South Africa Rugby Shirt : The popular team sport of Rugby Football is believed to have originated in England around 1823, at the Rugby School, in Warwickshire. The sport has evolved since, spreading to many nations and clubs across the world, and played at both international and domestic levels.
While both forms of rugby football are played in South Africa, the national teams and clubs display their unique colors on their shirts. The South Africa Rugby Shirt is generally made of a mix of polyester and cotton and come in various sizes for both men and women.
The South Africa national rugby union team (also known as the Springboks) competes in international tournaments such as the Rugby World Cup and the Tri Nations. While the current South Africa rugby shirt home colors display a green jersey with an orange-white collar, the South Africa rugby away colors are a white jersey with a black-white collar. The Springboks emblem of a ‘springing gazelle' is displayed on the left chest; the logo of its New Zealand based sports apparel manufacturer, Canterbury, on the right chest, while the team sponsors, SASOL (a South African Coal and Oil company) in the middle of the shirt.
The South Africa national rugby league team (nicknamed ‘The Rhinos') has two basic teams namely, South Africa Rhinos and South Africa Wild Dogs, which compete in the World Cup, World Sevens and the Superleague World Nines. Their logo with a ‘double-horned rhino' is also displayed on their team shirts.
Official replica South Africa Rugby Shirts are available at various sporting outlets worldwide, as well as can be purchased through numerous online shopping sites.
