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CRL CEO HUMM REFLECTS ON FIRST-YEAR PROGRESS
Canterbury Rugby League CEO Malcolm Humm is reflecting on one year at the helm of the organisation – a milestone that has rolled around very quickly after a fascinating, rewarding and at-times hectic 12 months in the job. “The main appeal of joining CRL was the challenge it presented to...
CRL 2023: ROUND 8 CLUB WRAP
Halswell Hornets made a mighty Massetti Cup statement by inflicting Linwood Keas’ first defeat of the 2023 season, while Hornby Panthers and Eastern Eagles consolidated their positions with convincing wins in Round 8 of the CRL Men’s Premiership. In the second instalment of the premiership’s Friday night series at Ngā...
CRL REFEREE PROFILE: JACK FEAVERS
Players and supporters of the Canterbury Rugby League Men’s Premiership are becoming familiar with highly-rated Blenheim-based referee Jack Feavers, who began making the eight-hour round trip to handle Monday night youth matches last year and is doing the same on Saturdays in 2023. But Feavers’ extraordinary dedication to the whistle...
CRL YOUTH WRAP & WEEKEND PREVIEW
YOUTH WRAP – MAY 13-17 We’re three rounds deep into the 2023 Canterbury Rugby League youth night competitions and this week’s fixtures produced some outstanding contests. In 18s boys action, Hornby Panthers maintained their status as the only unbeaten team with a 26-20 win over Halswell Hornets at Brookside Park....
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2023: EDITION NO.6
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League products featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. NRL Originally the Dolphins’ fourth-string half, utility and ex-Burnham Chevaliers junior Kodi Nikorima has been outstanding at five-eighth for the overachieving NRL newcomers. Nikorima’s season peaked with a man-of-the-match performance...
CANTERBURY PLAYERS AND MANAGER TO FEATURE IN AHI KĀ AOTEAROA CAMPAIGN
Two Canterbury-based players have been selected to represented the inaugural Ahi Kā Aotearoa in the Harvey Norman Women’s Championship on the Gold Coast from May 18-21. South Island Scorpions age-group representative Kyla Lynch-Brown and Manea Waaka will be part of the 20-strong Ahi Kā Aotearoa travelling squad, with the team...
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...
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...
