Essentials
Every rugby player needs rugby boots and a mouth guard. It may not be compulsory to wear a mouth guard in every country, but it should be. Teeth are useful to have. Boots are also essential for every player, although at some levels of junior rugby players play is bare feet. These are the two most essential items that are unlikely to come with your team kit.
Team Kit
Every rugby team should have a set of team gear. This is standard uniform to ensure your whole team is dressed the same. This would normally include a team jersey, shorts, and socks. You may be required to buy the socks and shorts your self, and they would need to be a certain colour, but I have yet to see a team that doesn't supply a jersey.
Protective Gear
As covered already, a mouth guard is the most essential item of protective equipment. Other protective gear could include head gear, shoulder pads, which are both pretty common, and arm protectors and compression shorts, which are less common. Front row forwards may want some form of protection for their shins, and second row forwards will need at least some tape to stop their ears from turning into cauliflower.
Kicking Gear
Any player who is taking kicks at goal, or kicking off will need a kicking tee. These come in various forms, and in some places they may even let you use sand.
Training Gear
Every team needs at least two balls to run a training session, but at 5 would be a good amount. Other useful gear for training would be a scrum machine, to practice scrums, and hit shields, to practice backline and defensive moves. A set of cones is useful for running grid activities also.
You wouldn't have believed it at first, but there really is a whole heap of equipment required to play and coach rugby. This isn't every single item, however, it's a good list, that should just about cover everything. I hope you find this article useful.
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