I didn’t know Santa played rugby?

Now I wouldn’t mess with a rugby player and I think that’s why they can wear all these outrageous shirt designs… no-one would ever dare question their loud choice of attire!

This years WBR addition is a sublimated ‘Santa Suit’ rugby shirt design based around the idea of ‘North Pole RFC’ which wraps around the front and back.

As always we begin the design process with research and even though we were drawing such a famous suit we still had a conflict of ideas, does Father Christmas’s suit have buttons down the front or fur lining? Is the belt brown or black and does it have pockets? We concluded fur, black and no (he doesn’t need pockets… he’s magical!!!).

This lead us to this design:

As is always the case with sublimated clothing designs, the artwork has to wrap around the shirt and meet perfectly at the seams. Working closely with the manufacturer the artwork was split in to separate panels which would create the desired effect when manufactered.

Both ourselves and client were really pleased with the final design, the vibrant colour and crisp lines look smashing and it’s a great bit of fun for all rugby players over the festive period.