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TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS WOMEN’S BRIGHT START CANCELLED OUT BY RAMPANT STINGRAYS
A fast-starting Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Women’s team was overwhelmed 38-4 by a slick and powerful Counties Manukau Stingrays combination in Round 4 of the NZRL National Premiership at Ngā Puna Wai. The Auckland-based heavyweights ran in four tries in each half to record their third win of the campaign. But the early indications were…
Read MoreFLASHBACK FRIDAY: BULLS OVERRUN LEOPARDS FOR INAUGURAL BARTERCARD CUP TITLE
As the Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Men’s prepare for their South Island Championship-deciding showdown with Southland Rams in Oamaru tomorrow, Flashback Friday revisits one of the Canterbury provincial side’s greatest triumphs since taking on the Bulls moniker – the 2000 Bartercard Cup success. Coached by the late Gerard Stokes, Canterbury finished second in the 22-round…
Read MorePLUCKY FIRST-HALF DISPLAY NOT ENOUGH FOR TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS WOMEN’S TO TOPPLE FALCONS
A brave performance from the Trillo Metals Canterbury Women’s team fell short against a powerful Akarana Falcons outfit, who dominated the second half in a 36-20 result at Ngā Puna Wai. The rivals scored three tries apiece in a seesawing first half of the NZRL National Women’s Premiership Round 2 showdown, but the Falcons crossed…
Read MoreTRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS MEN’S PUT AORAKI EELS TO THE SWORD
The Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Men’s team remains undefeated in the South Island Championships after carving out a comprehensive 54-6 win over Aoraki Eels at Ngā Puna Wai in Round 2. Back up from their season-opening comeback victory over West Coast in Greymouth, the Trillo Metals Bulls got off to a flying start this time…
Read MoreTRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS MEN’S EDGE CHARGERS IN WET WEST COAST THRILLER
The Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Men’s team defied wild Greymouth weather and a gallant West Coast Chargers side to snare a 16-14 comeback victory in Saturday’s South Island Championship opener at Wingham Park. In a throwback to erstwhile eras in the 109-year history of the Canterbury-West Coast provincial rivalry, the Chargers carved out a 14-0…
Read MoreTRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS MEN’S NAME TEAM FOR WEST COAST OPENER
The Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Men’s team get their South Island Men’s Championship campaign – and their quest for promotion back into the 2025 NZRL National Premiership – underway at Greymouth’s Wingham Park on Saturday. Incoming Trillo Metals Bulls Canterbury Men’s coach Walter Wilson has named his first squad, which will be captained by experienced…
Read MoreTRILLO METALS LTD EXPANDS SUPPORT TO SPONSOR MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CANTERBURY BULLS TEAMS
Canterbury Rugby League is thrilled to announce the expansion of its partnership with Trillo Metals Ltd, who have become naming rights sponsor for both the Canterbury Bulls Women’s and Canterbury Bulls Men’s teams ahead of their respective 2024 representative campaigns. Trillo Metals Ltd have previously supported the Bulls Men’s team and came on-board as naming…
Read MoreFLASHBACK FRIDAY: CANTERBURY WINS 1985 RUGBY LEAGUE CUP
With the countdown until the campaigns of Canterbury’s senior representatives teams down to one week, Flashback Friday celebrates the province’s memorable 1985 season, in which it clinched the Rugby League Cup. The code was enjoying a resurgence in New Zealand during the mid-1980s courtesy of the Graham Lowe-coached Kiwis’ drought-breaking Test wins over Australia in…
Read MoreRETURNING STARS, EXCITING NEWCOMERS FEATURE IN CANTERBURY BULLS 2024 MEN’S SQUAD
The Canterbury Bulls squad for the 2024 South Island Men’s Championship has been named, boasting some familiar faces, returning stalwarts and exciting newcomers. Fifteen players from Sunday’s epic CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership grand final between Hornby Panthers and Halswell Hornets have been included as the Bulls begin preparations for the competition, which…
Read MoreWILSON TAKES REINS AS SENZ MEN’S CANTERBURY BULLS HEAD COACH
The SENZ Men’s Canterbury Bulls enter a new era in 2024 following the announcement of former provincial representative and Halswell stalwart Walter Wilson as head coach. Wilson brings an impressive and varied coaching CV to the role: he guided the Halswell reserve grade team at the tail-end of his playing days, coached Canterbury 19s and…
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