Canterbury of New Zealand

Infobox Company
company_name = Canterbury of New Zealand
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1904
location_city = flagicon|New Zealand Auckland
location_country = New Zealand
key_people =
industry = Textile
products = Sports apparel
revenue =
homepage = [http://canterburynz.com/ canterburynz.com]

Canterbury of New Zealand - sometimes referred to as CCC by retailers and rugby fans - is a New Zealand-based sports apparel company 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 rippedFact|date=June 2007. Supposedly, no Canterbury jersey had ripped in an international match between 1967 and the final match of the 2007 Fact|date=June 2007Tri 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; Cape Town, South Africa; Emeryville, California and Manchester, United Kingdom. The brand is also manufactured and marketed in Japan under licence by Canterbury of New Zealand Japan. 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.

Teams that wear Canterbury of New Zealand

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

Rugby union

*National teams:
** flagicon|AUS Australia "Wallabies"
** flagicon|BEL Belgium
** flagicon|IRL Ireland
** flagicon|JPN Japan
** flagicon|KOR Korea
** flagicon|Monaco Monaco
** flagicon|SCO Scotland
** flagicon|SIN Singapore"Lions"
** flagicon|ZAF South Africa "Springboks"
** flagicon|Swaziland Swaziland
** flagicon|SWE Sweden
** flagicon|SUI Switzerland
** flagicon|POR Portugal
** flagicon|USA USA"Eagles"

*Magners League (Ireland, Scotland, Wales):
**Cardiff Blues
**Newport Gwent Dragons
**Leinster
**Ulster

*Guinness Premiership (England):
**London Wasps

*Top 14 (France):
**Castres Olympique
**ASM Clermont Auvergne
**Union Sportive Dax
**USA Perpignan
**Aviron Bayonnais (Bayonne)

*Air New Zealand Cup (New Zealand):
**Auckland
**North Harbour
**Northland
**Otago
**Southland
**Wellington
**Taranaki

*Currie Cup (South Africa):
**Lions
**Falcons
**Griffons

*Super 14 (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa):
**Cheetahs
**Lions
**Sharks

*Top League (Japan):
**Toshiba Brave Lupus

Rugby league

*State of Origin (Australia):
**Queensland "Maroons"
**New South Wales "Blues"
*Super League (Great Britain):
**Warrington Wolves

Football

*flagicon|ENG Portsmouth
*flagicon|ENG Mansfield Town
*flagicon|ENG Farnborough
*flagicon|ESP Deportivo La Coruña
*flagicon|NED AZ
*flagicon|FRA Lille

Cricket

*Yorkshire County Cricket Club
*Hampshire County Cricket Club

ee also

*Rugby shirt

External links

* [http://www.canterburynz.com Official Global site and Online Store]
* [http://www.canterburynzusa.com United States Site & Online Store]
* [http://www.mybaselayer.com BaseLayer by Canterbury of New Zealand]