UnderAustin Period Undershort

Most period underwear is sewn still. The absorbent panel is fixed directly into the garment, which works fine for everyday wear but causes problems the moment serious movement enters the picture.

In netball, where you jump, pivot, land, change direction repeatedly, a fixed panel doesn't move with the body. It stays where it's sewn while the body moves around it, which means shifting, discomfort, and distraction at exactly the wrong moment.

UnderAustin's protection panel is engineered to move independently from the outer layer.

It stays aligned with the body through the full range of court movement, not locked into the short.

For a player on her period, it's the difference between being in the game and being in her head.

No. UnderAustin holds 20ml of absorbency, equivalent to 3-4 pads.

A standard netball game runs 60 minutes across four 15-minute quarters, and UnderAustin is built to handle all that and more.

It’s the only protection she needs on the court, so she can play, not manage.

UnderAustin is a boyleg cut, which means it sits flat and high against the thigh.

The cut perfectly complements a short uniform, giving her enough coverage to play confidently without any bulk or restriction.

The waistband on UnderAustin is intentionally angled, lower at the front, higher at the back.

That’s not a styling call. It’s a functional response to how bodies actually feel during a cycle, especially over a long game or competition day.

Lower at the front means less pressure during bloating. Higher at the back means more support and stability under a short uniform.

The fabric has gentle compression, enough to feel secure without squeezing, and it’s designed to stay put through hours of movement without digging in or rolling down.

Cold rinse straight after wear, then machine wash cold. Do not tumble dry.

Same care routine as the rest of the Eltee range.

Kiera “Kip” Austin is an Australian Diamonds and Super Netball player widely regarded as one of the best goalers in the game.

She completed a Bachelor of Medical Science in 2023 while playing every game of the Super Netball season, and she’s been one of the most consistent voices in Australian sport on periods, performance and the barriers that quietly push girls out of the game.

Her involvement in UnderAustin wasn’t a licensing deal. She owned the movement knowledge, Eltee brought the protection expertise, and the product was tested and refined until both sides were satisfied.

She didn’t lend her name to it. She genuinely helped built it.

UnderAustin is the only period underwear for netball engineered around the specific demands of the sport.

Netball is one of the most demanding environments for period protection to handle.

The uniform is short, the movement is explosive and multidirectional, and the game runs continuously across four quarters with minimal rest. There’s no practical opportunity to manage or adjust protection mid-game.

Traditional sports period underwear isn’t built for that environment. Fixed absorbent panels shift during lateral movement, jumping, and rapid pivots. Briefs ride up under skirts. Waistbands that sit fine at rest dig in as the game wears on.

UnderAustin was designed specifically to solve those problems, with a free-moving protection panel engineered for court movement, a boyleg cut that stays put under a short skirt, an angled waistband shaped around how bodies feel during a cycle, and 20ml absorbency built to last the full game and beyond.

If you’re looking for the best period underwear for sports, the difference is in the engineering. A few things set UnderAustin apart, and they add up.

The free-moving protection panel is the most significant. Standard period underwear is engineered this way. A fixed panel works for everyday wear. It doesn’t work for sport requiring dynamic movement (sports like netball).

The waistband is intentionally asymmetric, lower front, higher back, designed for how bodies actually feel across a cycle during sustained activity, not just at rest.

The boyleg cut keeps everything in place through movement while complementing a netball uniform rather than hiding under it.

And the whole product was co-designed and pressure-tested by an elite netballer with a medical science degree, until it held up under real competition conditions.

That combination of clinical knowledge, athlete knowledge, and Eltee’s experience building period protection for active girls is what makes UnderAustin genuinely different.

UnderAustin was built with netball at its core, but it works as sports period underwear for any athlete in a short uniform where serious movement is non-negotiable.

Think hockey, athletics, touch football, and any other sport where a standard brief shifts under a skirt or skort and traditional period underwear can’t keep up.

UnderAustin is available in sizes G10-12/W4 through W14.

Head to our size chart for measuring guidance, and if she’s between sizes, we recommend sizing up for all-day comfort.

Black is the accepted undergarment colour under netball uniforms across most competitions and associations.

It wasn’t a design decision, it was a practical one. UnderAustin was built for the court, and that means it needed to work within the rules of the sport.

We're open to suggestion though. Need another colourway? Get in touch and let us know. If we get enough requests, we'll make it happen!