CRL News
LAWRIE STANDS DOWN AS SENZ CANTERBURY BULLS COACH AS PANTHERS SWANSONG LOOMS
Canterbury Rugby League’s shift away from its provincial head coach coupling the role with the demands of club coaching duties has resulted in Jed Lawrie stepping down after two years as SENZ Canterbury Bulls’ coach. Lawrie, who is eyeing off his ninth straight – and likely last – season as his beloved Hornby Panthers’ premiers…
Read MoreBULLDOGS PROVIDE INVALUABLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR CANTERBURY’S PLAYERS AND COACHES
Ngā Puna Wai was a hotbed of rugby league education and development for five consecutive days last week as the most significant event of Canterbury Rugby League’s partnership with NRL club Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs to date unfolded. Led by Craig Wilson (Pathways and Development), Fifita Hala (Recruitment) and Adam Hartigan (General Manager – Pathways), the Bulldogs…
Read MoreGREYHOUNDS SEAL 2024 CRL PREMIERSHIP SPOT VIA TIGERS PARTNERSHIP
Papanui Tigers and Greymouth Greyhounds have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the clubs share players during the 2024-25 seasons, with the Greyhounds competing in the Canterbury Rugby League Men’s Premiership and the Tigers lining up in the Canterbury Cup Premier Reserves. The MoU, executed on November 20, comes on the back of…
Read MoreCANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE 2023 AWARD WINNERS
The complete list of award winners from Canterbury Rugby League’s 2023 Prizegiving, held at the Hornby Club on Friday, November 3. COMPETITION AWARDS Terry Cox Memorial Trophy (18s boys Grand Final winners): Linwood Keas Kidd-Mitchell Trophy (Division One Grand Final winners): Papanui Tigers Carol Crozier Trophy (Canterbury Cup Round Robin winners): Greymouth Greyhounds Fred Arnesen…
Read MoreSENZ 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…
Read MoreTRILLO CANTERBURY WOMEN’S SHOW SECOND-HALF FIGHT AGAINST VULCANS
The Trillo Metals Canterbury Women’s team were again gallant in NZRL National Premiership defeat, closing out their round-robin campaign with a plucky 36-16 loss to Auckland Vulcans on the road at Navigation Homes Park. Canterbury, missing the likes of Sui Pauaraisa for this match, held the Vulcans to three tries apiece in the second half,…
Read MoreCANTERBURY JUNIOR RIKI CHASES GRAND FINAL GLORY WITH BRONCOS
An underrated contributor in Brisbane Broncos’ watershed drive to the NRL grand final, Hornby Panthers product Jordan Riki is set to join a select group when he runs out onto Accor Stadium on Sunday night to face Penrith Panthers. The strapping 23-year-old second-rower will become just the 11th Canterbury junior, Canterbury senior rep or Christchurch-born…
Read MoreTRILLO METALS CANTERBURY WOMEN EDGED OUT BY WELLINGTON
For their second straight game in the 2023 NZRL National Women’s Premiership, a late flurry of tries wasn’t quite enough for the Trillo Metals Canterbury Women’s team as they went down to Wellington Orcas 22-16 at Jerry Collins Park in Porirua on Sunday. Canterbury, coming off the bye, struck late in both halves of the…
Read MoreSENZ 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…
Read MoreFLASHBACK FRIDAY: JIMMY HAIG – OTAGO & CANTERBURY LEGEND
Ahead of Sunday’s crunch NZRL National Premiership clash between Otago Whalers and SENZ Canterbury Bulls in Dunedin, Flashback Friday celebrates the only player to represent the Kiwis from both provinces – dual international and legendary halfback of the 1940s and ’50s, Jimmy Haig. Haig was the first player to represent New Zealand in rugby union…
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