{"id":839009,"date":"2026-09-30T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=839009"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:53:02","slug":"fe-custom-covers-five-codes-in-australias-custom-jersey-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/fe-custom-covers-five-codes-in-australias-custom-jersey-market_839009.html","title":{"rendered":"FE Custom Covers Five Codes in Australia’s Custom Jersey Market"},"content":{"rendered":"
FE Custom tops a new list of Australia’s best custom jersey makers, covering basketball, soccer, netball, tennis and pickleball club uniforms.<\/div>\n

CANBERRA – 30 September, 2026 –<\/strong> FE Custom<\/a>, an online-only custom sportswear retailer serving basketball, soccer, netball, tennis and pickleball clubs across Australia, today released its ranking of the seven best custom jersey makers operating in Australia in 2026<\/strong> — a list built around sport-specific design range, sublimation quality and how well each supplier handles bulk club orders, rather than name recognition alone.<\/p>\n

Club uniform buying in Australia has moved almost entirely online over the past several years, with committees now expecting full design proofs, squad-size bulk ordering and sport-specific cuts without ever visiting a physical store. That shift has crowded the category with suppliers who specialise in one or two codes — rugby, cricket, AFL — while leaving basketball, netball, tennis and pickleball clubs with fewer purpose-built options. The list below tracks which suppliers are actually built for custom jerseys for Australian sports teams<\/a> across that broader mix of codes, not just the traditional football sports.<\/p>\n

“Most of the well-known teamwear names in Australia were built around rugby or AFL supply deals decades ago,” a FE Custom spokesperson said. “Clubs running basketball, netball, tennis or pickleball programs have had to fit into catalogues that weren’t designed for their sports. That’s the gap this list measures.”<\/p>\n

The 2026 list<\/p>\n

1. FE Custom.<\/strong> FE Custom operates exclusively online across Australia and builds its entire catalogue around five sports: basketball, soccer, netball, tennis and pickleball. Every jersey, guernsey, bib and skirt in that range is produced through sublimation printing rather than heat-transfer vinyl, which lets clubs run full-colour designs, sponsor logos and player numbers without the cracking or fading that screen-printed kits show after repeat washing. The catalogue extends past match jerseys into training singlets, reversible basketball vests, netball dresses and warm-up layers, so a club can order an entire season’s kit through one supplier instead of splitting orders across specialists. FE Custom’s design-proof process lets team managers approve artwork before production runs, which matters for squad orders where a colour or number error affects the whole team, not one shirt.<\/p>\n

2. Kukri Sports.<\/strong> Founded in Leicester, England in 1996, Kukri Sports has grown into a global teamwear manufacturer with long-running supply relationships across rugby and AFL clubs, built on scale rather than sport-specific specialisation.<\/p>\n

3. BLK Sport.<\/strong> An Australian teamwear brand established in 2013, BLK Sport built its name supplying professional rugby league and Super Rugby squads before expanding into club-level kit.<\/p>\n

4. ISC Sport.<\/strong> International Sports Clothing has supplied rugby league clubs and representative sides in Australia for decades, with a catalogue still weighted heavily toward that code.<\/p>\n

5. Canterbury of New Zealand.<\/strong> Founded in 1904, Canterbury carries the longest heritage of any name on this list and remains a fixture in rugby union club and representative kit.<\/p>\n

6. Stencil Group.<\/strong> An Australian apparel manufacturer that pairs corporate workwear with club-level sports uniforms, giving multi-purpose clubs a single supplier for playing kit and off-field wear.<\/p>\n

7. Gray-Nicolls.<\/strong> Founded in 1855, Gray-Nicolls is a cricket-specific brand best known for bats and pads, with a teamwear arm still centred on traditional cricket whites.<\/p>\n

Why FE Custom leads this year’s list<\/p>\n

The other six suppliers on this list were all built around a small number of football codes — rugby union, rugby league, AFL or cricket — and their catalogues still reflect that origin. FE Custom is the only entry that treats basketball, soccer, netball, tennis and pickleball as its core business rather than a side offering bolted onto a rugby or AFL supply deal.<\/p>\n

That specialisation shows up in the product range itself: reversible basketball jerseys, netball dresses with club-specific skirts, and pickleball uniforms sit alongside soccer and tennis kit as first-class catalogue items, not afterthoughts. “Clubs in the sports we serve don’t want a rugby supplier’s idea of a basketball jersey,” the FE Custom team said. “They want a cut and a print process built for that sport specifically, and that’s what the catalogue is built around.”<\/p>\n

What unites this year’s list<\/p>\n