▁franch ise ▁area ▁consists ▁of ▁the ▁regions ▁controlled ▁by ▁the ▁Bull er , ▁Can ter bury , ▁Mid - Can ter bury , ▁South ▁Can ter bury , ▁Tas man ▁and ▁West ▁Coast ▁rugby ▁un ions . ▁Before ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁when ▁the ▁N PC ▁was ▁re organ ised , ▁Can ter bury ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁union ▁playing ▁division ▁one ▁( now ▁Mit re ▁ 1 0 ▁Cup ) ▁within ▁the ▁Cr us aders ' ▁catch ment . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Cr us aders ▁players ▁were ▁also ▁listed ▁with ▁Can ter bury . ▁Today , ▁the ▁Cr us aders ' ▁catch ment ▁contains ▁two ▁Mit re ▁ 1 0 ▁Cup ▁sides ▁– ▁Can ter bury ▁and ▁Tas man . ▁ ▁Gr ounds ▁The ▁Cr us aders ' ▁main ▁home ▁ground ▁was ▁the ▁ 3 6 , 0 0 0 - cap acity ▁A MI ▁Stadium ▁in ▁Christ ch urch . ▁However , ▁they ▁stopped ▁playing ▁there ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Super ▁Rugby ▁season ▁due ▁to ▁damage ▁inf lic ted ▁by ▁the ▁February ▁Christ ch urch ▁earth qu ake . ▁The ▁Cr us aders ▁usually ▁took ▁one ▁game ▁each ▁year ▁to ▁another ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁franch ise ▁area , ▁most ▁often ▁when ▁the ▁New ▁Zealand ▁cr icket ▁team ▁was ▁playing ▁at ▁A MI ▁Stadium . ▁Pre vious ▁ven ues ▁included ▁T raf al gar ▁Park ▁in ▁Nelson , ▁and ▁Al pine ▁Energy ▁Stadium ▁in ▁Tim aru . ▁ ▁With ▁A MI ▁Stadium ▁still ▁out