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RED AND BLACK REPORT 2018: EDITION NO.17
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 Aranui product Jamayne Isaako all but confirmed he will be named the 2018 Dally M Rookie of the Year, producing another stellar performance in Brisbane’s…
Read MoreRED AND BLACK REPORT 2018: EDITION NO.16
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 big week for Aranui junior Jamayne Isaako, kicking three goals in a solid New Zealand Test debut against England in Denver and…
Read MoreFLASHBACK FRIDAY: DUFFIE AND BROWN DEBUT IN ANZAC TEST
This Sunday – at the unlikely venue of Mile High Stadium in Denver – Aranui Eagles junior Jamayne Isaako is set to join the ranks of Canterbury products to pull on the Kiwis jumper. Flashback Friday this week relives the 2011 midyear trans-Tasman Test, when Christchurch-born duo Lewis Brown and Matt Duffie made their Kiwi…
Read MoreISAAKO TAKING IN HIS RAPID RISE
Via NZRL While Peta Hiku knows what it’s all about, new team-mate Jamayne Isaako is just three days away from his first taste of Test football when the New Zealand Kiwis face England in Saturday’s historic ‘Big hits, no pads’ international at Denver’s Mile High Stadium. The relative veteran Hiku, with 10 Tests to his…
Read MoreRED AND BLACK REPORT 2018: EDITION NO.15
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 Boom winger Jamayne Isaako kicked four goals and ran for 96 metres while halfback Kodi Nikorima chalked up 92 running metres in Brisbane’s vital 20-16…
Read MoreENDACOTT PRAISES MANLY-WARRIORS SUCCESS
Canterbury Rugby League icon Frank Endacott has come out in praise of the recent visit of Manly and the Warriors to Christchurch. Endacott said not only the game but the entire week, with the teams out in the community, was something that he thinks everyone will be talking about for a while yet. “I thought…
Read MoreISAAKO AMONG SEVEN KIWI DEBUTANTS FOR DENVER
Aranui Eagles junior Jamayne Isaako is among seven newcomers named by New Zealand for this weekend’s historic Test against England in Denver. Brisbane teammate and ex-Burnham Chevaliers junior Kodi Nikorima is also in the squad. Via NZRL Seven players are in line to make their Test debuts for the New Zealand Kiwis after being named…
Read MoreRED AND BLACK REPORT 2018: EDITIONS NO.13 & 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 The Brisbane Broncos were humbled 32-16 in Melbourne on Sunday, but Aranui Eagles product Jamayne Isaako kept up his prolific scoring rate with a try…
Read MoreWARRIORS THUMP MANLY AT PACKED HOUSE IN CHRISTCHURCH
The Warriors overcame a sluggish start to continue their hoodoo-busting ways in 2018 with a 34-14 thrashing of Manly – breaking a seven-match losing streak against the Sea Eagles and notching just their seventh win in 29 games at NZ venues not named Mount Smart Stadium. It was also just their third win in seven…
Read MoreLOCAL KIDS WARM TO MANLY STARS AS WINTER BLAST HITS CANTERBURY
The visiting Manly Sea Eagles braved Christchurch’s wintry weather to get out to a host of local schools on Wednesday, spreading their message of inclusiveness and positive behaviour before taking on the Warriors in their NRL Round 14 clash at AMI Stadium on Saturday. Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans, Kiwis and Tonga rep Addin Fonua-Blake and…
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