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RED AND BLACK REPORT 2019: EDITION NO.14
Each week the Red and Black Report will keep you up to date with how our Canterbury Rugby League products are performing in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. NRL Burnham Chevaliers juniors Kodi Nikorima and Jazz Tevaga featured in the Warriors’ much-needed 24-20 defeat of Gold Coast Titans on Friday. Five-eighth Nikorima had a…
Read MoreCRL MASSETTI CUP RD 9 WRAP
Northern Bulldogs and Eastern Eagles consolidated their top-four standing with Round 9 wins in the CRL Massetti Cup, while Hornby Panthers and Linwood Keas maintained their four-point break on the chasing pack with hard-fought victories. Northern Bulldogs celebrated their Club Day in style – and moved to outright fourth on the Massetti Cup ladder –…
Read MoreRED AND BLACK REPORT 2019: EDITIONS NO.12 & 13
Each week the Red and Black Report will keep you up to date with how our Canterbury Rugby League products are performing in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. NRL It was a mixed outing for Kodi Nikorima in the Warriors’ 32-10 loss to Melbourne Storm on Saturday night. The five-eighth laid on the hosts’…
Read MoreCRL MASSETTI CUP ROUND 8 WRAP
Hornby Panthers and Linwood Keas moved further ahead of the pack, while Eastern Eagles solidified their claims for a return to the finals as the second round of Massetti Cup matches got underway. Linwood Keas were forced to dig deep to subdue Riccarton Knights 28-20 at Crosbie Park. The teams were locked up at 16-all…
Read MoreWEST OVERWHELM EAST IN NGĀ PUNA WAI REP CLASH
West reclaimed crosstown supremacy with a 32-20 victory over East in a physical encounter laced with sparkling tries at Ngā Puna Wai. The victory was just West’s second in the fixture – but their second in three seasons since its return to the Canterbury Rugby League calendar. Several candidates from both teams put their hands…
Read MoreEAST V WEST A CRUCIAL STEPPING STONE FOR CANTERBURY WOMEN
Canterbury women’s coach Mike Linton sees Saturday’s historic East v West women’s fixture as a vital component of the upcoming NZRL National Tournament campaign – and for developing the women’s game as a whole in the region. A North v South women’s match was played in 2017 – the same year the East v West…
Read MoreFLASHBACK FRIDAY: EAST V WEST 2011
Ahead of the East v West representative fixture tomorrow afternoon at Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub, Flashback Friday revisits the last time the match was played prior to its return to the Canterbury Rugby League schedule in 2017. East recovered from a 14-point halftime deficit to run out 26-18 winners in the 2011 clash, keeping…
Read MorePRIDE AND BULLS JERSEYS ON THE LINE WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Crosstown pride goes on the line when East squares off against West in the seventh edition of the representative fixture – and third since its reinstatement to the Canterbury Rugby League calendar – at Ngā Puna Wai. The East side – mentored by Eagles coach Eddie Timo-Latu – draw their players from the Linwood, Celebration,…
Read MoreRED AND BLACK REPORT 2019: EDITION NO. 11
Each week the Red and Black Report will keep you up to date with how our Canterbury Rugby League products are performing in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. NRL Brisbane winger Jamayne Isaako finished on the winning side in the clash of the Canterbury juniors on Saturday night. The Aranui product kicked two goals…
Read MoreCRL MASSETTI CUP ROUND 7 WRAP
A foggy Saturday in Christchurch could not prevent a tryscoring bonanza in Round 7 of Canterbury Rugby League’s Massetti Cup. Competition leader Hornby showed no sentimentality in subjecting bottom-placed Halswell to an 86-0 rout on the Hornets’ Club Day at Halswell Domain. The Panthers finished with 16 tries after piling on 50 points in the…
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