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VALE ALLEN AMER
The Canterbury Rugby League community is mourning the passing of former Papanui and Canterbury winger and Kiwi #405, Allen Amer, who died on October 13 in Christchurch. Papanui winger Allen Amer enjoyed a meteoric through the rugby league ranks to earn Kiwis selection for the 1961 tour of Britain and...
CANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE 2022 AWARD WINNERS
The complete list of award winners from Canterbury Rugby League's 2022 Prizegiving, held at Halswell Rugby League Clubrooms on Friday, November 14. Competition & Grand Final Awards H B Rogers Cup 17/18s Grade Round Robin Winners Halswell Hornets Terry Cox Memorial Trophy 17/18s Grade Grand Final Winners Linwood Keas...
NEW ERA GLAZING BULLS GO DOWN TO FALCONS IN PREMIERSHIP FINAL
New Era Glazing Canterbury Bulls' spirited NZRL National Premiership campaign has concluded with a convincing 46-4 defeat to a powerful Akarana Falcons combination in the North Harbour Stadium-hosted final. The Falcons scored five tries in each half and adapted superbly to the wet and windy conditions to carve out an...
NEW ERA GLAZING BULLS OVERWHELMED BY FALCONS AHEAD OF FINAL SHOWDOWN
Akarana Falcons made a solid statement ahead of next Saturday's NZRL National Premiership final against New Era Glazing Canterbury Bulls, carving out a 50-12 victory in the teams' round robin-closing clash at Ngā Puna Wai. A Bulls side missing several experienced stars held the Falcons to a 12-all halftime but...
NEW ERA GLAZING CANTERBURY BULLS CLAIM PREMIERSHIP FINAL SPOT WITH GRITTY WIN
New Era Glazing Canterbury Bulls have clinched a place in the 2022 NZRL National Premiership final with one round remaining after outlasting Counties-Manukau Stingrays 26-18 in a Ngā Puna Wai thriller. The playmaking class of five-eighth Daniel Hartley and a brilliant late double to fellow Linwood Keas veteran Erwin Sauni...
NEW ERA GLAZING CANTERBURY BULLS OVERPOWER WAIKATO MANA IN SECOND HALF
A dominant second-half display has propelled New Era Glazing Canterbury Bulls to top of the NZRL National Premiership table at the end of Round 1, courtesy of a 42-12 victory over Waikato Mana at Ngā Puna Wai. The Bulls - in their first Premiership hit-out under new coach Jed Lawrie...
NEW ERA GLAZING CANTERBURY BULLS PRIMED FOR 2022 CHARGE
The dust has barely settled on an extraordinary CRL Grand Final Day, but the province’s elite players are already gearing up for the New Era Glazing Canterbury Bulls’ 2022 NZRL Men’s Premiership campaign. A 25-strong squad brimming with quality experience and exciting youth – including 15 players who featured in...
KEAS SNATCH TITLE FROM PANTHERS IN STUNNING GF FINISH
Linwood Keas regained Canterbury Rugby League supremacy on Sunday with an epic 34-30 victory over defending champs Hornby Panthers, with Penitito Ilalio etching his name into grand final folklore courtesy of a phenomenal 50-metre solo match-winner in the dying seconds. The Keas reeled in a 12-point halftime deficit to lead...
KEAS RUN DOWN SWANS TO TAKE OUT WOMEN’S GRAND FINAL
Canterbury Rugby League Women's Grand Final 2022 between Sydenham Swans v Linwood Keas 14/08/22Photographer: Matthew Musson/MattyLouisPhotography Linwood Keas clinched their first CRL Women's Premiership since 2018 with a 22-20 over two-time defending champs Sydenham Swans in a grand final thriller at Nga Puna Wai. Trailing by...
KEAS OUT TO THWART SWANS’ PREMIERSHIP THREE-PEAT
Sydenham Swans are gearing up for a historic three-peat in the CRL Women's Premiership grand final on Sunday - but table-topping Linwood Keas represent a serious roadblock to the feat in what is shaping as an epic climax to the 2022 season. The Swans carved out emphatic grand final wins...
UNBEATEN KEAS LAST HURDLE IN RESURGENT PANTHERS’ BACK-TO-BACK BID
Hornby Panthers’ premiership defence has been far from smooth, forced to walk the tightrope for several weeks just to keep their bid for back-to-back Canterbury Rugby League titles alive. But after finding form at the right team of the year with a new-look and rapidly improving line-up, the club finds...
