Puma pulls plug on Ireland shirt sponsorship - a year early

whocares wrote:Canterbury wasnt exactly doing a great job with the Scottish one though !

http://bloodandmud.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/12/scotland_kit.jpg

the earlier one with the purple stripes wasnt great as well.

The Scottish Rugby Union has ended its association with Canterbury and has signed a deal with Italian kit manufacturers Macron. The Bologna-based company will supply Scotland's home and away kits, from the 2013 autumn internationals, as well as club sides Edinburgh and Glasgow's strips.

"Macron are a hugely ambitious company and very strong in football. But the thing that clinched it for us it that they want to make Scotland their flagship brand in the rugby market," SRU chief executive Mark Dodson said. "They share our values and want to globalise the brand. This is a multi-million pound deal - the largest in the SRU's history - over four years, so we are delighted."

Griff wrote:I remember seeing recently (ish) that the UK arm of Canterbury had gone bust. Can anyone confirm? Didn't stop them doing a few team's kits this year, and still going strong as a company in NZ I think.

Griff wrote:I remember seeing recently (ish) that the UK arm of Canterbury had gone bust. Can anyone confirm? Didn't stop them doing a few team's kits this year, and still going strong as a company in NZ I think.

AlastairW wrote:

Griff wrote:I remember seeing recently (ish) that the UK arm of Canterbury had gone bust. Can anyone confirm? Didn't stop them doing a few team's kits this year, and still going strong as a company in NZ I think.

That would be a shame as they tend to make much tougher wearing gear than most of the manufacturers. Their prices are steep though, and that can't be doing them any favours.

My Mrs picked me up a test top for christmas and the quality is exceptionally good, but at 80+ quid a throw considering most peoples money situation at the moment, that is quite eye-watering.

Pete C (Kiwireddevil) wrote:

AlastairW wrote:

Griff wrote:I remember seeing recently (ish) that the UK arm of Canterbury had gone bust. Can anyone confirm? Didn't stop them doing a few team's kits this year, and still going strong as a company in NZ I think.

That would be a shame as they tend to make much tougher wearing gear than most of the manufacturers. Their prices are steep though, and that can't be doing them any favours.

My Mrs picked me up a test top for christmas and the quality is exceptionally good, but at 80+ quid a throw considering most peoples money situation at the moment, that is quite eye-watering.

That was a while ago (2009). Given that they could afford to pay for the England deal last year, and England have the 2nd richest shirt deal in rugby after the All Blacks things are presumably looking up.

rainbow-warrior wrote:

Pete C (Kiwireddevil) wrote:

AlastairW wrote:

Griff wrote:I remember seeing recently (ish) that the UK arm of Canterbury had gone bust. Can anyone confirm? Didn't stop them doing a few team's kits this year, and still going strong as a company in NZ I think.

That would be a shame as they tend to make much tougher wearing gear than most of the manufacturers. Their prices are steep though, and that can't be doing them any favours.

My Mrs picked me up a test top for christmas and the quality is exceptionally good, but at 80+ quid a throw considering most peoples money situation at the moment, that is quite eye-watering.

That was a while ago (2009). Given that they could afford to pay for the England deal last year, and England have the 2nd richest shirt deal in rugby after the All Blacks things are presumably looking up.

Really?? Evidence would be nice

NZRU chief executive Steve Tew wouldn't reveal how much the AIG deal was worth but said it was close to the money they get from Adidas. This is believed to be about $20 million a year.

"From the best information that we can gather, the Adidas deal is the biggest rugby deal in the world," said Tew.

"The money Australia get from Kooga and Qantas combined or England get from O2 and Canterbury combined is less than we get just from Adidas.

"We have been able to bring AIG on and retain the Adidas income and got close to getting a similar amount of money

Griff wrote:I remember seeing recently (ish) that the UK arm of Canterbury had gone bust. Can anyone confirm? Didn't stop them doing a few team's kits this year, and still going strong as a company in NZ I think.

Toohey wrote:

Griff wrote:I remember seeing recently (ish) that the UK arm of Canterbury had gone bust. Can anyone confirm? Didn't stop them doing a few team's kits this year, and still going strong as a company in NZ I think.

Canterbury has been brought out recently by a UK company I know quite well called Pentland. They have a pretty strong history of developing brands (Reebok, Kickers, Berghous, Lacoste, Ted Baker) so I imagine they are in fairly good hands.