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Protective gear · Shoulder pads

Rugby shoulder pads

18 shoulder pads and body armour sets, ranked by price, with the maker's own Regulation 12 wording quoted where it exists.

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Cheapest

Body Armour Tech Vest

£34.99

Rule: lowest price we have verified in this table.

Cheapest that states Regulation 12

Propadz Gel Rugby Shoulder Pads

£109.99

Rule: lowest price among items whose own page states Regulation 12.

All 18, cheapest first

Ranked by price alone, using RRP where a live retailer price has not connected yet. No item here carries a score: nobody at Rugby Atlas has tested them, so a rating out of ten would be fiction.

Body Armour Tech Vest
S, M, L (XL and 2XL sold out) · Polyester/spandex stretch butterfly mesh, soft flexible compound pads, chemically cross-linked impact-absorbing foam, nylon/polyester breathable moisture-wicking fabric
Body Armour Tech Vest
from £34.99
Body Armour Flexitop Protective Vest
S, M, L (XL and 2XL sold out) · Super-stretch polyester/spandex, flexible 10mm linked honeycomb sandwich padding, sternum pad, full-length t-shirt design
Body Armour Flexitop Protective Vest
from £39.99
Gilbert XP100 Rugby Body Armour
XSJ, SJ, J, S, M, L, XL, 2XL · 100% recycled polyester (from ocean-collected plastic bottles), recycled GIL POLY+ compression fabric base, XP padding - pre-contoured impact-absorbing EVA
Gilbert XP100 Rugby Body Armour
from £41.99
Gilbert XP100 Rugby Shoulder Pads
S, M, L, XL, 2XL (only M in stock at time of check) · XP padding on arms and shoulders, 100% recycled ocean-bound plastic (Global Recycled Standard), contoured unisex design
Gilbert XP100 Rugby Shoulder Pads
from £44.99
Gilbert XP1000 Rugby Shoulder Pads
S, M, L, XL (only L in stock at time of check) · 3D moulded impact system, high-performance 4-way stretch compression fabric, second-skin ergonomic fit
Gilbert XP1000 Rugby Shoulder Pads
from £49.99
Gilbert Atomic V3 Rugby Body Armour
Small, Medium, Large, X Large, 2X Large · FastWickX base fabric, 4-way stretch, pre-moulded shoulder padding, sternum padding with flexible zone padding
Gilbert Atomic V3 Rugby Body Armour
from £49.99
Gilbert XP500 Rugby Shoulder Pads
S (sold out), M, L, XL · Ergonomic panel construction, 3D moulded system, lightweight compression fabric, Fastwick dry insert with 4-way stretch, 100% recycled polyester (ocean-collected plastic)
Gilbert XP500 Rugby Shoulder Pads
from £79.99
Propadz Gel Rugby Shoulder Pads
JS, JM, JL, S, M, L, XL, 2XL · 10mm gel pad inserts, module panel system (acromioclavicular, clavicular, sternoclavicular & sternum targeted panels), elasticated body band, washable fabric and pads
Propadz Gel Rugby Shoulder Pads
from £109.99States Reg 12
Propadz AC Gel Rugby Shoulder Pads
S, M, L, XL, 2XL · 13mm gel pad inserts (two 13cm x 13cm pads), AC joint-specific protection design, elasticated band with panel secure fasteners, washable fabric and pads
Propadz AC Gel Rugby Shoulder Pads
from £109.99

Regulation 12 is the thing to check

World Rugby Regulation 12 caps how thick and how dense shoulder padding may be, and a referee can refuse padding that does not comply. Only one of the items tracked here states Regulation 12 compliance in words we could read on a page, which is a thinner story than the category's marketing suggests. A blank means the source did not say, not that an item fails the standard.

What we could not tell you

1 of 18 state Regulation 12 in words we could read on a page. Every blank is a gap in what the maker publishes, left empty on purpose rather than filled with a guess. World Rugby's own approved-device list is rendered by JavaScript and cannot be read automatically, which is why the maker's wording is the source here.

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