Protection Equipment Restrictions or specifications

[okiedokie]

Hello there,

I am a designer and rugby player from Brazil, here we have very few rugby products available and most of them are either crappy or too expensive, sometimes both. Seeing this lack of people making good products for the rugby community, I decided to give it a try and the things that most people ask for are protection equipment.

Since I´m a prop and have very large pain tolerance, I never bothered to seek these equipments, so I wonder, is there any kind of specification or rules that allow or dissallow the protection equipment, like what kind of materials are allowed, or the maximum width of padding and stuff like that.


Thanks.

 

[melon]

You'll have to first contact the IRB to ask those questions, then after having whatever it is you want made, made, then contact them to try and get IRB approval for the product.

In terms of what material is allowed, I think its safe to say no metallic substances.

 

[okiedokie]

thanks.

 

[Caledfwlch]

The padding on the shoulers head and ribs must not be more than 1cm in thickness when uncompressed

 

[O'Rothlain]

Here are some articles that will help you out:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_e...Body_protection
2. http://www.irb.com/mm/document/lawsregs/0/...ion12%5f879.pdf

Have fun with the reading, but everything must meet IRB standards. We don't want rugby becoming American Football.