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TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS WOMEN’S BRIGHT START CANCELLED OUT BY RAMPANT STINGRAYS
A fast-starting Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Women's team was overwhelmed 38-4 by a slick and powerful Counties Manukau Stingrays combination in Round 4 of the NZRL National Premiership at Ngā Puna Wai. The Auckland-based heavyweights ran in four tries in each half to record their third win of the campaign....
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: SOUTH ISLAND STUNS AUSTRALIA AT THE SHOWGROUNDS
One month out from the historic Pacific Championships double-header in Ōtautahi Christchurch – which will see the Kiwi Ferns take on the Jillaroos and the Kiwis face the Kangaroos at Apollo Projects Stadium on October 27 – Flashback Friday goes 44 years back in the time tunnel to revisit Australia's...
TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS WOMEN’S OUTPLAYED BY CLASSY VULCANS IN AUCKLAND
The Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Women’s team have endured a tough initial 2024 NZRL National Women’s Premiership road trip, going down 36-4 to defending champions Auckland Vulcans at Cornwall Park in Epsom on Sunday. Coming into the third-round encounter with an impressive 22-8 win over Wellington Orcas and a plucky...
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 Canterbury Bulls Men's prepare for their South Island Championship-deciding showdown with Southland Rams in Oamaru tomorrow, Flashback Friday revisits one of the Canterbury provincial side’s greatest triumphs since taking...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.33
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 round NSW Women’s Premiership, and the weekend’s NRL, Queensland Cup and Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s) finals series matches. NRL Burnham...
PLUCKY FIRST-HALF DISPLAY NOT ENOUGH FOR TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS WOMEN’S TO TOPPLE FALCONS
A brave performance from the Trillo Metals Canterbury Women’s team fell short against a powerful Akarana Falcons outfit, who dominated the second half in a 36-20 result at Ngā Puna Wai. The rivals scored three tries apiece in a seesawing first half of the NZRL National Women’s Premiership Round 2...
TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS MEN’S PUT AORAKI EELS TO THE SWORD
The Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Men's team remains undefeated in the South Island Championships after carving out a comprehensive 54-6 win over Aoraki Eels at Ngā Puna Wai in Round 2. Back up from their season-opening comeback victory over West Coast in Greymouth, the Trillo Metals Bulls got off to...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: VAEALIKI TRY SWINGS 2000 QUALIFYING FINAL
As the 2024 NRL finals get underway tonight, Flashback Friday relives a bizarre, memorable try by a Canterbury product that spearheaded Parramatta Eels’ 2000 qualifying final upset of Sydney Roosters. The youthful, seventh-placed Eels approached the do-or-die assignment against the seventh-placed Roosters as rank outsiders. The Eels had fought back...
RESILIENCE UNDERPINS ST THOMAS’ BACK-TO-BACK NZSST SUCCESS
St Thomas of Canterbury College created history last year by becoming the first school from outside Auckland to win the New Zealand Secondary Schools Tournament in 23 years. But the team truly cemented their legacy last weekend by sealing rare back-to-back titles in 2024 with a series of outstanding performances...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.32
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 and NSW Women’s Premiership, and the NSW Cup, Queensland Cup and Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s) finals series....
TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS WOMEN’S POWER TO CONVINCING HOME WIN OVER ORCAS
The game-breaking class of halves Kyla Lynch-Brown and Tori Harding, a powerhouse forward-pack display and ultra-committed goal-line defence underpinned a winning start to the Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Women’s team’s 2024 NZRL National Premiership campaign. Wellington Orcas were put to the sword 22-8 at Ngā Puna Wai as the Trillo...
TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS MEN’S EDGE CHARGERS IN WET WEST COAST THRILLER
The Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Men’s team defied wild Greymouth weather and a gallant West Coast Chargers side to snare a 16-14 comeback victory in Saturday’s South Island Championship opener at Wingham Park. In a throwback to erstwhile eras in the 109-year history of the Canterbury-West Coast provincial rivalry, the...
