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The majority of rugby shirts sold are for the international teams. Teams like England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the British lions sell a large volume of shirts per year. This also increases when the rugby World Cup is played, or there is a British Lions tour. Rubgy shirts are generally better made and more fashionable than football shirts.

Rugby Shirts are not the easiest item to find on the World Wide Web, mainly because apart from International rugby the actual UK national leagues games are not very well attended. With the average crowds being about 5000 for teams such as Gloucester and Sale. We have found that certain sites such as the Cotton Traders website do sell UK rugby national league shirts. This is prehaps because they are the actual manufacturer.

• Cotton Traders
  Cotton Traders are makers of replica shirts for UK rugby teams and was founded in 1987 by former England rugby captains Fran Cotton and Steve Smith. One of Cotton Trader's most important areas of clothing development is rugby shirts that are 'tough as the game' rugby Teamwear, and are official suppliers to Leicester, Gloucester, Sale Sharks and Barbarians. Also find products such as the Six Nations Unisex , George Cross Unisex, Union Jack Unisex and the Guinness Panel Underarm Unisex rugby shirts.
• Kitbag
  They sell sports clothing and t shirts such as all the top english rugby kits and shirts.
• Planet-Rugby.com
  Has the all the latest Zurich Premiership, Heineken Cup, Six Nations, Tri Nations, Super 12 and World Cup 2003 news plus features, fixtures
• RFU
  Home, News & Contents, The Rugby Store, Results, Fixtures, Forums/Chat, Tickets. Community Rugby, England Rugby, Zurich Premiership
• Scrum.com
  Brings you all the latest action from the Rugby World Cup 2003, Zurich Premiership, BT Scottish Premiership, Welsh Premiership, Heineken Cup

Posted on 12 / 09 / 2004

Gilbert England Official Replica Rugby Ball

Features the classic Gilbert design and celebrates England as World Champions. For those of you not familar with rugby equipment, Gilbert make the best balls. No one comes close in quality and design. So when you buy a ball from Gilbert you know you are getting quality, because it features good grip and solid long lasting materials. The last rugby ball i've had from Gilbert has lasted me 6 years, during this period it's had regulaur practice and kicking. I only really needed this ball because of the design celebrating the world cup win. I am not sure how long they are available, so get it asap.

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We have found it difficult to locate retailers who sell the majority of club and country rugby shirts. We found that most independant retailers sold mainly football shirts and some international rugby shirts. With the success of the England rugby side at the world cup in Australia in 2003 hopefully there will increase the publicity of rugby, and more sites will start selling rugby shirts.