The National Conference League have announced that Irish Sportswear brand, O'Neills , are to be their Sportswear Partner for 2022 and beyond.
This agreement will see O'Neills Irish International Sportswear provide touch-line apparel for all 48 NCL clubs that will readily identify official team coaches, trainers, physios, and substitutes. O’Neills will also provide a dozen water bottles for each club.
Speaking of the partnership, Paul Berry, O’Neills UK Sales Manager said, "When Trevor and the committee asked us to consider working with the NCL, we jumped at the chance.
"We identified an opportunity to help highlight official team touch line staff through the provision of coloured t-shirts, in a similar way to that in Super League and International Fixtures. It was felt it would help referees and match officials to better manage the touchlines and we were happy to oblige.
"The community game is the heartbeat of the sport and we’ve been fortunate enough to have been able to do business with a number of the NCL clubs over the past few years which has allowed us to build up a strong portfolio of customers within the Rugby League sector. You now see O’Neills kit at every level of Rugby League from grassroots Under 7s teams right through to some of the top teams within Super League and the NRL.
"Last year it was great to see St Helens being crowned Super League Champions wearing our kit and for Penrith Panthers being crowned NRL Champions - also in O’Neills kit , just ten years after we entered the UK market.
“O'Neill's Sportswear are proud to be known as the brand leader globally within Rugby League and we certainly felt that we wanted to put something back into rugby league at community level to support the clubs, their volunteers and their players."
Chair of the NCL, Trevor Hunt, added "It’s fantastic that a company of the standing of O’Neills, is partnering the National Conference League, and we’re delighted to have them on board. Every one of the NCL clubs will benefit from this, and it will certainly add yet another high-quality element to the presentation of our competition."
