Canterbury Rugby Union

The Canterbury rugby jersey is a red and black made by Nike of New Zealand. It is worn with the fierce pride by both team members and supporters.  The rugby jersey is made of polyester and comes in sizes Small to 2X Large. Choose your size and Champions of the World will send you your jersey immediately. The NPC Competition is made up of three divisions with semi-finals and a final to decide each division. Relegation of the bottom team and promotion of the top team is determined at the end of each season. There are ten teams in the first division, eight teams in the second division and nine team the third division.

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Bay of Plenty won the NPC first division title in 1976, but have enjoyed no success since then. Wellington took the title in 1978, 1981 and 2000, and Counties won for the only time in 1979. Manawatu got their only title in 1980, Waikato theirs in 1992. Otago won twice in the nineties, in 1991 and 1998. And apart from that it has been all Auckland, winning in 1982, 1984 and 1985, four times in a row from 1987 - 1990, another four times consecutively from 1993-1996, and again in 1999 and 2002. However, Canterbury rugby has had its share of success, holding the title last in 2001 as well as to their victorious years of 1977, 1983, and 1997.