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Canterbury of New Zealand

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Canterbury of New Zealand
Type Private
Founded 1904
Headquarters Flag of New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Industry Textile
Products Sports apparel
Website canterburynz.com

Canterbury of New Zealand — sometimes referred to as CCC by retailers and rugby fans — is a New Zealand-based sports apparel company, now majority-owned by Kuwait Finance House,[1] that focuses on rugby football. The company is named after the Canterbury area where the company started to make knitwear. Other than producing rugby kits, the brand is also known for their rugby protective wear such as headgear and pads. Canterbury also sells rugby boots.

The brand's tagline is "the World's Toughest Activewear" as the brand's products are known to be tough, durable and designed to meet the demands of the game. Canterbury jerseys are said to be the strongest in rugby and are rarely torn or ripped[citation needed]. Supposedly, no Canterbury jersey had ripped in an international match between 1967 and the final match of the 2007[citation needed]Tri Nations.

The brand is distributed widely among rugby playing nations. The head office was formerly based in the city of Christchurch in Canterbury in the South Island, but has now moved to Auckland. There are operations in Brisbane, Australia; Emeryville, California and Manchester, United Kingdom. The brand is also manufactured and marketed in Japan under licence by Canterbury of New Zealand Japan. In 2006, Canterbury sold its South African operations to investment group House of Monatic, which set up Canterbury South Africa to run these operations under licence.[1] However, in January 2009, Canterbury South Africa went into liquidation amid allegations of serious financial irregularities,[1] leaving many South African rugby teams awaiting kit shipments and several top players for the country's national team, the Springboks, short on their sponsorship fees and some of their equipment.[2] Besides manufacturing rugby apparel and gear, the company also manufactures and markets lifestyle clothing.

On the 21st of May 2007, CCC announced a deal to make the teamwear for English Premier League team Portsmouth. This was the company's second venture into association football having previously supplied New Zealand professional side the Football Kingz and provided the headgear for Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech after he recovered from a head injury.

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[edit] Teams that wear Canterbury of New Zealand

Canterbury is used by major and minor teams on club, provincial and international level.

[edit] Rugby union

Auckland Rugby Referees Association

Until 1999 Canterbury of New Zealand clothing was worn by the All Blacks and all New Zealand teams competing in the Rugby Super 12; however since the 1999 All Blacks season and the 2000 Super 12 season both teams have worn Adidas clothing.

[edit] Rugby League

[edit] Football

[edit] Cricket

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c Rossingh, Danielle (2009-01-29). "South African Rugby Team’s Kit-Maker Files for Liquidation". Bloomberg.com. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=aW7FYNiynP38&refer=africa. Retrieved on 2009-02-01. 
  2. ^ "Bok players 'scrambling' for kit". RugbyRugby.com. 2009-02-01. http://www.rugbyrugby.com/news/story_1209235728.php. Retrieved on 2009-02-01. 

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