About Stripe Club
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Stripe Club makes hooped rugby jerseys. That is very nearly the whole of it. We draw original hoop patterns, we built a hoop mixer so that you can draw your own, and we will make one jersey as happily as a squad’s worth. If you have ever been the person who agreed to “sort the kit” and then discovered that every supplier wants twelve pieces and a fortnight of mock-ups, this shop was put together with you in mind.
Stripe Club in brief
- Original hooped rugby jerseys, plus a small clubhouse range.
- A hoop mixer: choose hoop width, hoop count and two or three colours, then add a club name, a name and a number.
- No minimum. One jersey is an order.
- Made after you order in 1-3 business days, then 7-14 business days in transit. Free shipping to the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Ships from the USA.
- 60-day returns with a free return label. Refunds sent within 7 days of your return reaching us.
- Support by email at support@stripeclub.shop, answered within 24 hours on business days.
What we make
A hooped jersey is the plainest thing in rugby and, done properly, the best looking. Horizontal bands, two or three colours, a collar and a number on the back. Our range is built around that idea, arranged so you can find your way round it in a few clicks:
| Section | What is in it | Who tends to start here |
|---|---|---|
| Even Hoops | Narrow, broad and classic six-hoop jerseys | Anyone who wants the traditional look |
| Bands, Irregulars & Quarters | Chest band, twin band, irregular hoops and quarters | Sides who want something a little different from the club down the road |
| Tour & Sevens | Jerseys for the sevens weekend, the tour, the old boys’ game and the third team | Touring parties and one-off fixtures |
| Mix Your Own | The hoop mixer, with club name, name on back and number | Kit secretaries and anyone with firm opinions about colour |
| Clubhouse | Hooped hoodie, long sleeve tee, crew sweatshirt, pattern plate poster and clubhouse mug | Supporters, partners and the people who run the bar |
The jerseys are printed rugby jerseys: the hoops are printed, not sewn on as separate panels. Fabric, weight and care details are shown on the Size Guide and in each product’s details once confirmed. Adult jerseys run from S to 5XL, youth jerseys from YXS to YXL.
Set-pattern adult jerseys start at $54.99, with $3 added for 2XL and 3XL and $5 for 4XL and 5XL. Mix Your Own jerseys start at $64.99. Prices are in US dollars and every option’s price is shown before you pay.
The hoop mixer
The hoop mixer is the part of the shop we are proudest of, in a quiet sort of way. It lives on the homepage and on every Mix Your Own product page. There are two round sliders, one for hoop width and one for hoop count, and three colour wells. Turn a slider and the jersey on screen redraws itself. Drop a colour into a well and the hoops change.
Underneath the drawing is a single line called the recipe. It reads something like “6 hoops · 3 in · Bottle / Old Gold / Oat”. That line is what goes on your order, and it is what we print from. Nothing more, nothing less. Because the recipe also sits in the page address, you can copy the link and send it to the rest of the side before anyone spends a dollar. The mixer itself collects nothing about you; the recipe stays in your browser until you add the jersey to the cart.
A few things the mixer is good for
- Settling an argument. Narrow hoops or broad? Send two links to the team chat and let the front row vote.
- Matching an old side. Choose the colours you remember and a hoop count that looks right, and the old boys can turn out together again.
- Trying a two-colour jersey against a three-colour one. Fill two wells, look, then fill the third and look again.
- Checking a number will read. Put the number colour against the darkest hoop before you commit. A dark number on dark hoops is hard to read from the touchline.
Original patterns, and only those
Every hoop pattern in the shop is our own. We do not copy any existing club’s kit, and we do not print club crests, league, union, tournament, school or brand marks, or sponsor logos. If you want your side’s name on the chest, you type it, up to 20 characters, and we print it as plain text. That is a firm rule rather than a reluctant one: your side deserves a jersey that is properly its own, and the clubs whose badges you admire deserve to keep them. The details are on our Intellectual Property Policy.
The pattern book
The set patterns in our range together make up what we call the pattern book. Each has its hoop count, width and colours written out, so you can order it just as it is, or take it as a starting point in the mixer and change one colour. Many sides find it easier to begin from a pattern they already like than from a blank jersey.
One jersey, no minimum
Most kit suppliers are set up for whole squads, which is fine until you need one shirt. The new hooker who joined in week six. The full-back whose jersey went missing on tour. The supporter who wants to stand on the touchline in the side’s colours. At Stripe Club one jersey is a perfectly ordinary order, priced the same as any other.
Take the late joiner. The side wears a hoop recipe that the kit secretary ordered at the start of the season. The new player opens the same mixer link, picks his size, types his surname and asks for number 17, which is where replacements sit on a team sheet. He gets the same hoops as everyone else, without anyone having to reorder the lot.
