I was wondering if you are allowed to wear shoulder pads in rugby? i have shoulder problems and i heard you are allowed to wear small light plastic shoulder pads for protection. kind of like UFC gloves. they are meant to protect your hands but not the other persons face. thank youI was wondering if you are allowed to wear shoulder pads in rugby? i have shoulder problems and i heard you are allowed to wear small light plastic shoulder pads for protection. kind of like UFC gloves. they are meant to protect your hands but not the other persons face. thank you

Rugby shoulder pads are essentially a foam shirt. They are very different than American football shoulder pads.

You can along as they are like foam not plastic my friend plays with the nike padding stuff