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 12: NRL Hornby Panthers product Fa’amanu Brown made his 18th NRL appearance – and his first since Round 2 this year – in Cronulla’s tense 9-8 win…

Linwood Keas celebrate their club day tomorrow, and the occasion will be a little bit more special this year as front-row stalwart Alex Todd makes his 100th appearance in the green, black, white and red uniform in the Massetti Cup blockbuster against Hornby Panthers. The Rockcote Canterbury Bulls veteran, who captains the Keas on Saturday,…

Ahead of next Wednesday’s State of Origin series opener, Flashback Friday revisits the greatest Origin moment involving a Canterbury-born player – Tonie Carroll’s sensational debut match-winner in the first match of the 1998 series. Born in Christchurch, Carroll left the Canterbury region as a youngster and represented Queensland and Australia at schoolboy level, before breaking…

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 11: NRL  Burnham Chevaliers junior Kodi Nikorima had another blinder in the Brisbane Broncos’ No.7 jumper, laying on two tries with beautiful passes and backing up to…

ROCKCOTE CANTERBURY BULLS COMBINE TESTING 2017 All players are required to meet at the St Thomas of Canterbury College School Hall (69 Middlepark rd, Sockburn) on Wednesday 24th of May at 5:45pm for registration. Players to bring runners and a drink bottle. If there are any issues or questions they can contact team manager Mel…

Linwood Keas and Celebration Lions both extended their Canterbury Rugby League winning streaks to five matches in Round 7, while Hornby Panthers joined the pair at the top of the Massetti Cup ladder with an impressive victory over a fellow heavyweight. The Panthers – bristling from the previous Saturday’s last-gasp loss to the Lions –…

It’s taken Celebration Lions just five games of the Massetti Cup to eclipse their 2016 win tally, which they did last weekend via their heart-stopping 21-20 victory over previously unbeaten Hornby Panthers. The 2014 grand finalists landed in fifth the following season, while the departure of Rockcote Canterbury Bulls prop Chris Bamford, along with sabbaticals…

This week marked the return of Primary Sport Canterbury’s Year 7 and 8 midweek schools rugby league competition, with five schools – Shirley Intermediate, Chisnallwood Intermediate, Breens Intermediate (who had the first-round bye), Casebrook Intermediate and Haeata Community Campus – taking part in 2017. The competition went on hiatus last year, but the success of…

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 10: NRL Burnham Chevaliers junior Kodi Nikorima’s sparkling form in the Brisbane Broncos’ No.7 jumper continued on Saturday, playing a key role in their 24-14 come-from-behind…

Another round of stunning Canterbury Rugby League results has shaken up the Massetti Cup ladder. Hornby, Papanui, Linwood and 2017 surprise-packet Celebration are all tied for top spot with four wins and a loss after five outings, while Aranui, Halswell, Northern and Riccarton are in a four-way logjam for fifth with one win and four…