Boots

[busbeepbeep]

I play in the front row. I am looking for a good pair of boots. I wear a size 12, but I have a wide foot (usually wear 4E width tennis shoes). I got a pair of CCC Hiko boots but they were uncomfortable. I suppose I can get a bigger size, but no one makes a 12.5 and 13 is too long.

Any recommendations for a good, wide boot suitable for soft ground front row play?



just saw the equipment forum, please move this post if it is in the wrong place

also, another problem is there are no local shops that sell rugby boots, so I have the difficulty of ordering a shoe on the internet and hoping it works out

 

[melon]

When I play prop i had a pair of Mizuno mid cut and Asics mid cut boots, which were both much wider than the traditional nikes and boots like that.

Mizuno are the way to go for wide feet though, well in my opinion anyway

 

[Wellycane]

All I know what boots that best suits all foward positions are the number of studs they have underneath it. Our All Black fowards have Adidas boots with 8 studs. The backs have 6. I know it sounds irrelevant to your "wide boot" problem but just pointing that out as an extra tip.

 

[robinweide]

I've the same propblem mate.
The mizuno wave mid is extremely good IMO.
The timaru boot is also nice.
They are both equipped witch high heel, hard nose and soft-ground studs.
Maybe worth to take a look at

 

[busbeepbeep]

Does anyone have a link to store selling the Mizuno Wave rugby boots? I see a lot of Mizuno Cup and Timaru boots but no wave. What makes it harder to search is the Mizuno Wave Rider running shoe dominate all the search results.

 

[back row youth]

i find in the type of game that i play i.e not first team bt 2ndeam for a national side and also the more fast paced colts side that i can get away with wearing 6 studded boots at prop i think its all a matter of preferance and finding a pair your comfortable with. in fact i wear boots that usually are never seen in the forwards nevermind front row - a pair of white "nike pace vapor's"

 

[danroadking]

Try Sports Authority, I bought my Adidas boots there and no problems at all, after that you can order XL cleats on-line and I use size 14 boots

 

[lewseys got it covered]

kooga are wide

 

[Illtud]

dont bother with any nikes or adidas Kooga or Canterbury CCC

 

[busbeepbeep]

dont bother with any nikes or adidas Kooga or Canterbury CCC [/b]

don't bother with any of those brands? then which brand should i get?

 

[melon]

<div class='quotemain'> dont bother with any nikes or adidas Kooga or Canterbury CCC [/b]

don't bother with any of those brands? then which brand should i get?


[/b][/quote]
Forget about what Illtud said. Idiocy.

• Any NOMIS boot

• Any MIZUNO boots

The following Adidas boots are recommended:

• +F50.7 Tunit (Steer clear of the cheaper +F50.6 and +F30.7)
• +Predator Absolute TRX or XTRX (steer clear of the +Predator Absolion)
• "Finger Print" Predator Pulse 2

The following Nike boots are recommended:

• Air Zoom Total 90 Supremacy
• Air Zoom Total 90 III
• Mercurial Vapor III
• Mercurial Vapor III Ronaldo R9
• Total 90 Laser
  

The following Lotto boots are recommended:

• Vento Concept
• Zhero Gravity
  
• Zhero Mito

The following Puma boots are recommended:

• v-Konstrukt Gci
• v-Konstrukt II Gci (pretty much the same as original ones)

What you read here is by no means what boot you should get. Don't listen to anyone too much, because everyone's foot is different and different people require different boots. The best thing is to use this as a guide and go and try these on. Even boots not mentioned here you should try. Don't just go for the most expensive or best looking boot. The boot that feels right is the one for you.

 

[PeeJay]

The following Nike boots are recommended:

• Air Zoom Total 90 Supremacy
• Air Zoom Total 90 III
• Mercurial Vapor III
• Mercurial Vapor III Ronaldo R9
• Total 90 Laser

[/b]

For the record, I wouldn't recommend the Mercurial Vapors if you have wide feet. My feet are slightly bigger than average width, and I find the Vapors to be a bit small in the width department.

 

[K-Pac]

I play in the front row. I am looking for a good pair of boots. I wear a size 12, but I have a wide foot (usually wear 4E width tennis shoes). I got a pair of CCC Hiko boots but they were uncomfortable. I suppose I can get a bigger size, but no one makes a 12.5 and 13 is too long.

Any recommendations for a good, wide boot suitable for soft ground front row play?



just saw the equipment forum, please move this post if it is in the wrong place

also, another problem is there are no local shops that sell rugby boots, so I have the difficulty of ordering a shoe on the internet and hoping it works out [/b]

try e-bay . my mate has size 18 feet! he gets all his boots off e-bay. usually sent over from the states

 

[busbeepbeep]

Hey guys, still no new boots for me.

Anybody have any experience with the Asics Gel-Lethal?

http://www.barringtonsports.com/rugby/Prod..._Boots_2007.htm


I wear a US 12 in Asics running shoes. Does anybody know how these fit? They look like they would be comfortable, as I'd prefer a cushioned shoe like this.

What about the new Gilbert forwards shoe? Anyone tried it?

Also, I heard the CCC Rampage fits wider than the CCC Hiko that I already have. Anybody confirm that?

Thanks for the help.