{"id":211025,"date":"2025-10-19T13:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/211025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:09:10","slug":"england-release-limited-edition-kit-for-rugby-league-ashes-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/211025\/","title":{"rendered":"England release limited edition kit for Rugby League Ashes series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England will don a limited edition poppy kit in the third Ashes Test against Australia at Headingley on November 8 to mark Remembrance weekend.<\/p>\n<p>For the first two Tests in the Ashes, at Wembley and Everton\u2019s Hill Dickinson Stadium, Shaun Wane\u2019s side will line up in the same kit as the one they won last year\u2019s series against Samoa in.<\/p>\n<p>But to honour the service and sacrifice of the Armed Forces ahead of this year\u2019s Remembrance commemorations, kit suppliers OXEN have created a new kit for the last Test.<\/p>\n<p>The shirt combines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/club\/england\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a>\u2018s traditional red with poppy detailing and a navy blue trim, with \u00a35 from every poppy shirt sold to be donated to the Royal British Legion to aid their work with the Armed Forces community.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time England have donned a poppy-inspired shirt, doing so back in 2018 against New Zealand, though on that occasion the shirt remained primarily white as opposed to the red we\u2019ll see next month,.<\/p>\n<p>England release limited edition Ashes shirt as significance explained<\/p>\n<p>As this autumn\u2019s Ashes Series concludes in Leeds, Remembrance Day will be just three days away.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/tag\/shaun-wane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wane<\/a> said: \u201cRugby league has deep roots in our communities, many of which have a proud history of military service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis shirt is a symbol of unity, respect and remembrance \u2013 values that sit at the heart of both the sport and the Armed Forces. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to support the Royal British Legion to deliver their incredible work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-881876 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LRL-Feature-Image-89.jpg\" alt=\"Five different images of England's new 'poppy' shirt for the Third Ashes Test - the front, the back, Mike McMeeken and Herbie Farnworth modelling it, the side and a close-up of the badge\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"  \/><\/p>\n<p> England\u2019s new \u2018poppy\u2019 shirt for the Third Ashes Test \u2013 Image credit: OXEN Sports\/RFL<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Priced at \u00a354.99 for adults and \u00a339.99 for children, the new kit is on sale now \u2013 with both shorts and socks also able to purchase; the shorts are priced at \u00a328.99\/\u00a324.99, with socks available for \u00a312.00\/\u00a310.00.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">England skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/tag\/george-williams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Williams<\/a> added: \u201cPulling on an England shirt always means a lot, but this one carries extra significance. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a chance for us to remember those who gave everything and to represent them with pride when we take the field at Headingley.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England will don a limited edition poppy kit in the third Ashes Test against Australia at Headingley on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-211025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}