Hello mate, as for the compression gear, underarmour is the main brand but expensive how ever there are some alternatives now as the stuff is hitting other sports. Welby and myself play alot of rugby and depending on wot you want. Canterbury, addias and nike all do good compression gear. Personnelly i use canterbury for rugby and football and never had a problem, they offer cold wear to take the heat away from the body but keep u warm great in hot conditions. The normal hot stuff will feel better but once got the pads on and on a hot day you'll prob tend to suffer. I'm not at trainning tommorrow but welby is if u want to ask him, if not i'll be about the week after if u want to check my gear out or have any questions. hope this sheds a little more light.