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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...
PAT SMITH’S ENDURING LEGACY
Most people know the Pat Smith Trophy is the greatest prize in Canterbury Rugby League, but how much do you know about the man it is named after? Ahead of Sunday's CRL premiers grand final, we revisit an article by The Press' Tony Smith about New Zealand Kiwis and Canterbury...
CRL 2022 – FINALS WEEK 2
Sitting outside the top four a week out from the playoffs, defending CRL champs Hornby Panthers have surged into their sixth Pat Smith Trophy grand final against archrivals Linwood Keas in seven years. The Panthers carved out a gritty 16-6 Bartercard Men’s Premiership preliminary final defeat of Halswell Hornets on...
CRL 2022 – FINALS WEEK 1
Linwood Keas have snared a spot in the CRL’s Pat Smith Trophy grand final for the eighth consecutive season, while Hornby Panthers’ Bartercard Men’s Premiership defence is still alive after a sudden-death victory on a wet and wild semi-final Saturday. Linwood carved out an emphatic 40-10 win over Halswell in...
CRL 2022 – ROUND 14 WRAP
Hornby Panthers will get the opportunity to defend their title in the 2022 Bartercard CRL Men’s Premiership finals series after leapfrogging Northern Bulldogs into fourth spot in the last round of the Massetti Cup. In a thrilling finish to the regular season, the Bulldogs had the chance to control their...
NZRL LIFE MEMBER REON EDWARDS: ON THE IRL BOARD AND IN THE GRASSROOTS TRENCHES
Dyed-in-the-wool Cantabrian Reon Edwards received the highest of honours at last weekend’s New Zealand Rugby League AGM, becoming just the seventh person in the past seven years to receive an NZRL life membership. Edwards joined recent Canterbury stalwarts such as John Coffey (2018) and Frank Endacott (2020) in having the...
CRL 2022 – ROUND 13 WRAP
The top three spots on the Massetti Cup ladder are locked in with one weekend of the regular season to go, but Northern Bulldogs ensured the battle for fourth place will go down to the wire after a stunning last-gasp win in Round 13 of the Bartercard CRL Men’s Premiership...
CRL 2022 – ROUND 12 WRAP
A top-of-the-table showdown finished in a nail-biting draw, while Hornby Panthers landed a crucial blow in the top-four race as the CRL Bartercard Men’s Premiership regular season gets down to the business end. Tough conditions across the city for the Massetti Cup Round 12 fixtures set the scene for three...
Canterbury 14s Girls Squad
Canterbury Rugby League are pleased to announce the following players have been selected in the Canterbury 14s Girls Red and Black squads. These squads will play in the Southern Zone Tournament being held 10th/11th July, Christchurch. Training: 6pm, Tuesday 5th & Thursday 7th, Brookside Park Any player who is unavailable...
