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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...
CRL 2023 CLUB WRAP: ROUND 4
Saturday’s CRL grand final rematch double-header at Linwood Park finished one win apiece to the Keas and Panthers. Meanwhile, the Eagles chalked up convincing Round 4 wins in both men’s grades, it was a mixed afternoon for the Hornets and Bulldogs, the Greyhounds celebrated a Thacker Shield triumph on the...
THACKER SHIELD RETURNS FOR GREYMOUTH CLASH
Dr Henry Thacker Papanui Tigers make the journey to the West Coast this weekend to take on ISC Canterbury Cup leaders Greymouth Greyhounds on Saturday, providing the perfect opportunity to revitalise competition for the hallowed Thacker Shield. The hallowed prize was donated in 1913 by Dr...
CRL REFEREE PROFILE: DARYL MATAITI
Every referee’s ‘how’ and ‘why’ they first came to pick up a whistle is different. For Daryl Mataiti – who had hung up the playing boots several years earlier due to a knee injury – it was returning to the game as a volunteer in the junior space that has...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2023: EDITION NO.4
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League products featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. NRL Burnham Chevaliers junior Jazz Tevaga continues to play a prominent role in the Warriors’ 2023 resurgence. https://twitter.com/SENZ_Radio/status/1644958328282583042?s=20 The 113-game NRL veteran started at lock in Round 6 against Newcastle,...
CRL 2023 CLUB WRAP: ROUND 3
Convincing wins from unbeaten perennial heavyweights Linwood Keas and Hornby Panthers in Round 3 have set up a blockbuster CRL Men’s Premiership grand final rematch next weekend, while Eastern Eagles opened their Massetti Cup account with a tough win at Kaiapoi. In a Ngā Puna Wai try-fest, the Keas crossed...
CANTERBURY WOMEN GEARING UP FOR HUGE 2023 SEASON
The 2023 Canterbury Rugby League Women’s Premiership kicks off this Sunday, with Sydenham Swans, Woolston Rams, Eastern Eagles and Burnham Chevaliers all aiming to knock defending champs Linwood Keas off their perch. It’s the third straight season these five clubs have vied for the title, following the COVID-condensed 2020 campaign....
NZ MEP BUILDS FOUNDATIONS WITH CANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE
Head out to the rugby league grounds around Canterbury this weekend and you’ll notice our referees decked out in impressive new kit – courtesy of a partnership with NZ MEP Fabrications that commenced in January. Setting up in Christchurch in 2022 and operating from workshops in New Plymouth and Wellington...
