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RED AND BLACK REPORT 2025: EDITION NO.30
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring abroad. A host of Canterbury products have been in action during the recently concluded international schedule. PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN Aranui Eagles product Jamayne Isaako kicked 16 goals across New Zealand’s three victories as the Kiwis took...
WIHONGI’S SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR NOD A LESSON IN LEADERSHIP AND HUMILITY
Though still very much in the ‘young veteran’ class, Riccarton Knights linchpin Jimmy Wihongi’s stellar season of leadership on the paddock and commitment off the field was rewarded with the prestigious Canterbury Rugby League Sportsperson of the Year trophy at Friday’s 2025 CRL Awards. The 25-year-old himself was left stunned...
CANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE 2025 AWARDS
The complete list of award winners from Canterbury Rugby League's 2025 prizegiving, held at the Hornby Club on Friday, October 31. COMPETITION AWARDS Terry Cox Memorial Trophy (18s boys Grand Final winners): Hornby Panthers Presidents Trophy (Presidents 10s winners): Addington Magpies Kidd-Mitchell Trophy (Division One Grand Final winners): Celebration Lions Carol...
TRILLO METALS MEN’S CANTERBURY BULLS STUNG IN PREMIERSHIP FINAL
The Trillo Metals Men's Canterbury Bulls' outstanding 2025 campaign has ended on a tough note via a 46-0 loss to Counties Manukau Stingrays in the NZRL National Men's Premiership final at Massey Park in Papakura. The Stingrays scored three first-half tries and eventually broke down the Walt Wilson-coached Bulls' resistance...
A WORD FROM THE CEO – CANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE’S INCREDIBLE REP SEASON
Sending huge mihi to the Trillo Metals Men’s Canterbury Bulls On behalf of the Canterbury Rugby League Board, staff and clubs, we would like to wish our tāne all the very best in their pursuit of winning the 2025 NZRL National Men’s Premiership this Sunday afternoon. A word from...
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 final showdown with Counties Manukau Stingrays in Papakura on Sunday, Flashback Friday marks 25 years since one of the...
TRILLO METALS MEN’S CANTERBURY BULLS EYEING UP THEIR PIECE OF HISTORY IN NATIONAL FINAL
After completing an undefeated round-robin campaign against their southern rivals, the Trillo Metals Men’s Canterbury Bulls head to Auckland this weekend determined not to be merely making up the numbers in the NZRL National Men’s Premiership final. Canterbury last won the national title in 2014, while Sunday’s showdown with Counties...
PROUD MAGPIES SWOOP FOR LONG-AWAITED PRESIDENTS TOURNAMENT TRIUMPH
The stereotype of magpies liking shiny things is a common misconception, but Addington Rugby League Club is unmistakably still basking in its capture of the Presidents 10s Tournament trophy for the first time. Addington Magpies capped a second straight unbeaten Presidents season by taking out the coveted 10s title in...
MAGNFICENT MILESTONES A POSITIVE OMEN FOR TRILLO METALS MEN’S CANTERBURY BULLS
The Trillo Metals Men’s Canterbury Bulls head to Pukekohe for the NZRL National Men’s Premiership final against Counties Manukau Stingrays as distinct outsiders – but a sequence of significant milestones can provide extra inspiration this Sunday. This year marks a century since Canterbury’s maiden victory over Auckland, a 6-5 result...
TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS DO THE DOUBLE IN WELLINGTON
The Trillo Metals Men's and Women's Canterbury Bulls teams came away from their hit-and-run mission to Wellington with a win apiece against the Orcas at Rugby League Park. Sealing a place in the NZRL National Men's Premiership final, the Trillo Metals Men's Canterbury Bulls completed a cleansweep of the competition's...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: CANTABRIANS IN NRL GRAND FINALS
Ahead of Sunday's night's NRL grand final between Melbourne Storm and Brisbane Broncos, who will field Hornby Panthers product and 2024 Kiwis debutant Jordan Riki in the second-row, we recognise the 11 players from the Canterbury region that have previously featured on the game’s biggest stage. Bill Noonan – Canterbury-Bankstown...
TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS TEAMS SEARCHING FOR DOUBLE-HEADER DUBS IN WELLINGTON
Both Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls squads head to the capital on Saturday for a double-header against Wellington Orcas. For the Trillo Metals Women’s Canterbury Bulls, it’s an opportunity to finish an NZRL National Women’s Premiership campaign of momentous progress with a flourish. The undefeated Trillo Metals Men’s Canterbury Bulls, meanwhile,...
