New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Team Sign Gallagher Insurance as Sponsor
New Zealand Rugby agreed a sponsorship deal with Gallagher Insurance that will give the US-based insurance brokerage naming rights on the playing kit of the All Blacks rugby team.
Gallagher's brand will appear on training and match-day shorts of the All Blacks as well as the national women's side the Black Ferns, the Maori All Blacks and the men's and women's seven-a-side teams, New Zealand Rugby said Wednesday in Wellington. No commercial terms for the multi-year deal were disclosed.
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