Sportswear manufacturer Canterbury has agreed a deal to become the new kit supplier to English Premiership rugby union team Bath.
The deal will run for three years until 2018, with Bath wearing Canterbury kits for the first time on September 12 this year when it faces Gloucester in the inaugural West Country Challenge Cup.
Financial terms for the partnership, which comes in Bath’s 150th anniversary year, were not disclosed.
Canterbury boasts an established presence in rugby union that includes deals with the England, Ireland, Russia and Japan national teams.