▁Pla ins men ; ▁however , ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁chosen , ▁as ▁" C rus aders " ▁re called ▁the ▁English ▁her itage ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Christ ch urch . ▁ ▁The ▁club ▁adopted ▁Can ter bury ' s ▁traditional ▁sport ing ▁colours ▁of ▁red ▁and ▁black , ▁as ▁worn ▁by ▁Can ter bury . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 5 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁Christ ch urch ▁mos que ▁shoot ings ▁at ▁Al ▁No or ▁Mos que ▁and ▁Lin wood ▁Islam ic ▁Centre ▁in ▁Christ ch urch , ▁New ▁Zealand ▁which ▁killed ▁ 5 1 ▁people ▁and ▁injured ▁ 5 0 ▁more ▁by ▁an ▁Australia - born ▁terror ist , ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁considered ▁the ▁idea ▁changing ▁the ▁team ▁name ▁because ▁the ▁symbol ism ▁and ▁imag ery ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁" off ensive ▁to ▁some ▁in ▁the ▁community ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁religious ▁Cr us ades ▁between ▁Christians ▁and ▁Muslim s " ▁according ▁to ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Rugby ▁Executive ▁Steve ▁T ew ▁but ▁ultimately ▁though ▁it ▁was ▁kept ▁and ▁remained ▁un changed ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁season . ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁management ▁led ▁by ▁Col in ▁Mans bridge , ▁revealed ▁a ▁new ▁logo ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁kn ight ▁and ▁sword ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁this ▁move ▁was ▁met ▁by ▁back l ash ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁logo ▁res emb les ▁a ▁pen is . ▁ ▁Fran ch ise ▁area ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁Cr us aders '