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LEWIS BROWN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
Riccarton Knights junior and former Canterbury Bulls representative Lewis Brown has announced his retirement after a decade-long career in the NRL. The 32-year-old utility played 198 first-grade games for the Warriors, Penrith and Manly since making a belated debut in 2009, scoring 34 tries. Brown played 15 Tests for the...
CRL’S NGA PUNA WAI OPENER ON TRACK DESPITE RAIN DELAYS
Canterbury Rugby League’s eagerly anticipated February 23 debut at its new Nga Puna Wai home will go ahead as scheduled, despite the weather’s recent attempts to a throw a spanner in the works. Twice the average rainfall in November threatened to derail the Rockcote Canterbury Bulls’ clash with the Warriors’...
MANLY EXPERIENCE GIVE SOUTH ISLAND TALENTS TASTE OF BIG STAGE
Two of the South Island’s brightest rugby league prospects have had a good taste of the big stage of the NRL after a week training and playing at the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Jaedon Wellington, from the Hornby Panthers and Callum Donaldson, from the Waro Rakau club in Greymouth, spent...
NZRL TALENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED FOR 2019
Via NZRL Media The 2019 New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) season will kick-off in January with the 16s and 18s Talent Development Programme (TDP) at St. Peters College in Cambridge. The TDP brings together the most talented 16s (16-years-old or under) and 18s (18-years-old or under) age-group rugby league players...
SOUTH ISLAND TALENTS FLY WITH MANLY SEA EAGLES
Two of the South Island’s brightest rugby league prospects, Jaedon Wellington and Callum Donaldson, are this week getting a unique taste of the NRL during a week-long camp at the Manly Sea Eagles. The invitation to come to Manly’s training base on Sydney’s northern beaches is the direct result of the club’s...
BIG CAST OF CANTABRIANS UP FOR NZRL AWARDS
The 2018 NZRL Awards finalists have been named and there is a healthy representation from Canterbury Rugby League's ranks up for prestigious honours. At international level, Jamayne Isaako and Sui Pauaraisa have been shortlisted for the Kiwis and Kiwi Ferns Rookie of the Year awards respectively. Domestically, Rockcote Canterbury Bulls captain James Baxendale is up for...
2019 Representative applications are open
Canterbury Rugby League invites applications for Coaches, Managers & Trainers positions for the following teams. Canterbury Bull’s (Coach, Assistant Coach, Manager, Trainer +1) Canterbury Women’s (Coach, Assistant Coach, Manager, Trainer +1) Canterbury 19’s (Coach, Assistant Coach, Manager, Trainer) Canterbury 17’s (Coach, Manager Trainer +1) Canterbury 15’s (Coach, Manger, Trainer +...
LAST CHANCE FOR NZRL AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Every year NZRL recognises those who have gone above and beyond with awards for Volunteer of the Year and Grassroots Club plus awards for players, referees and coaches. Complete your nomination form online to acknowledge someone you think has done an outstanding job for rugby league this year. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck...
PREVENTION: THE NAME OF THE GAME
Via Sport Canterbury New partnerships in Christchurch sport prove that prevention is the name of the game. In the Canterbury region, tennis and rugby league are two codes that share club rooms - yet may have little else in common. This month, however, Tennis Canterbury and Canterbury Rugby League are teaming up -...
AWARD-WINNING KNIGHT KEEPS EYES ON THE TEAM PRIZE
Riccarton Knights legend Shane Tamatea carried off Canterbury Rugby League’s highest individual honour at the annual Senior Prize-giving held at Hornby Workingmen’s Club on Friday night, but it’s the desire for another premiership that is set to extend his senior career to two decades. Nevertheless, the 37-year-old was humbled to...
ROCKCOTE BULLS AND WARRIORS TO PLAY NGA PUNA WAI OPENER
The CRL Senior Prize-giving is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements from the season that was, but Friday night’s awards ceremony also heralded an exciting announcement for 2019. Canterbury Rugby League will christen its new facilities at Nga Puna Wai on February 23 with a match between the Rockcote Canterbury...
CRL 2018 SENIOR PRIZE-GIVING – LIST OF AWARD WINNERS
Canterbury Rugby League's best and brightest were honoured at Hornby Workingmen's Club on Friday night at the annual CRL Senior Prize-giving. MC'd by Craig Kerr, our night of nights featured stirring addresses from CRL Board Chairperson Simon Doig, CRL CEO Duane Fyfe and Rockcote Canterbury Bulls coach Andrew Auimatagi, while...
