Archive for May 2023
CRL YOUTH WRAP & WEEKEND PREVIEW
YOUTH WRAP – MAY 13-17 We’re three rounds deep into the 2023 Canterbury Rugby League youth night competitions and this week’s fixtures produced some outstanding contests. In 18s boys action, Hornby Panthers maintained their status as the only unbeaten team with a 26-20 win over Halswell Hornets at Brookside Park. Linwood Keas bounced back from…
Read MoreRED AND BLACK REPORT 2023: EDITION NO.6
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League products featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. NRL Originally the Dolphins’ fourth-string half, utility and ex-Burnham Chevaliers junior Kodi Nikorima has been outstanding at five-eighth for the overachieving NRL newcomers. Nikorima’s season peaked with a man-of-the-match performance in the Dolphins’ stunning 36-16…
Read MoreCANTERBURY PLAYERS AND MANAGER TO FEATURE IN AHI KĀ AOTEAROA CAMPAIGN
Two Canterbury-based players have been selected to represented the inaugural Ahi Kā Aotearoa in the Harvey Norman Women’s Championship on the Gold Coast from May 18-21. South Island Scorpions age-group representative Kyla Lynch-Brown and Manea Waaka will be part of the 20-strong Ahi Kā Aotearoa travelling squad, with the team scheduled to play matches against…
Read MoreCRL 2023: ROUND 7 CLUB WRAP
Linwood Keas extended their Massetti Cup lead with a seventh straight victory, while the chasing pack tightened up courtesy of gripping away wins to Eastern Eagles and Halswell Hornets in Saturday’s CRL Men’s Premiership action. The undefeated Keas eventually wore down gritty hosts Northern Bulldogs, powering to a 44-10 win at Murphy Park after being…
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YOUTH WRAP – MAY 8-10 Canterbury Rugby League’s youth night competitions are in full swing, with the first round of 14s and 16s girls matches and second round of 14s, 16s and 18s boys fixtures unfolding earlier this week. In Monday’s 16s boys matches, Linwood Keas defeated Hornby Panthers White 26-12 and fellow Round 1…
Read MoreCRL 2023: ROUND 6 CLUB WRAP
Linwood Keas kept their unbeaten record intact with a Friday night victory at Ngā Puna Wai, Hornby Panthers took out another Westside derby thriller and Riccarton Knights opened their 2023 premiership account in a close-fought sixth round of the Massetti Cup. The Keas and Eagles were locked 10-all at halftime at the home of Canterbury…
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YOUTH WRAP – MAY 1-3 Canterbury Rugby League’s youth night competitions got underway this week, with the region’s 14s, 16s and 18s boys club teams heading out under lights at Ngā Puna Wai and Avonhead Park. The 16s boys kicked youth footy off for 2023 on Monday. Linwood Keas made an early statement courtesy of…
Read MoreFLASHBACK FRIDAY: HORNBY-HEAVY FRONT-ROW POWERS KIWIS TO TEST TRIUMPH
With Suncorp Stadium the centre of the rugby league universe this weekend for NRL Magic Round, Flashback Friday recalls one of the Kiwis’ greatest – and a heavily Hornby-influenced – victories at the iconic Brisbane venue. The Kiwis approached the 1987 season in a state of flux. Graham Lowe’s influential reign as national coach, which…
Read MoreCRL REFEREE PROFILE: OWEN HARVEY
One of the longest-serving of Canterbury Rugby League’s current brigade of referees, Owen Harvey is in his 10th season with the whistle in our region. But his journey in officiating the game spans four provinces and almost three decades. Dunedin-born Harvey started as a player, turning out for Kia Toa Tigers and South Coast Dolphins…
Read MoreRED AND BLACK REPORT 2023: EDITION NO.5
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League products featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. NRL Aranui Eagles product Jamayne Isaako still has his nose in front in the NRL’s pointscoring race, kicking four goals in the Dolphins’ premiership-record-equalling comeback win over Gold Coast in Round 8 and landing…
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