When playing in the backs, you don’t need the higher cut boots that provide ankle support, like those required by forwards who are often contesting the scrum. This means you can get away with something a bit flashier with a more colour. We’ve put together a pick of the best boots by position for backs,…
Many players who play in the pack will need large or oversize boots as the pack tends to have the bigger players on the team in it and therefore some of the regular size boots may not be large enough. Playing in the pack, many players find they need high or at least mid cut boots, forwards often…
Below you will find links to all the positions played in a game of rugby union, click the shirt to find out more about the position and most importantly how to choose the right pair of boots for the role. Teams are made up with fifteen players, eigh t forwards (wearing numbers one through nine) and seven…
Rabbitohs’ centre Dylan Farrell sported an interesting pair of boots during the weekend’s traditional clash against fellow Sydney-siders the Dragons, choosing to wear a pair of Umbro soccer boots in the annual Charity Shield match. The GT Pro 2 is Umbro’s lightest boot, and in essence represents their ‘speed boot’. Featuring a Japanese microfibre upper…
Durable Wallabies loose-forward Radike Samo was one of the most experienced men on the field when the Aussies ground out a hard-fought win in Argentina last weekend, and he donned X Blades to get the job done. His boot of choice, the X Blades Legend Sleek SG, blends support and stability with comfort and fit,…
There’s no more appropriately named footwear for Dave Taylor than the X Blades Wild Thing FG Rugby Boots that he wore in the Rabbitoh’s 32-6 slaughter of the Wests Tigers in their round 21 match up. Taylor’s massive frame often makes him the most noticeable man on the paddock, as do the Wild Thing FGs…
Not only were the Highlanders sporting bright green shirts when they met the Blues at Eden Park last weekend, they also had pink laces in their boots. The laces were part of a fundraising initiative to help raise money for the Pink Pilates Programme, a specialized programme designed to help women diagnosed with cancer…
We have just had a notification that there are boots out in use that are illegal for Rugby but acceptable for football. These boots have a single stud in the toe as exampled by the following photo. Many of you will not realise that the position of this stud on its own can inflict a…
New Zealand has very strict controls on what you can take into the country and one thing a lot of foreign rugby players do not think about is the fact that their rugby boots are not very clean. This can even be the case if they look clean on top but have dried mud on…
Well it is that time of the season again in the northern hemisphere when spring is here and the grounds start to get firm under foot. That pair of boots you have been playing and training in during the winter will now start to cause you foot problems unless you change to a hard or…