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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: HORNBY WINS CRL’S FIRST GRAND FINAL
As Hornby Panthers prepare to celebrate their 2023 Club Day on Saturday - and with their sights firmly set on the Pat Smith Trophy amid a tight Massetti Cup race - Flashback Friday relives the club's victory in the inaugural Canterbury Rugby League men's premiership grand final. With Linwood at...
CRL YOUTH WRAP & WEEKEND PREVIEW
YOUTH WRAP – JUNE 7 It was a quiet week on the youth night competition front with Monday's grades taking a break for the King's Birthday holidays, but the 14s boys teams were in action at Ngā Puna Wai on Wednesday night for their sixth-round fixtures. Riccarton Knights stayed undefeated...
CANTERBURY SQUADS ANNOUNCED FOR SOUTH ISLAND GIRLS TOURNAMENT
Canterbury's 18s, 16s and 14s girls squads have been named for the 2023 South Island youth tournament, which will be held in Oamaru from July 1-3. Our region's future women's stars are set to take on the most promising players from Otago, Southland and West Coast across the three age-groups....
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: LION RED CUP 1994-96
This week’s Flashback Friday revisits a brief, but memorable, pocket of Canterbury Rugby League history – the three-season existence of the Canterbury Country Cardinals and the Christchurch City Shiners in the Lion Red Cup premiership, which kicked off 29 years ago. The ambitious domestic 22-round, 12-team competition – also drawing...
CRL YOUTH WRAP & WEEKEND PREVIEW
YOUTH WRAP – MAY 29-31 Linwood Keas claimed top spot on the 18s boys and 16s boys ladders following some pivotal results in Round 5 of Canterbury Rugby League’s youth night competitions this week. In Monday’s 18 boys matches at Ngā Puna Wai, Papanui Tigers’ 26-18 victory over Hornby Panthers...
REON EDWARDS ANNOUNCED AS CRL PRESIDENT
Reon Edwards’ involvement in the game stretches back 43 years, but his new role as Canterbury Rugby League President – which was announced at CRL’s AGM on Wednesday night – marks a return to the organisation in a formal role for the first time since 2015. Edwards’ vast administrative experience...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2023: EDITION NO.7
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 is dominating the scoreboard and ticking off major milestones in a career-best season for the fledgling Dolphins. The electric winger notched consecutive doubles in...
HE WAKA TAPU AND CRL SHARE WHĀNAU-FIRST VALUES IN RENEWED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
Operating in Ōtautahi Christchurch for the past 28 years, He Waka Tapu plays a vital role in helping local whānau access much-needed services, as well as running a multitude of important health and wellbeing-focused programmes for the community. Canterbury Rugby League has partnered with He Waka Tapu to deliver workshops...
CRL 2023: ROUND 9 CLUB WRAP
Saturday’s CRL Men’s Premiership results have shaken up the Massetti Cup ladder, with Hornby Panthers, Riccarton Knights and Halswell Hornets all getting off to fast starts to bank two valuable competition points. All three Round 9 fixtures followed remarkably similar patterns: the home sides powering to big halftime leads and...
CRL YOUTH WRAP & WEEKEND PREVIEW
YOUTH WRAP – MAY 22-24 The fourth round of Canterbury Rugby League youth night competition matches produced several key results and close finishes at Ngā Puna Wai, Avonhead Park and Leslie Park this week. Linwood Keas carved out a 30-14 win over previously unbeaten Hornby Panthers in the 18s boys...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: CANTERBURY V AUSTRALIA 1965
As the rugby league world turns its focus towards next week's State of Origin series opener, Flashback Friday revisits the only time Canterbury took on the cream of New South Wales and Queensland - its sole match against Australia, when the provincial side hosted the star-studded 1965 tourists in Christchurch....
EAGLES JUNIOR ISAAKO SOARS TO 100-GAME MILESTONE
Aranui Eagles prodcut Jamayne Isaako celebrates his 100th NRL appearance on Thursday night, another highlight in a stellar season to date as a key member of the Dolphins captivating debut campaign. But it’s a milestone that may have felt a fair way for the hot-stepping sharpshooter in 2022 as he...
