Shin pad with Achilles tendon protection

A sporting shin pad with Achilles tendon protection for a sport playing wearer having a leg including skin, a shin, ankle bones and an Achilles tendon;

• said shin pad comprising:
• a first flexible elongate pad having a longitudinal extent sufficient to cover the shin of the wearer, said first pad further having a pair of first lobes and a first bight located between the lobes at a first, lower, end of said first pad, said lobes being positioned to cover the ankle bones of the wearer;
• a second flexible elongate pad having a longitudinal extent sufficient to cover the Achilles tendon of the wearer, said second pad further having a pair of second lobes and a second bight located therebetween at a first, lower, end of said second pad,
• wherein said first and second pads have a plurality of bosses extending from the outer surfaces thereof, and a plurality of protrusions extending from the inner surfaces thereof to bear against the wearer's skin, said bosses being delineated by an array of intersecting grooves, said protrusions being distributed over said inner surfaces and a plurality of through apertures located at some of the intersection of said grooves and extending through said pads and spaced between said protrusions, the arrangement of protrusions, apertures, bosses and grooves defining a plurality of air passages communicating the skin of the wearer with the outer surface of said pads;
• and
• releasable securing means for securing said pads to said wearer.