random question about rugby jerseys..

johnnyutah

Hey All,

just have a random question that needs answering! (result of a random argument with the old man...) Does anyone know what the biggest selling rugby jersey in the world is, and if so could they point me in the right direction for getting stats to back it up?

I'd have thought that it would be NZ, however he maintains that the English jersey would outsell that..

Any help would be much appreciated!

irishbucsfan

hmmm...

Just so you know. There are 125,000 rugby players in Japan. 120 million people live there. Could be a candidate.

NZ would seem likely.

dc69

johnnyutah wrote: »

Hey All,

just have a random question that needs answering! (result of a random argument with the old man...) Does anyone know what the biggest selling rugby jersey in the world is, and if so could they point me in the right direction for getting stats to back it up?

I'd have thought that it would be NZ, however he maintains that the English jersey would outsell that..

Any help would be much appreciated!

I would have thought england by far.

nz have a populatation of 4 million,they might sell up to 2 million jerseys outside nz.

Englands population is 50 million.

irishbucsfan wrote: »

hmmm...

Just so you know. There are 125,000 rugby players in Japan. 120 million people live there. Could be a candidate.

NZ would seem likely.

The chinese and japanese are generally bandwagon jumpers for fads and things,they like western things etc.

I would imagine they would all have nz and england jerseys.

themont85

There's the whole All Black mystic which would ship far more jerseys outside their home country than England could. Plus rugby is the no1 NZ sport while in England its a 3rd sport at best, I know there's the massive population difference but the whole All Black factor thing can't be ruled out. After all its the most recognisable rugby brand worldwide and Adidas pay massive money for the privelage, they'd only be doing that if it was a huge seller.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I would say the All Blacks jersey would be the biggest selling

heggie

french should be up there though no?

razorblunt

What are we talking about here, the actual replica jersey or the official sorts line (t-shirts, hoodies etc), I'd say the All Blacks would be tops they'd have worldwide sales, England cant really say that.

The Lions would be up there especially since 2002.

heggie

2005 might counteract that tho...

Abercrombie Dud

my dad knows a canterbury rep and he said the munster jersey was the biggest selling club jersey in the world a couple of years ago.

dont know about international though???

my guess is new zealand

dc69

Abercrombie Dud wrote: »

my dad knows a canterbury rep and he said the munster jersey was the biggest selling club jersey in the world a couple of years ago.

Seeing the amount of people in Dublin wearing them,I wouldnt be surprised:(

Rowley Birkin QC

I wear mine in Dublin, but I'm from Cork so I hope thats ok?!

I have one of those Japanese jerseys, one of the nicer international ones.

zAbbo

bigkev49 wrote: »

I wear mine in Dublin, but I'm from Cork so I hope thats ok?!

I have one of those Japanese jerseys, one of the nicer international ones.

I've the Japanese one as well, nice jersey, got it on the cheap from lovells.

Crash

Been meaning to get that one myself for a while.

Odds on? AB's or Munster, hence why Adidas have thrown so much cash at them.

dc69

I like the tonga jersey

http://www.rugbystore.co.uk/collections/otherint

suppafly

Yeah the tongan on looks fairly cool alright.

Crash

The Hawkes bay jersey on there looks animal as well think i've found my next purchase

*warning: it aint actually that great, just looks cool to me :P*

valleyoftheunos

My first reaction was England, there are a lot of England rugby fans and a lot of them have jerseys.

Munster too, they are fliping everywhere!

johnnyutah

Hey All,

thanks for the replies.. looks like I won't be winning the argument! My logic was that only English would buy the England jersey, whereas anyone with a passing interest in rugby would probably have a New Zealand jersey stashed away somewhere.. including a lot of English supporters!

Hell, even most of the South Africans I work with will admit to having a NZ jersey or two..

dc69

If you are really desperate to know,email these guys

customerservice@canterburyofnz.com

let us know:)

johnnyutah

Hey Guys,

many thanks for all the responses.. Looks like I finally got an answer! It appears that the New Zealand jersey is the biggest selling jersey worldwide (proving my side of the argument, excellent!!), whilst the Munster jersey is the biggest selling one in Europe (not so good news for a Leinster fan such as myself).

Again thanks for all the replies!

Got my answer from AQA by the way, in case anyone's interested!