Rowing Blazers

The Original Rugby Shirt

AvailableSuper Heavyweight Rugby .

Rowing Blazers

The Original Rugby Shirt

AvailableSuper Heavyweight Rugby .

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  • This is the original rugby jersey. Super heavyweight (400g / 14 oz.) white and red striped rugby jersey with satin-stitch embroidered skull and crossbones. Handmade in Europe. 100% cotton, knitted in the traditional 12 gauge style. Working button cuffs. Stunning material and craftsmanship. Feels incredible.

  • Rugby collar; three-button placket. Working cuff buttons. Machine wash cold. Wash inside out. Do not tumble dry. Do not iron buttons.

  • These run true to size (men sizes).


  • According to legend, the game of rugby originated at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England during a football match in 1823, when one of the players caught the ball and simply ran with it in his arms to the opposing goal. Thomas Arnold, the school’s then-headmaster, noted the young man’s “fine disregard for the rules”, and a new sport was born. Arnold subsequently organized two competing sides: “School House” (for the boarders) and “Town” (for the day students); the School House’s shirt, thought to be the world’s first rugby jersey, featured an embroidered skull-and-bones motif - perhaps in reference to the more violent nature of the school’s particular brand of football.