ISC (sportswear)

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ISC
Company type Public company
Industry Textile
Founded1991;33 years ago (1991) in Rosebery, New South Wales
Headquarters,
Key people
Norm Gelber
(Director)
Jason Schulman
(Group CEO and Managing Director)
Scott Manley
(COO)
Products Sportswear, accessories
Website iscsport.com

ISC (International Sports Clothing) is an Australian clothing manufacturer. The company was founded in the Sydney suburb of Rosebery in 1991. ISC mainly manufactures team uniforms for several sports, including Australian football, rugby league, rugby union, association football, cricket, basketball, netball [1] as well as schoolwear. ISC also produces licensed casual wear clothing such as polo shirts, hoodies, jackets, and caps. [2]

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History

In the past, ISC has sponsored the Australian national cricket team from 1991 to 2002, the 1992 Cricket World Cup, the Milton Keynes Dons from 2010 to 2012, the NBL from 2014 to 2016, and the English national rugby league team from 2010 to 2015. [3]

ISC had an exclusive contract with Marvel to design rugby jerseys for nine of their National Rugby League teams to wear that displays some of Marvel's superheroes. There have been three series of "ISC Marvel Heroes" jerseys, the latest series was run in late March and early April 2017. [4] A similar promotion was brought to the Super League in May 2017. [5]

Current major partnerships

Australian Rules Football

Australian Football League

Soccer

Club teams

Rugby league

National Rugby League

Rugby union

Super Rugby

See also

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References

  1. Team wear products on ISC website, 15 Aug 2020
  2. Other clothing products on ISC, 15 Aug 2020
  3. "About". www.iscsport.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. "NRL suits-up with all new Marvel Heroes". NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  5. "NEWS: ISC launches Super League Marvel Heroes UK jerseys". Rugby Shirt Watch. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.