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RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.2
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Several Canterbury products featured in the second round of the NSWRL’s junior competitions – the SG Ball Cup (under-19s), Harold Matthews Cup (under-17s) and Tarsha Gale Cup (women’s under-18s). CANTERBURY PRODUCTS SET TO SHINE IN…
Read MoreCANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE RETURNS TO STANDALONE DISTRICT STATUS
For the purposes of playing in NZRL National Tournaments and Competitions, Canterbury Rugby League will return to standalone district status in 2024 after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Southern Zone Rugby League. Canterbury has come under the Southern Zone banner – along with five other districts – since 2009, when New Zealand Rugby League…
Read MoreWHITEHEAD PLUMBING & GAS EXPANDS SPONSORSHIP TO BACK JUNIOR PROGRAMME AND MEN’S PREMIERSHIP
Whitehead Plumbing & Gas has become synonymous with junior rugby league in Canterbury, providing invaluable support for our game’s youngest participants. This year, the company has expanded its backing to include naming rights sponsorship of the region’s top club competition. The 2024 season heralds the sixth successive year of the CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas…
Read MoreRED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.1
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Several Canterbury products featured as the NSWRL’s junior competitions – the SG Ball Cup (under-19s), Harold Matthews Cup (under-17s) and Tarsha Gale Cup (women’s under-18s) – got underway on last weekend. CANTERBURY PRODUCTS SET TO…
Read MoreTRILLO METALS WOMEN’S CANTERBURY BULLS WELCOME JOSEPH MIKA AS 2024-25 HEAD COACH
Following a highly promising NZRL National Premiership campaign last year, the Trillo Metals Women’s Canterbury Bulls’ 2024 progress will be guided by CRL Women’s Premiership-winning coach Joseph Mika. Mika, a former Canterbury Bulls rep and Linwood stalwart, coached the Keas’ women’s team in 2023 – culminating in their second straight grand final victory. His elevation…
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…
Read MoreCRL’S FREE SWIMMING LESSONS INITIATIVE AIMS TO PROTECT LIVES THROUGH RUGBY LEAGUE
Canterbury Rugby League’s commitment to providing its community with valuable life skills outside of the rugby league sphere – as well as a desire to directly mitigate Aotearoa’s worrying preventable drowning figures – has prompted the establishment of a free swimming lessons programme for our tamariki from 2024. The programme is a collaboration between CRL…
Read MoreCANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE EXTENDS ISC APPAREL PARTNERSHIP
Canterbury Rugby League is delighted to confirm an extension to its current agreement with leading sports apparel provider, ISC. The partnership sees ISC locked in as CRL’s official apparel supplier and sponsor for an additional two years, continuing a collaboration that began in 2019 until at least the end of 2025. “The decision from Canterbury…
Read MoreCANTERBURY PRODUCTS SET TO SHINE IN NSWRL AND QRL JUNIOR COMPS
The opening rounds of the 2024 New South Wales Rugby League and Queensland Rugby League junior competitions are just weeks away – and an unprecedented number of Canterbury products are set to feature after joining, or returning to, clubs in Australia and Auckland. NSWRL’s Harold Matthews Cup (under-17s), SG Ball Cup (under-19s) and Tarsha Gale…
Read MoreCANTERBURY’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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