Rhino

Rhino is a team sports brand covering rugby, netball, football, sportswear and teamwear, and is best known in rugby for training equipment as well as kit. The clothing we stock from it is the layering end: compression and base layers, mid layers and training shorts.

What the range covers

This page holds the Rhino lines The Stitch Factory stocks: six base layers, two pairs of training shorts and a mid layer. It is a short page with one job — the layer that goes on under the kit — and the base layers are what clubs come here for. They are made in long-sleeve and short-sleeve versions, and each product page gives the sizes a style runs in, including where it is made in a junior fit as well as a senior one.

What a base layer actually does

A base layer is the garment next to the skin, and it is cut close so there is no air gap and nothing to flap. A light, soft knit with a little stretch in it moves sweat off the body and out to the surface where it can dry, which is what keeps a player from being soaked and then cold when the pace drops. Worn under a shirt it helps regulate temperature in both directions: warm in the cold because a dry layer insulates, and bearable in the heat because it is thin and breathable. The compression styles are the closest fitting of them; a mid layer goes over the top as the next layer out, for training on a cold evening. The fabric and the fit of each style are on its own product page.

Who it suits

Rugby clubs are the obvious customer, senior and junior, and this is the layer that goes under the shirt from October onwards. Netball, football and hockey clubs order the same garments for the same reason, as do athletics and running clubs who want a long-sleeve layer for winter training, schools for cold-weather PE, and coaching and groundstaff who are standing still on a pitch in January. The shorts are bought alongside as training wear.

Printing and embroidery in Sheffield

Every item here can be printed or embroidered with your club crest, squad number or sponsor's logo, done in-house at our Sheffield works. Base layers are normally printed rather than embroidered, because the fabric is a close-fitting stretch and a dense stitch has no give in it — it would pull the cloth and be felt against the skin. A printed crest on the chest and a number on the back are the usual arrangement, and a mid layer or a pair of shorts can carry a small stitched crest instead. Browse the range below, or send us the club artwork and a size breakdown through Request a Quote.