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Webb Ellis (sportswear)
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Webb Ellis Limited is a British manufacturing company based in London. The company, focused on rugby union and netball, manufactures a wide range of sports equipment, including sportswear, rugby union balls, protective gear, and accessories.[1]
In the last years, Webb Ellis expanded its direction entering to the market of school uniforms.[4]
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History
The company was founded in January 2003 by Rod and Lawrence Webb, as a manufacturer of products for the practise of rugby union that included team uniforms, boots and balls.[1]
The first important contract for Webb Ellis came the same year of its foundation, when the company signed a deal with European Professional Club Rugby to supply official balls for the European Champions Cup (then "Heineken Cup"). Three years later, the Welsh Rugby Union chose the Webb Ellis balls for its national team home internationals. During the following years, Webb Ellis expanded its business area adding distributors in Ireland, France, USA, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.[1]
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Sponsorships
Clubs and associations that have/had deals with Webb Ellis include:
Current
Banco Hipotecario- Los Cedros
- Centro Naval
- Círculo Universitario
- Marista
- San Carlos
- Sociedad Hebraica
- SITAS
- Los Tilos
- Sociedad Hebraica
Wallingford RFC
Former
Clubs
- CASA de Padua
- Los Cedros
- DAOM
- Delta[5]
- La Salle
- Lanús RC
- Liceo Militar
- Liceo RC (Mendoza)
- Lomas Athletic[5]
- Los Tilos[6]
- Mariano Moreno
- San Lorenzo
- Tigre RC
Bogotá Athletic Club- South Leicester[5]
Brooklyn- New York
- Michigan RU
Unions
- Buenos Aires RU - referees kits [7]
- Córdoba RU
- Rosario RU
- Tucumán RU
Welsh Rugby Union - ball supplier
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References
External links
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