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Looking to update your teen’s bedroom? Sporting Wallpaper has just the ticket for your avid England Rugby fan

While last term’s rugby balls may have been bunged back in the locker room, replaced with cricket bats and tennis rackets for the summer season at school, the winter sport won’t be far from young fans’ minds as the British and Irish Lions Tour in New Zealand gets into full swing this month.

A treat that comes round just once every four years, the tour has one of the strongest English contingents chosen for many years, thanks to a record-equalling 18-match winning streak from the home team. In short, there’s rarely been a better time to be an England Rugby fan.

One mum who has cleverly tapped into this market is Frances Titmus Mather, who came up with the idea for a striking rugby-inspired wallpaper that young fans are sure to hanker after.

“Whilst I was doing residential interiors, I noticed a lack of wallpaper for older children,” she explains. “So I approached the RFU with a design concept and sample, and they liked the idea.”

Designed from heritage Twickenham programmes and match tickets garnered from the World Rugby Museum collection, the wallpaper includes rare examples from England’s matches against nations from around the world from as far back as 1910. It is now a fully licensed England Rugby product and has been stylishly featured at, you guessed it, Twickenham Stadium. “It makes a real impact wherever it is used and takes putting posters of your favourite team to the next level,” says Titmus Mather. And who says it’s just for kids; if you’ve got a rugby-mad grown-up at home, they might well have their eye on it for their study or garden shed, too.

The perfect feature wall for your rugby-loving teen

£35 per 10m roll www. sportingwallpaper.com