AMBASSADORS
ELLIE KILDUNNE
England & Harlequins
Defiant, determined and packed with potential. England and Harlequins rugby star Ellie Kildunne has truly cemented herself at the top of the game. With roots in Rugby League from growing up in West Yorkshire, she’s now a regular in the starting line-up for the Red Roses, was part of the England squad that finished second in the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand 2022, and is now a 5-time Guinness Womens 6 Nations winner. And, to top it all, in 2024, Ellie was named World Rugby 15s Player of the Year.
Off the pitch, in 2023 Ellie further celebrated the same creativity she shows on it by announcing a world-first collaboration with Canterbury – an Ellie-designed range that defines comfort and style outside of the game.
MACK HANSEN
Connacht & Ireland
A Canberra-born winger who’s laid his roots in Galway. Since making his debut for Connacht, he’s now an Ireland team mainstay, with an international career that began in the 2022 Guinness Six Nations. He touched down an epic try which saw Ireland beat the Springboks in the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which will forever confirm his name in Irish Rugby folklore.
With Mack now sporting Canterbury Speed Elite boots, and his trademark white and green Canterbury Raze headguard, he is undoubtedly part of the Canterbury family.
ANDREW PORTER
Leinster, Ireland & British & Irish Lions
The Ireland prop has amassed over 75 caps in the iconic green jersey, showing form that has seen him add 3 Guiness 6 Nations winners medals, 4 Pro12 titles and 1 European Rugby Champions Cup to his trophy cabinet. Despite being picked in the initial squad, injury ruled Andrew out of the 2021 Lions tour, but 2025 will see this dynamic forward pull on the famous Lions red jersey for the first time. He is also our first Canterbury Ambassador to wear our Stampede Groundbreak Elite boots, made especially for top-level Forwards.
PIERRE SCHOEMAN
Edinburgh, Scotland, & the British & Irish Lions
Born in South Africa, “The Greatest Schoeman” has been a mainstay in the Scotland front-line since his debut in 2021, after joining Edinburgh in 2018. He has since amassed over 40 appearances for his country, as well as becoming Lion #868 in the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour of Australia. This ferocious Loosehead became part of the Canterbury family in 2025, joining Andrew Porter as ambassadors for our groundbreaking Stampede Elite boots range.
BRAD SHIELDS
Hurricanes & England
This NZ-born flanker was always ear-marked for a big future, progressing through the All Blacks ranks, before making his Super Rugby debut in 2012 with the Wellington-based Hurricanes. After over 100 games, he switched shores and joined Wasps for the 2018/19 season, before racking up 9 caps for England. After a short stint in France at Perpignan, Brad now finds himself back in familiar surroundings at Hurricanes. Brad joined the Canterbury family in 2024, as the face of our latest Phoenix Genesis Elite boot range.
MARK TELE’A
New Zealand
Mark has always been renowned for his talent on the wing, but he truly made the world sit up and notice with two tries in the opening game of the 2023 Rugby World Cup against France. Since then, he was awarded World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year for 2023, and signed as a Canterbury ambassador in 2024, standing in good company as another elite athlete to wear our Speed Infinite Elite boots. Mark will ply his trade over in Japan from next season, but this is one player with the world truly at his feet.
ANNA MCGANN
Ireland & The Clovers
After making her Ireland debut in 2022, Anna shot to fame with an outrageous hat trick against Italy in the 2025 Guiness Womens 6 Nations, displaying the explosive pace and clinical finishing that she has become so well known for. Her adaptability and determination on the pitch is equally matched off it, successfully running her own fashion business.
MANUEL ZULIANI
Italy & Benetton
Manuel plays as a flanker, known for his high work-rate, strong tackling, and ability to win turnovers. He came through the youth system at Rugby Paese and Benetton, progressing to the Benetton Rugby first team in the United Rugby Championship where he has become a key figure. Zuliani made his Italy senior debut in 2022 and has since been a regular in the national squad, including being named for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. He is seen as part of a talented generation shaping the future of Italian rugby.