Seems strange they're not out already. I mean, obviously there have been problems and things have got a bit late and all that, but there are all these manufacturers and, you'd imagine they would all have hit a quiet spot after the season started, so why would it take so long? Unless it's the bank account thing raising its ugly head again?

Probably the bank account and the fact that usually a supplier has pretty much all the off-season to create stock. Whereas we still have only had, what, 6 weeks?

Away shirt will probably be released at the start of next month or at least in the next 2 weeks as we require one for Oldham away on the 2nd April! Knowing the Bulls, we will play in the away kit for that game and not release it to the public for another 10 weeks haha!

I noticed that the players are now sporting some new training gear during the post-match interviews in the Southbank Stand.

It's gone a bit quiet on the kit front. I assume we won't have anything for sale until we have these bank accounts sorted. It appears that everything is still going through the RFLs books for now. It would be nice if I could get my hands on the new kit but 3 months ago I didn't think we had a club. Another month won't hurt.

That was, sort of, the point, though.

The clubs in a position to pre-order (ie everyone else) would have had their stuff done, dusted and delivered by the start of the season, leaving a large manufacturing capability doing....well, doing not a lot. To knock up a (in the great scheme of things) a small order for us shouldn't have been a great logistical problem, or, at least, I wouldn't have thought so.

Unless said manufacturer also provides other sports with seasons that run on a different calendar.

That is a fair point - though, I don't think I've seen any ISC gear (who I guess we're still with?) used in connection with other sports?

A quick look at the ISC website says they do some Basketball and whatever AFL is (dunno if that's Aussie Soccer or Aussie Rules). No idea when those seasons are though.

AFL is Aussie rules, though Ive no idea when their season is. Neither do I know if ISC stuff is done in Australia or over here. It could be done by a sub contractor in the UK as that is quite common, I believe, as my brother-in-law knew a bloke who ran a company doing exactly that.

wasn't there talk that shirts were coming from Fiji?. think it came from someone in club shop.

ISC are a huge RL supplier. I doubt they would manufacture their gear here. Fiji does seem appropriate for stuff like that. Cheap to make over there and probably cheap shipping too. Plus what amateur teams do they do in their respective sports? I know they do ours for one. Maybe they are on a tight schedule with getting the gear made. So as other clubs are paying them on time then maybe we are last on their schedule? I don't know though, as I don't own a supplier nor know one so I am merely speculating I just hope we get enough sold to make a profit!

Ethan Ryan has obviously just seen our new away kit judging by his twitter feed.
Hopefully we get to see it soon too.

Hopefully, even get to buy it!

A lot will boil down to who is manufacturing the kit too and what they have on. At Dudley Hill our kit is made by O'Neills obviously a big firm who manufacture for professional teams too yet they can't manufacture and get our new tracksuits/polo shirts out on time, we also had to wait a bit longer for this seasons kit. So depending who is making it and their level of work can take some time

If I was supplying Dudley Hills Kit I would put them to the back of the queue too...ha wink wink

haha least we dont have to look at that disgusting green! See you've started season well