per design.

What fabric are rugby jerseys made of?

Match rugby jerseys run 280 to 320 gsm in a tight-weave rugby knit, either a classic cotton-poly or a polyester build. The weight is not there for warmth. It stops the fabric stretching out the first time an opponent takes a fistful of it, and the tight weave resists snags from fingers and studs. Cotton-poly gives the traditional hand and takes embroidery well; polyester builds take sublimation and dry faster after a wet match.

Construction does the rest of the work. Shoulder and side seams carry the load when a jersey is pulled, so they are double-stitched and taped. Collars are cut close with a reinforced facing, because a loose collar is a handle. Knitting and dyeing come from partner mills, and the cutting, sewing, decoration and finishing happen in our own factory.

Training tops and club wear use lighter knits. Our activewear fabric library lists each one with its weight range, and the guide to what GSM means in fabric explains how weight changes feel and price.

Collared or crew-neck rugby jerseys

The neckline is the first choice your customer makes. A full button collar or a two-button placket is the traditional club look and suits first teams, veterans' sides and supporter lines. A tight crew neck gives an opponent nothing to hold and is the usual pick for front-row forwards. The V-neck reads more modern and is reinforced at the point, which is where any V wears first.

Fit is a separate decision. We cut two patterns: a tight modern match cut that leaves little to grab, and a looser traditional club cut. Forwards and backs are often split between them, and one order can carry both. Adult sizes run S to 3XL, women's XS to 2XL on their own block and youth YXS to YXL on a graded pattern, all listed on our jersey size charts.

Most unions number the starting side 1 to 15 and replacements from 16, and many set number heights and sponsor zones in their kit regulations. Match clothing must not carry anything that could injure another player, so our jerseys and shorts have no rigid trims or exposed fastenings. Send your customer's current regulations with the brief and we build to them.

Building a full custom rugby kit: jerseys, shorts and training wear

A club rarely buys jerseys alone. A full rugby kit for one squad usually covers a match jersey, a match short, a compression short worn underneath, a training top, a training short and a warm-up layer. Our uniform sets pair a jersey and short in matching colors and bag them per player from your roster, which keeps a 23-player squad to one line on your quote.

Shorts come in three looks: classic with side piping, two-tone split down the center seam, and striped at the waistband with a curved hem. Training wear is where custom rugby jerseys get colorful. The training top is a lighter polyester with the whole design sublimated, so hoops, crest, sponsors and player numbers print in full color, and clubs replace it every season or two.

Pick the decoration by garment: an embroidered crest on the match jersey, sublimated jerseys for training, screen print or DTF on tees and hoodies. Our guide to embroidery vs screen printing compares the methods by fabric and run size.

Rugby shirts vs rugby jerseys: supporter and lifestyle lines

In the trade, a rugby jersey is the playing garment and a rugby shirt is often the off-field version: a collared, long-sleeve top in a cotton-rich knit worn to the clubhouse, the pub or the office. Clubs buy both. Players need match kit, while members, parents and sponsors buy the shirt, the polo, the hoodie and the rain jacket.

The collared rugby shirt has been a casual staple for decades, which gives private-label brands a lifestyle line as well as a club one. Custom rugby shirts in a club's hoops sell through club shops and supporter stores, and wholesale rugby shirts left blank give decorators a heavy base that holds embroidery. Our hoodies, polos, quarter zips and team bags carry the same PMS color codes, so one supplier covers the playing squad and the clubhouse. The same terms apply across our wholesale catalog of blank jerseys for all 12 sports.

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