CRL News

Each week we’ll be keeping you up to date with how our Canterbury Rugby League products are performing in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Here’s how they went in Round 21: NRL Burnham Chevaliers juniorJazz Tevaga made his first NRL appearance of the season, earning a late call-up to the Warriors’ side at lock and…

Linwood Keas have advanced to a Canterbury Rugby League grand final rematch with Hornby Panthers, but the defending champs were taken down to the wire by a gallant Papanui Tigers outfit in a preliminary final thriller at Murphy Park, eventually prevailing 30-24. The Keas were forced to overcome a 10-0 deficit amidst an error-riddled start,…

As the Papanui Tigers prepare for Saturday’s elimination final against the Linwood Keas, local identity and passionate rugby league supporter Nigel Thompson reflects on the club’s resurgence over the last three years of success and provides some thoughts on the direction the game is heading in Canterbury. Photo: Nigel Thompson (right) with Papanui Tigers coach…

As Linwood Keas and Papanui Tigers prepare for a titanic preliminary final struggle at Murphy Park on Saturday, our Flashback Friday segment this week takes you back to 2008, when the same clubs squared off in the CRL grand final. Linwood, premiers in 2005 and runners-up in ’06-07, lined up in its fourth straight Grand…

After securing a thrilling sudden-death win against Celebration at Murphy Park last Saturday, Papanui coach Shane Endacott is hoping to draw out a complete 80-minute performance from his charges when they confront a mountainous preliminary final task in the shape of Linwood this weekend. The Tigers powered to an emphatic 18-4 halftime lead over the…

RLWC2017 are offering an exclusive opportunity for Rugby League clubs in New Zealand to secure their tickets early, and sit together to see the world’s best! In each of the New Zealand stadiums, Category C bays are being reserved specifically for the Rugby League community. Clubs who choose to participate in this promotion will appoint…

By Rebecca Brebner Juggling a fiancé, four kids, a full-time job, managing Canterbury and New Zealand Rugby League representative teams, being a part of the players’ organisation, administration and being an epic sideline supporter…you name it, Mel Mather does it. Canterbury sports fanatic Mel Mather first got involved in rugby league just over five years…

The top four Canterbury Rugby League premiers teams turned on a couple of absolute thrillers in Saturday’s finals double-header, but Frank Endacott said the standout feature of a tremendous day out at Murphy Park was the standard of the refereeing. Gary Smallridge controlled Papanui Tigers’ 32-24 of Celebration Lions in the minor semi-final, while Jason…

Each week we’ll be keeping you up to date with how our Canterbury Rugby League products are performing in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Here’s how they went in Round 21: NRL Moving to five-eighth for the injured James Maloney, versatile Hornby product Fa’amanu Brown enjoyed a fine 59 minutes against the Warriors in Auckland…

Hornby Panthers have built their 2017 campaign on blistering attack, but it was their best defensive effort of the season that underpinned a 22-14 victory over Linwood Keas at Murphy Park to book the first spot in the Canterbury Rugby League premiers grand final. The Panthers led 12-4 at halftime and repelled the defending champs’…