Rolls-Royce has launched the Wraith – History of Rugby to coincide with the start of the 2015 Rugby World Cup

The car’s exterior finish is the same hue of white worn by the English Rugby Union team but the color is as old as the game itself: its first players, at the Rugby School back in 1823, always wore white.

This completely neutral color also serves to highlight the complexity and intricacy of the car’s coachline.

As with all Rolls-Royce cars, it is hand-painted but for this particular model it incorporates a red English Rose motif that sits above the car’s shoulder line before the front door. The finishing external touch is a set of 21-inch double-spoke alloy wheels to suggest muscularity.

Inside the rose motif continues. The headrests each feature an embroidered red rose as do the doorsill plates.

The seats and door panels are finished in a combination of seashell and Navy Blue leather while the car’s dashboard is awash with piano black veneer. The infotainment screen cover also features a rose motif, this time in contrasting, polished silver veneer to stand out against the black.

The finishing touch is an accessory: a specially made rugby ball, courtesy of Gilbert — the world’s oldest and foremost rugby ball manufacturer.

The company has produced a “very limited” number of balls using the same leather that adorns the car’s interior as well as the English Rose and Rolls-Royce motifs. Like the car, each ball was embroidered by the craftspeople at Rolls-Royce to ensure a perfect match.