The Gold Coast Titans are busy redesigning their jerseys for the Auckland Nines and the 2017 NRL season after signing a three-year deal with Classic Sportswear.

The club has scrapped embattled apparel company BLK, whose parent company World Rugby Specialists Group went into receivership last month, after they failed to guarantee the club’s 2017 apparel would be produced and delivered on time.

The Titans are now tied to Classic Sportswear until the end of 2019.

The club unveiled its Nines jersey last week but Gold Coast chief executive Graham Annesley said it would likely undergo minor alterations while keeping a very similar look.

“From my understanding it will be a very similar design, if not almost the same,” he said.

“We are going through all those details with Classic now after only reaching the agreement today.

“There will be minor modifications but we will be signing off on the artwork in the next few days and they have guaranteed to meet our timelines.”

Annesley said the uniforms would be ready for the Nines, that start at the beginning of February, and the regular season with a jersey launch likely early in the new year before fans get their hands on them soon after.

“We will be having a public release of the gear some time early in the new year,” Annesley said.

“Then we will get them into retail as quickly as they possibly can. One of the attractions of Classic is they have a very strong retail arm and we want to get as much of our gear in the hands of our members and fans as possible.”

Annesley said it was hard to cut their partnership with BLK but were left with no choice.

“It has been made even more gut-wrenching as BLK is a local Gold Coast-based company,” Annesley said.