And when a full side does order, that works too. A kit secretary ordering four or fourteen jerseys simply chooses each size and each name and number in turn.
Who Stripe Club is for
The kit secretary
The captain or kit secretary of an adult social side, a college club, an old boys’ team or a sevens squad, who wants a few hooped jerseys without a minimum order and without a week of email about proofs. Our advice to you: order early. Each jersey is made after you order, in 1-3 business days, and transit takes 7-14 business days. A kit secretary who orders five weeks before the first fixture of the fall season is in good shape. One who orders ten days before is relying on luck, and delivery dates are estimates, not promises.
The one fan or the one late joiner
Someone who wants a single hooped jersey with a club name and a number, either to play in or to watch in. No minimum, no fuss.
The gift buyer
Partners, sons and daughters buying for someone who played. A daughter buying her dad a jersey in the colours of his old club for Father’s Day often does not know his size. The trick is to borrow a shirt that fits him, lay it flat and measure straight across the chest, then compare with the Size Guide. If the size is wrong, there are 60 days to return it, with a free label from us.
The off-pitch wearer
Not everyone in a hooped jersey has packed down in a scrum, and nobody is asking. A hooped rugby shirt looks right at a pub table, on a Saturday walk or at the back of a lecture hall. The Clubhouse range has the hooped hoodie, a long sleeve tee and a crew sweatshirt for colder touchlines.
Tours, sevens and the old boys’ game
A good share of the jerseys in the shop are made for one weekend rather than a whole season, which is what the Tour & Sevens section is for. A few of the situations it was built around:
A sevens weekend in Australia. A side in Brisbane enters a sevens tournament and wants something bright enough to find each other in a crowded car park. They order from Brisbane; the jerseys take 1-3 business days to make and then take 7-14 business days to reach Australia, shipped free from the USA. The sensible captain orders well before the weekend, not the Monday before.
Homecoming. An old boys’ fixture, twenty years on, and every one of them wants number 8. We will happily print fifteen number 8s. We will gently point out that the referee may have a view, and that names on the back help the photographs later.
The third team. The side that turns up in whatever is in the kit bag. A set of hoops of their own, in colours the first team did not choose, does wonders for attendance.
Names on the back, a short guide
The name field takes up to 12 characters, printed in capitals. Apostrophes print, so O’BRIEN reads as O’BRIEN. Hyphens print, so a double-barrelled name keeps its hyphen, though a long one may need shortening to fit 12 characters. Nicknames are allowed and frequently better than surnames. Whatever you type is what appears, so read it aloud once before you pay.
How an order works
- Choose. Pick a set pattern or mix your own, then a size.
- Personalise. Add a club name if you want one (up to 20 characters), a name on the back (up to 12 characters, in capitals) and a number from 0 to 99. Tick “Number on the front too” for $4 more.
- Read it back. We print exactly what the order says and do not send a proof first. O’BRIEN keeps its apostrophe, a hyphenated name keeps its hyphen, and a typo stays a typo.
- Pay. The payment options available are shown at checkout.
- We make it. 1-3 business days.
- It travels. 7-14 business days to the US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand, free, from the USA. When it ships we email tracking if the carrier provides it.
If you spot a mistake after ordering, you have 24 hours from placing the order to cancel or change it. See Cancel or Change an Order.
What we promise, and what we do not
| Topic | Our commitment |
|---|---|
| Minimum order | None. One jersey is fine. |
| Making time | 1-3 business days after you order |
| Transit | 7-14 business days to US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand |
| Shipping cost | Free, no minimum, to those four countries only |
| Proof before printing | None. We print what you type. |
| Cancel or change | Within 24 hours of placing the order |
| Returns | 60 days, free return label from us |
| Refunds | Sent within 7 days of receiving your return |
| Store credit | Never expires |
| Support | Email only, reply within 24 hours on business days |
We do not promise that a jersey will arrive by a particular date, because carriers are carriers. We do not claim to be anyone’s official kit supplier. And we will not tell you the colours on your screen are exactly what will arrive: screens vary, and printed colours can look slightly different from what you see on a display. The full rules are on Shipping & Delivery, Returns & Exchanges and Refund Policy.
Where to find us
Stripe Club, 64A Whispering Pines Rd, New Waverly, TX 77358, US. We look after customers by email only: there is no phone line, no live chat and no social media account. Write to support@stripeclub.shop with your order number if you have one, and someone will reply within 24 hours on business days. Answers to the common questions are on the FAQs, and the whole range is in the shop.