Massetti Cup
HORNETS END KEAS’ REIGN IN PRELIMINARY FINAL STUNNER
Halswell Hornets have earned their first grand final berth since 2014 – and for the first time in 10 years the Pat Smith Trophy Challenge will not feature Linwood Keas – after an unforgettable CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership preliminary final on Saturday. The third-placed Hornets overcame an early 12-point deficit at Linwood…
Read MoreNOW OR NEVER FOR CRL HAPPY HIRE GRAND FINAL DAY HOPEFULS
CRL Happy Hire Grand Final Day spots are on the line across all four senior grades this weekend, including a CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership blockbuster between Linwood Keas and Halswell Hornets. The Keas, searching for their 10th consecutive premiership grand final appearance, went down 18-12 in a gripping major semi at Linwood…
Read MoreCRL 2024: FINALS WEEK 1 WRAP
Hornby Panthers are the first team through to the 2024 CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership grand final courtesy of a gritty victory at Linwood Park, while Halswell Hornets stayed alive with an elimination final defeat of Riccarton Knights. As Linwood did to them at Leslie Park in last season’s major thriller, the Panthers…
Read MoreEAGLES FOCUS ON SEASON’S POSITIVES AFTER FINAL-ROUND HEARTBREAK
In an extraordinarily even CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership, it was inevitable there would be a hard-luck story when the competition was whittled down to four finalists. Eastern Eagles finished the season with a wet sail and were only seconds away from a Round 14 victory at Halswell Domain that would have catapulted…
Read MoreFINALS FOOTY FIRES UP AFTER FRANTIC REGULAR SEASON FINISH
The Canterbury Rugby League community is still catching its collective breath after an incredible finish to the regular season, but this Saturday’s CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership schedule promises to deliver two pulsating semi-finals. Despite one of the most even and topsy-turvy Massetti Cup campaigns in recent memory unfolded over the past four…
Read MoreCRL 2024: ROUND 14 WRAP
A phenomenally tight and topsy-turvy CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership received an appropriately dramatic finish to the regular season – which handed Halswell Hornets and Riccarton Knights finals spots and saw Eastern Eagles miss out in agonising fashion. The fifth-placed Eagles were on course to snatch a place in the playoffs when they…
Read MoreCRL WHITEHEAD PLUMBING & GAS MEN’S PREMIERSHIP FINALS HOPEFULS STRAP IN FOR WILD ROUND 14 RIDE
The race for the 2024 CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership finals is going down to the wire, with coaches and supporters of several clubs sure to be nervously checking score updates from across town while watching their teams’ last-round clashes. Only competition-leading Linwood Keas and last-placed Greymouth Greyhounds are guaranteed to finish the…
Read MoreCRL 2024: ROUND 13 CLUB WRAP
Linwood Keas have wrapped up the Massetti Cup with one match to spare, while the surging Hornby Panthers clinched their place in the finals – but there’s still plenty of drama to unfold in the last round of the CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership. The Keas overwhelmed Greymouth Greyhounds 40-0 at Linwood Park…
Read MoreHORNBY FAREWELLS SET SCENE FOR BLOCKBUSTER DERBY
An emotional Leslie Park send-off for two Hornby Panthers icons will add an extra element to Saturday’s showdown with Halswell Hornets, which also has a major bearing on the neighbouring clubs’ CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership finals prospects. The fourth-placed Panthers could finish the penultimate round as high as second with a win…
Read MoreCRL 2024: ROUND 12 CLUB WRAP
The race for CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership finals spots is balancing on a knife’s edge with just two weeks of the regular season remaining, following another tense round of fixtures that saw the top two teams on the Massetti Cup table tipped up. Hornby Panthers successfully defended the Thacker Shield with a…
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