Sharks Indigenous Jersey 2025

Jersey Design Story

Cronulla Sharks Indigenous Jersey design done in collaboration with Indigenous artist Jordan Ardler and the players/staff at the sharks.

This Jersey design is an acknowledgement to the local community, the land, and its peoples. It also is a representation of our Cronulla Sharks community, including players, staff and fans and where they all combine.

It symbolic of our journey of forming the family we have and those who have become a part of it. A space for everyone to come together.

Each step in a players journey or a fans life has led them to become a part of what we have today. We hold strength and unity in the many communities that have joined together that we now call ours.

These journeys have become a solid foundation for our values that we a privileged to be able to perform within the beautiful lands we are surrounded by at our home ground. The humpback whale represents the local Aboriginal community and all of those who walked before us. It is placed upon the chest for protection and being at the heart of our Community. 

The patterns throughout the jersey represent the land forms and the surrounding oceans. 

The totems of each Indigenous player and / or their Indigenous partners are also represented in the jersey to show their integral part to the team and the community. They are seen at the back to showcase how each players, family, community and culture have been a driving force to push them to be their best in their lives and now at our club.

Each of us have experienced life differently. We have formed bonds that have led us to this point. Our community is diverse but our cultures combined have formed a culture at the club that has become our main strength.

Specific Design description

Whale

A significant Totem of the local area

Bottom Back

Totems of the players and their partners

Front bottom

Ocean ripples – Saltwater country

Journeys

Sleeve

3 circles connected – Players journey from to get to the sharks, at the sharks and what they take with them when they move on

Top Back

Footprints in country. Players, families, fans and staff

Orange lines – Acknowledging the Aboriginal peoples of the local area as fire people