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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...
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...
