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Ok, our Advertising budget isn't quite the same as John Lewis, but this is our simple Christmas video. Looking for the perfect present for the Rugby Man or Women in your life? Then take a look at our extensive range of Rugby Union and Rugby League vintage quality collections. Visit - www.ellisrugby.com [...]

Last week Ellis Rugby founder Kevin Ellis travelled to Germany to meet Alois Schnieder Chief Executive of AJS Fashion Agency at their showroom near Weinheim. The meeting went well and although early days, we are hopeful there will be a successful business collaboration between both companies.

In 1664, the English took control of the area from the Dutch and the city was renamed New York.Today, the City is the largest in the USA and is made up of Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn & Staten Island. The population is 8.623 M - there are more than 1 Million Millionaires & 112 [...]

It’s fantastic to hear one of our vintage Castleford Rugby League jerseys made money for such a great organisation. Here is an exert from the CRLPA Press Release - “At the reunion, the Association donated a cheque to the Dementia charity, and a Malcolm Reilly signed 1969 Heritage Shirt, kindly donated by Kevin Ellis [...]

The England v South Africa Rugby World Cup Final match will be the official 43rd meeting between these two great rugby nations. South Africa lead the series by 25 wins to 15, with 2 matches drawn.  Their first meeting was on 8 December 1906. This was on the inaugural South Africa tour and is recognised as the event that [...]

The branding of New York Rugby League is as iconic as the City itself and includes a number of references to the city within its design.  The colors of the flag derive from the early flag of the Netherlands, the country that first settled in the area in 1625.While the game is relatively new to [...]

Inspired by a love of rugby and fashion we produce clothing that’s manufactured to the highest standards and has a unique concept that is derived from the rich history of rugby football. Being inducted in to the Rugby League Hall of Fame is the highest honour to which any player can aspire. There are only twenty eight [...]

Prior to the Rugby World Cup, there was no truly global rugby union competition. Rugby union was played at the Summer Olympic Games, first appearing at the 1900 Paris games and subsequently at London in 1908, Antwerp in 1920, and Paris again in 1924. France won the first gold medal, then Australasia, with the last two being won by the [...]

What a day yesterday! As usual the Geordie crowd was fantastic encouraging the runners throughout. It’s been a few years since I’ve run the GNR and must admit found the course pretty tough - although there are no big hills, it seemed to me as though all the roads were inclined with the exception [...]

Rugby clubs have many great characters and only yesterday I attended a funeral of a former player, manager, junior coach and referee. He was a year younger than me and he left a grieving wife and two fine young rugby playing sons. I know I’m stating the obvious, but cancer is such a truly awful [...]