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Rugby has a few pieces of equipment that players will need to be safe and to enjoy the game. 

Mouth Guard Mandatory at all practices and games
The most important piece of equipment a rugby player should own. Typically from $2-$5 from any sports store, get several so you have a backup just in case one gets in the wash or lost...

Head protection 
Some players choose to wear a "scrum cap". This provides a little extra head protection either for forwards who play in the srum or even backs who do not.  As you can see, some wear it, some don’t, it is a matter of personal choice.

Shirt  
Rugby shirts need to be able to take plenty of tugging and pulling. They are typical tighter fitting than a normal Jersey.That’s why the Oaks wear Barbarian Pro fit Jerseys. You may decide to pickup a practice rugby jersey as T-shirts and sweatshirts tend to get stretched and torn when worn to practice.

Shorts 
Rugby shorts are traditionally made from heavy duty cotton although new cotton poly blends have started to gain popularity. We also strongly suggest the players have black sliders/compression pants – padded or not - to be worn under their shorts

Boots 
Because we will play many games on Field Turf (synthetic) and steel cleats are not allowed on the these turf fields, we suggest the following:  1) Young players will do fine with molded rubber soccer type cleats 2) Older players may want to have a grass pair (rugby boot often with steel cleats) and Field turf pair – soccer type cleat or football boot with the front cleat taken off. Like soccer, the front cleat cannot be present so they need to be removed from American football or baseball cleats that you may have.

Upper body protection 
Some players choose to wear a little extra upper body protection which is allowed. There are different forms of this upper body protection that typically consist of light padding woven into the shoulder area of a shirt meant to be worn under the jersey.  Again, this is optional and not mandatory .