FLASHBACK 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…

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RETURNING 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…

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WILSON 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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CANTERBURY’S ’93 HEROES REUNITE FOR SPECIAL MILESTONE

June marked 30 years since arguably Canterbury’s greatest-ever victory – the unforgettable thrashing of Auckland at the Addington Showgrounds in the 1993 provincial championship final – and the squad celebrated the milestone with a raucous reunion last weekend. With Mark Nixon, who skippered Canterbury to the famous win, the chief organiser after champion back-rower Logan…

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SENZ CANTERBURY BULLS CRASH TO WAIKATO MANA IN DO-OR-DIE SHOWDOWN

An underwhelming 2023 NZRL National Premiership campaign for the SENZ Canterbury Bulls has culminated in a 34-22 relegation match loss to Waikato Mana at Pukekohe’s Navigation Homes Stadium. The defeat means the SENZ Bulls will spend next year’s representative season striving to regain a place in the Premiership from the second-tier National Championship. Continuing the…

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SENZ CANTERBURY BULLS COME UP SHORT IN SOUTHERN DERBY

The SENZ Canterbury Bulls’ tough NZRL National Premiership round-robin campaign has concluded with a 32-14 loss to Otago Whalers at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium. The red-hot Whalers scored six tries to three, turning a 16-8 halftime lead into a convincing victory that sealed a historic semi-final appearance and consigns the SENZ Bulls to a relegation…

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CRUNCH TIME FOR SENZ CANTERBURY BULLS IN DUNEDIN

The NZRL National Premiership Round 3 showdown between southern rivals Otago Whalers and the SENZ Canterbury Bulls doubles as a shootout for a semi-final spot. With both teams going winless through the opening fortnight of the competition, the victor in Sunday’s clash under the roof at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium will advance to the semi…

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AUCKLAND VUCLANS TOO STRONG FOR SENZ CANTERBURY BULLS

The SENZ Canterbury Bulls have endured another tough afternoon at their Ngā Puna Wai base at the hands of an NZRL National Premiership heavyweight, going down 56-8 to a classy Auckland Vulcans side on Sunday. On the back of a 44-0 loss to Counties Manukau Stingrays in Round 1, the Bulls scored a try in…

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‘HONEST REFLECTION’ KEY TO SENZ CANTERBURY BULLS’ REBOUND HOPES

Putting a jarring 44-0 loss behind them – while simultaneously taking the harsh lessons dispensed by Counties Manukau Stingrays in their Round 1 fixture – will be central to the SENZ Canterbury Bulls opening their 2023 NZRL National Premiership account against Auckland Vulcans, according to assistant coach Andrew Auimatagi. The eight-tries-to-none defeat at Ngā Puna…

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