A rugby strip is pulled, scraped along the ground and washed at sixty degrees by somebody's parent, every week from September to April. Buying it is mostly a question of what will survive that, and then of getting twenty-odd sizes and numbers right in one go.
Shorts first
Shorts are where rugby kit differs most from football kit. A rugby short is cut from heavier cloth with a reinforced seat and a waistband that stays put in a tackle. The core of our range is the Chadwick Pro and Impact rugby shorts and the Errea Ryun, each in adult and junior sizes, so a club can put its minis and its first XV in the same short.
Shirts, tees and something for the rain
Alongside the shorts there are rugby shirts, training T-shirts and rain jackets from Chadwick, Errea and Joma, and Front Row rugby shirts sit in our match day shirts range. For training nights, a tee and a rain jacket in club colours gets more wear over a season than the match shirt does.
The right ball for the age group
Ball size goes by age. As a guide, size 3 is for the youngest players, roughly under-sevens to under-nines, size 4 covers under-tens to under-fourteens, and size 5 is the full-size ball from under-fifteens upwards. Your county union or school association will confirm where its cut-offs fall. We carry Errea match balls and mini rugby balls for junior sections. Balls are supplied as they come and are not printed.
Numbers and crests
Rugby kit is personalised in our Lowestoft workshop. A number on the shorts is £1.75 a character, a back number on a shirt is £2.00 a character and a club crest is £3.95 a garment. Upload the crest on the product page, place it, and the price is shown before you order. If you are not sure your file is good enough, read getting your crest print-ready first.
Ordering for a whole squad
The squad order tool takes a team sheet pasted from a spreadsheet and adds every size and number at once. Baskets over £100 get 10% off automatically, UK delivery is £6 and free over £300, and clubs and schools can pay against a purchase order.
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