Bold new green and gold with First Nations assist

• The Opals wear the new uniform first, at the World Cup from September 4
• Side panels carry artwork by First Nations artist Danny O'Shane
• A modernised AUS identity replaces the team-by-team look across all national sides

The Australian Opals will be the first national team to wear Basketball Australia's new green and gold playing uniform when they open their World Cup campaign in Germany this Friday (September 4, 2026) and it carries First Nations artwork down both side panels.

Basketball Australia unveiled the kit on today.

Basketball Australia chief executive Matt Scriven said: "Pulling on the green and gold and representing Australia is one of the greatest honours in our sport, and we wanted these uniforms to reflect both that history and where Australian basketball is heading.

"The AUS identity provides a strong and unmistakably Australian look for our national teams, while creating greater connection across the athletes and programs that represent our country around the world.

"Whether it is the Opals, Boomers, Rollers, Gliders or Gangurrus taking the court, they are part of one Australian basketball family.

"This new uniform provides a shared identity that brings that to life."

The side panels carry artwork by First Nations artist Danny O'Shane, which Basketball Australia says represents connection to land, culture, and the importance of family and community.

The rest of the design is quieter: custom typography and numbering, a refined green and gold palette, and updated detailing.

Australia's senior teams have not looked like each other, and the AUS mark is an attempt to make a Boomers jersey and a Gliders jersey read as the same country at a glance. Whether that lands is a question for the first photographs out of Berlin.

The rollout runs in order of who plays next rather than who is biggest. The Opals go first, the Australian Rollers and Gliders follow at the IWBF World Championships in Canada later in September. The Boomers do not wear it until the November FIBA World Cup Qualifying window, and the Gangurrus come after that.

So the team introducing Australia's new international identity is the women's team, in a tournament Australia has won once, without the captain who was supposed to lead them there. Sami Whitcomb was ruled out with a knee injury and replaced by Townsville's Miela Sowah.

The Opals tip off in Germany on Friday, September 4.