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A brief history of the Wales rugby shirt ahead of the #WALvENG game in this weekend's #SixNations.
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The scarlet shirt of Wales is one of the most iconic shirts in world rugby. Wales have worn red since their first game in 1881. 🏴
A thread. 🧵
The scarlet shirt of Wales is one of the most iconic shirts in world rugby. Wales have worn red since their first game in 1881. 🏴
Wales played their first international before the foundation of the Welsh Rugby Union. Players wore a red shirt with the Prince of Wales feathers. As can be seen from the team photo, the shirts were not 100% uniform and two players didn't even have the correct one.
The feathers are ostrich feathers. While they may well be the Prince of Wales’s feathers, the symbol's origin has no connection with the native Princes of Wales from days gone by. (Art here by Raluca Moldovan).
