KEEN design students at Droitwich Spa High School have taken part in a workshop to design the school’s rugby team a new shirt.

Groups of pupils from the school and sixth form centre took part in the kit design workshop at Stourbridge RFC with Canterbury, the company behind the design for the England Rubgy kit.

The workshop was run as part of the All Schools programme, launched by the Rugby Football Union in partnership with the Rugby Football Foundation.

Droitwich Spa pupils had the chance to learn about the heritage and importance of the rugby shirt with one of the company’s designers, who talked them through the process of designing a shirt, as well as the key elements to consider when they came up with their own designs.

As a result of the workshop, Canterbury will now produce and donate shirts to be worn by the rugby school team.

Canterbury CEO, Chris Stephenson, said: “We’re passionate about working together with the RFU on the All Schools project and are looking forward to supporting these new schools by providing kit and the unique opportunity to design their own team shirt. It’s been fantastic to see the impact rugby has had on the students taking part over the last two years and encouraging that the schools are building such strong club links.”