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RED AND BLACK REPORT 2026: EDITION NO.32
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s and Britain’s elite and lower-grade competitions. A host of Canterbury products were in action in the weekend’s NRL and NSWRL finals matches, the last round of the NRLW and Super League regular seasons. Have...
Home where the heart is for Trillo Metals Men’s Canterbury Bulls in South Island tournament
The Trillo Metals Men’s Canterbury Bulls are aiming to make home ground advantage count at Ngā Puna Wai this weekend – and they want a sea of red and black in the Trillo Metals Stand and on the embankment for the NZRL Men’s Premiership South Island tournament. Wellington Orcas, Otago...
Trillo Metals Women’s Canterbury Bulls primed for Hawke’s Bay tournament campaign
The Trillo Metals Women’s Canterbury Bulls make their way to Hawke’s Bay today in preparation for the NZRL Sky Sport National Women’s Premiership. The revamped weekend tournament format will see the team play five matches (of two 25-minute halves) across two days at Mitre 10 Park in Hastings. It’s a...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2026: EDITION NO.31
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s and Britain’s elite and lower-grade competitions. A host of Canterbury products were in action in the latest round of NRL, NRLW, NSWRL, QRL and Super League matches. Have we missed anyone? Email will@crfl.co.nz...
Vale Jim Fisher
Canterbury Rugby League is mourning the loss of another of its most esteemed players, following the passing of Kiwi #423, Jim Fisher, aged 85. The Linwood, Addington and Eastern Suburbs hooker-prop's death comes just days after that of Canterbury and New Zealand teammate Mocky Brereton. A New Zealand tourist to...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2026: EDITION NO.30
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s and Britain’s elite and lower-grade competitions. A host of Canterbury products were in action in the latest round of NRL, NRLW, NSWRL, QRL and Super League matches. Have we missed anyone? Email will@crfl.co.nz...
Vale Mocky Brereton
Canterbury Rugby League mourns the loss of one our game's greatest-ever players, Kiwi #466, Canterbury captain and prolific tryscoring winger Maurice 'Mocky' Brereton, who has passed away aged 79. Brereton made his New Zealand debut from West Coast in 1969 before embarking a record-breaking decade on the Canterbury Rugby League...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: BULLS OVERRUN LEOPARDS FOR INAUGURAL BARTERCARD CUP TITLE
Canterbury Bulls skipper Maurice Emslie gives the inaugural Bartercard Cup trophy a peck As the Trillo Metals Men's Canterbury Bulls prepare for their NZRL National Men's Premiership South Island qualifying tournament in a fortnight's time at Ngā Puna Wai, Flashback Friday marks 26 years since one...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2026: EDITION NO.29
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s and Britain’s elite and lower-grade competitions. A host of Canterbury products were in action in the latest round of NRL, NRLW, NSWRL, QRL and Super League matches. Have we missed anyone? Email will@crfl.co.nz...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: CANTERBURY UPSETS GREAT BRITAIN AT THE SHOWGROUNDS
As the 2026 Trillo Metals Men's and Women's Canterbury Bulls' representative preparations get underway, Flashback Friday relives Canterbury's historic defeat of Great Britain at the Addington Showgrounds in one of the great tour match boilovers. Coming off a trying rebuilding season in 1989, the Frank Endacott-coached Canterbury side went into...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2026: EDITION NO.28
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s and Britain’s elite and lower-grade competitions. A host of Canterbury products were in action in the latest round of NRL, NRLW, NSWRL, QRL and Super League matches. Have we missed anyone? Email will@crfl.co.nz...
Continuity key as Trillo Metals Men’s Canterbury Bulls chase consecutive national finals
The Trillo Metals Men’s Canterbury Bulls’ bid for back-to-back NZRL National Premiership final appearances will be underpinned by continuity of an experienced core group of players – making for a seamless transition under first-time representative head coach Sean Spooner. Eight players who featured the 2026 CRL Whitehead Plumbing and Gas...
