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RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.4
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 fourth 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) – and the third round of…
Read MoreFIRST ‘TAMA TŪ, HAPORI ORA WĀNANGA’ INSPIRES CRL COMMUNITY CHANGEMAKERS
Last weekend Canterbury Rugby League held its inaugural ‘Tama tū, Hapori ora Wānanga’, a kaupapa (event) initiated by CRL CEO Malcolm Humm, and developed and facilitated by CRL Board Vice-Chair Dr Phil Borell with the support of the Ministry of Social Development Changemakers program. The name, Tama tū, Hapori ora plays on the whakataukī Tama…
Read MoreRED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.3
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 third 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) – and the second round of…
Read MoreCANTERBURY JUNIORS HAYWARD AND ALATINI THRIVING AS BULLDOG PUPS
The burgeoning development and pathways partnership between Canterbury Rugby League and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs is already reaping dividends for the club’s SG Ball side – as well as two talented tyros from our region who are taking an opportunity in Sydney with both hands. The Bulldogs have navigated a tough early-season draw in the NSWRL under-19s…
Read MoreRED 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…
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