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EAGLES 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...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: PANTHERS HALT KEAS’ STREAK TO BOOK FIRST SPOT IN 2017 GF
Ahead of yet another high-stakes showdown between Linwood Keas and Hornby Panthers in Saturday’s CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership major semi-final, Flashback Friday relives a classic playoffs encounter from the relatively early stages of the heavyweights' epic modern rivalry. The Panthers built their 2017 campaign on blistering attack,...
FINALS 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...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.25
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Canterbury products were in action in the latest rounds of the NRL, NSW Cup, Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s) and NSW Women’s Premiership. Queensland Cup had a competition-wide bye weekend....
CRL 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...
CRL 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...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: EASTERN SUBURBS INTERRUPTS PAPANUI DYNASTY
As Eastern Eagles attempt to catapult themselves into the CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership finals with a win at Halswell Domain tomorrow, Flashback Friday recalls one of the great grand final performances from Eastern Suburbs. Papanui won four straight grand finals from 1971-74 and would take out another...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.24
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Canterbury products were in action in the latest rounds of the NRL, NSW Cup, Queensland Cup, Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s) and NSW Women's Premiership. NRL Aranui product Jamayne...
CRL 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...
HORNBY 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...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: MEL COOKE’S BRILLIANT TEST DEBUT
As Hornby Panthers prepare to farewell a pair of club legends on Saturday, long-serving premiership coach Jed Lawrie and 250-game great James Baxendale, this week's Flashback Friday goes back 65 years to the Test debut of the player recognised by most as Hornby's - and indeed Canterbury's - greatest rugby...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.23
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Canterbury products were in action in the latest rounds of the NRL, NSW Cup, Queensland Cup and Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s). NRL Hornby Panthers product and Kiwi Test...
