Pro:Direct Rugby

Rugby boots, rugby shirts, balls, training kit, protection and the layers you end up living in between games. Pro:Direct Rugby brings the lot together, with men's, women's and kids' rugby kit from adidas, Canterbury, Nike, Gilbert, Mizuno, PUMA and more. Whether you're replacing boots before Saturday, sorting a junior player for the season, filling the ball bag or following your country from the sofa to the stands, start with what you need and work from there.

For rugby boots, the pitch gets first say. Soft ground rugby boots belong on wet natural grass, firm ground rugby boots suit drier pitches and AG rugby boots are the better call for regular 3G. Then comes fit and how you play. adidas Kakari and Canterbury Stampede are built around the grip and stability forwards need when the ground gets ugly. F50, Canterbury Speed, Mizuno Morelia Neo and Nike Mercurial Rugby Boots suit players who want a lighter feel when space opens up. adidas Predator, RS15, Phoenix and Tiempo fill the ground between the two. There are 8 stud rugby boots, speed boots and wide-fit options too. Position helps narrow it down, but a winger with a wide foot still needs a boot that actually fits.

The shirt side of rugby is considerably less concerned with the weather forecast. Shop adult rugby kits and kids' rugby kits across international rugby, the 6 Nations, Rugby Championship, NRL, Super Rugby and Top 14. England, France, South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales and Fiji sit alongside clubs including Toulouse, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Auckland Blues, Canterbury Crusaders and RC Toulon. There are replica rugby shirts for matchday, retro shirts for people who will happily tell you the old one was better, plus training kits, singlets, shorts, T-shirts, jackets and off-pitch pieces that tend to get far more wear than the full kit ever does.

Then there are rugby balls. Gilbert match balls for game day, training balls for the hundreds of passes before it, junior rugby balls for younger players and the odd replica ball that is realistically never getting introduced to a muddy pitch. Add kicking tees, pumps and training equipment and the ball bag is sorted, or at least as sorted as a rugby ball bag ever gets.

Protection should be simpler. Rugby gumshields, headguards and other protective kit need to fit securely and stay out of the way once the contact starts. For parents buying junior rugby kit, correct sizing matters more than squeezing another season out of something that is already too big.

Browse Pro:Direct Rugby by adult or kids' rugby boots, ground type, brand and boot collection, or head into rugby kits by country, club, competition and product type. From Saturday's studs to Sunday's hoodie, it is all part of the same week.