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CRL 2023: ROUND 7 CLUB WRAP
Linwood Keas extended their Massetti Cup lead with a seventh straight victory, while the chasing pack tightened up courtesy of gripping away wins to Eastern Eagles and Halswell Hornets in Saturday’s CRL Men’s Premiership action. The undefeated Keas eventually wore down gritty hosts Northern Bulldogs, powering to a 44-10 win...
CRL YOUTH WRAP & WEEKEND PREVIEW
YOUTH WRAP – MAY 8-10 Canterbury Rugby League’s youth night competitions are in full swing, with the first round of 14s and 16s girls matches and second round of 14s, 16s and 18s boys fixtures unfolding earlier this week. In Monday’s 16s boys matches, Linwood Keas defeated Hornby Panthers White...
CRL 2023: ROUND 6 CLUB WRAP
Linwood Keas kept their unbeaten record intact with a Friday night victory at Ngā Puna Wai, Hornby Panthers took out another Westside derby thriller and Riccarton Knights opened their 2023 premiership account in a close-fought sixth round of the Massetti Cup. The Keas and Eagles were locked 10-all at halftime...
CRL YOUTH WRAP & WEEKEND PREVIEW
YOUTH WRAP - MAY 1-3 Canterbury Rugby League's youth night competitions got underway this week, with the region's 14s, 16s and 18s boys club teams heading out under lights at Ngā Puna Wai and Avonhead Park. The 16s boys kicked youth footy off for 2023 on Monday. Linwood Keas made...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: HORNBY-HEAVY FRONT-ROW POWERS KIWIS TO TEST TRIUMPH
With Suncorp Stadium the centre of the rugby league universe this weekend for NRL Magic Round, Flashback Friday recalls one of the Kiwis’ greatest – and a heavily Hornby-influenced – victories at the iconic Brisbane venue. The Kiwis approached the 1987 season in a state of flux. Graham Lowe’s influential...
CRL REFEREE PROFILE: OWEN HARVEY
One of the longest-serving of Canterbury Rugby League’s current brigade of referees, Owen Harvey is in his 10th season with the whistle in our region. But his journey in officiating the game spans four provinces and almost three decades. Dunedin-born Harvey started as a player, turning out for Kia Toa...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2023: EDITION NO.5
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League products featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. NRL Aranui Eagles product Jamayne Isaako still has his nose in front in the NRL’s pointscoring race, kicking four goals in the Dolphins’ premiership-record-equalling comeback win over Gold Coast...
CRL 2023: ROUND 5 CLUB WRAP
Linwood Keas remain unbeaten at the top of the CRL Mens’ Premiership table after five rounds, while Hornby Panthers bounced back in impressive style and Halswell Hornets moved to outright third with a fast-finishing win in Round 5 of the Massetti Cup. The Keas overcame a plucky Riccarton Knights outfit...
CRL AND WHITEHEAD PLUMBING & GAS MARK FIVE SEASONS IN PARTNERSHIP
The 2023 CRL Junior Rugby League season gets underway on Saturday – and Whitehead Plumbing & Gas are on board as valued naming rights sponsors for the fifth consecutive year. Whitehead Plumbing & Gas have been behind Canterbury’s junior competitions since 2019, sticking solid through the arduous – for business...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: ENDACOTT’S ’98 HEROES
Though the Anzac Test is no longer on the international rugby league schedule, we're revisiting the inaugural clash back in 1998 - which doubles as one of the greatest wins in New Zealand’s history - for Flashback Friday to mark the iconic match's 25th anniversary. In 2018, legendary ex-Canterbury and...
WHITEHEAD PLUMBING & GAS JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE SEASON KICKS OFF SATURDAY
The autumn dew on rugby league fields around Ōtautahi Christchurch is about to be disturbed from this Saturday morning as hundreds of kids fizzing for the 2023 Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Junior Rugby League season finally get to pull the footy boots on again. A fortunate few juniors had the...
CANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE’S ANZACS: FIVE LOST AT GALLIPOLI
April 25, 2023 marks 108 years since the landing of troops, predominantly from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), at Gallipoli Peninsula less than nine months after the beginning of the First World War. An estimated 1,000 ANZAC troops lost their lives fighting Turkish forces that day, while...
