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.
SAM WARBURTON
Former Cardiff Blues, WRU & British & Irish Lions Captain
Two-time Lions captain, the youngest player to lead Wales into a Rugby World Cup match and, quite simply, one of the best players of all time. From early days at the Cardiff Blues Academy to becoming the only captain to twice take the Lions to victory, Sam reached heights no player had before. Since his retirement in 2018, Sam now runs the SW7 academy, bringing elite strength and conditioning training to the masses.
Maeve Óg O’Leary
Munster & Ireland
ADAM RADWAN
England & Newcastle Falcons
Electric speed. Incredible finishes. A regular at Newcastle Falcons, Adam Radwan was first offered a spot in the team after his incredible displays of pace in the Premiership 7s. Since helping Newcastle back to the top flight, he was called up by England in 2021. Clocked at an unreal maximum speed of 11.2 metres per second, you’d be lucky to catch him.
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.