How a Sherrin is made

Every leather Sherrin Australian Football made by the production team in Australia passes through 23 individual stages before becoming a completed football.

Some stages of production are kept as closely guarded secrets to ensure competitors can never match Sherrin's quality.

At the completion of each stage, a quality control check is completed to ensure that the ball meets Sherrin's strict quality control standards. Any balls which are defective, in even the smallest way, do not pass the rigid quality inspections.

Interestingly, Sherrin footballs are actually made from cowhide rather than pigskin or kangaroo hide as some people believe.

Sherrin: since 1880

Footballs are coming.

Finally, it is easy in the U.S.A., Canada, UK and Europe to get the best footies — and at great prices.

Sherrin is the brand of football chosen by the AFL — Australia's premier competition. BigGrab is the only distributor of Sherrin footballs in North America and Europe.

UK & Europe Purchases — To purchase Sherrin Footballs in the UK & Europe contact our resident agent based in London, England Matt Glynn at Active Antipodean — They provide great sales and service to all the Australian Football leagues in the UK and Europe with cheaper shipping direct from London, England.

Our products:

We offer Sherrin's full line of senior and junior footballs. Currently, we only keep inventory of Match #5 and KB #5 footballs. Shipping of other styles may take longer. As demand for the other styles increases, we'll start to keep inventory of them.

Note that custom imprinting of your logo can be done on orders of 24 footballs or more of the full-size KB and Match styles. For 1 colour logo's it's $1 extra per ball and for each additional colour $7 per ball.

red Sherrin Match football, size 5

Sherrin Match #5 - SOLD OUT

The full-size Match football is the ball used in most of the leagues in Australia. It is also the official ball of AFL Canada.

$78.00 CDN + shipping
red Sherrin KB football, size 5

Sherrin KB #5

The full-size Kangaroo Brand football is Sherrin's premium ball, the same ball as used by the AFL (without the AFL branding).

$93.00 CDN + shipping

Other styles that are available — view the full Sherrin cataloguePortable Document Format (PDF):

  • Official AFL Game Balls
  • KB Footballs (other sizes available)
  • Match Footballs (other sizes available)
  • Synthetic Footballs
  • Soft Touch Footballs
  • AFL Team Footballs (synthetic or PVC)

Shipping costs

For single ball purchases: $15.00 CDN to USA, $19.00 CDN within Canada.

Have questions?

You might find an answer on our how to order page or, simply, contact us directly.