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The rugby league community is besotted with Mate Ma’a Tonga in the wake of their emotion-charged victories over Samoa and New Zealand in the past 10 days, but the team is giving the ‘one week at a time’ cliché a good workout as they aim to capitalise on their chance at World Cup glory. Saturday’s…

Test rugby league returned to Christchurch with a bang, New Zealand crushing Scotland 74-6 in a thrill-a-minute Rugby League World Cup group match in front of 12,130 fans at AMI Stadium – the first international in the city since 2006. The Kiwis ran in 14 tries, including hat-tricks to Peta Hiku and Te Maire Martin,…

CANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE 2017 SENIOR AWARD WINNERS Presidents 10 a side Tournament Riccarton Presidents Trophy winners – Sydenham Swans Division 1 Old Crowe Cup – Round Robin Competition Winners – Woolston Rams Kidd Mitchell Cup – Grand Final Winners – Woolston Rams 18’s Grade H.B. Rogers Cup – Round Robin Competition Winners – Hornby Panthers…

Former Manly Sea Eagles and Canterbury rugby league legend Mark Broadhurst will have the best seat in the house at AMI Stadium in Christchurch for next year’s National Rugby League match between Manly and the New Zealand Warriors. Tickets go on sale today at noon to the general public via Ticketek for the Christchurch match…

As the 15th Rugby League World Cup approaches, Canterbury legend Frank Endacott – who coached New Zealand at the 1995 and 2000 tournaments – shares his World Cup memories. After highly successful tenures at the helm of the Canterbury provincial side and the Junior Kiwis, Frank Endacott succeeded Howie Tamati as New Zealand’s national coach…

The National Rugby League today confirmed that the Manly Sea Eagles will host the New Zealand Warriors on Saturday, June 9, at 5pm, at AMI Stadium in Christchurch. The Sea Eagles recently committed to bringing at least two home games to Christchurch in 2018 and 2019 with an option for a third match in 2020.…

Via NZRL A special group of New Zealand Rugby League’s greats are to be honoured during the Rugby League World Cup. Kiwis legends Olsen Filipaina, Kevin Tamati, Tawera Nikau, Brendon Tuuta and Duane Mann, former coach Frank Endacott and tireless servant of the game Sir Peter Leitch will present the match balls for the seven…

Via NZRL Media New Zealand’s Kiwi Ferns will assemble mid-November in preparation for their tilt at returning the Women’s Rugby League World Cup to NZ. The squad includes one Canterbury representative – Papanui Tigers premiership winner Bunty Kuruwaka-Crowe, who made her Ferns debut in the Anzac Test in May. For the first time this selection…

This weekend the Canterbury 19’s take part in the Southern Zone South Island 19’s tournament being hosted in Christchurch at QEII Park. The team had a unique warm up game against the New South Wales Secondary Schools team touring New Zealand last week and despite the game going in New South Wales favor, the 19’s…

Via Rugby League World Cup 2017 Media Rugby League Samoa president Tagaloa Faafouina Su’a announced the squad in Samoa on Friday for the tournament, which will be played in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 27 October and 2 December. The squad includes three Christchurch-born players – Hornby Panthers product Fa’amanu Brown, ex-Burnham…