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TRILLO METALS CANTERBURY BULLS MEN’S NAME TEAM FOR WEST COAST OPENER
The Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Men's team get their South Island Men's Championship campaign - and their quest for promotion back into the 2025 NZRL National Premiership - underway at Greymouth's Wingham Park on Saturday. Incoming Trillo Metals Bulls Canterbury Men's coach Walter Wilson has named his first squad, which...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: STUART LEADS WEST COAST TO JUBILEE UPSET OF CANTERBURY
In honour of this weekend’s South Island Men's Championship opener between West Coast and the Trillo Metals Canterbury Bulls Men's team at Wingham Park, Flashback Friday marks 35 years since a memorable encounter between the archrival provinces at the same venue. West Coast Rugby League celebrated its 75th jubilee in...
FOUR CANTERBURY SCHOOLS HEAD TO NATIONALS AS CRL COMPETITION TAKES BREAK
Canterbury Rugby League’s secondary schools competition takes a breather this week as four teams head up to Auckland for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Tournament. St Thomas’ of Canterbury are gearing up to defend their New Zealand Secondary Schools Tournament premiership title, while Haeata Community Campus, St Bede’s College and...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.31
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Canterbury products were in action in the latest rounds of the NRL, NSW Cup, Queensland Cup, Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s) and NSW Women’s Premiership. NRL West Coast-bred Kiwi...
TRILLO METALS LTD EXPANDS SUPPORT TO SPONSOR MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CANTERBURY BULLS TEAMS
Canterbury Rugby League is thrilled to announce the expansion of its partnership with Trillo Metals Ltd, who have become naming rights sponsor for both the Canterbury Bulls Women’s and Canterbury Bulls Men’s teams ahead of their respective 2024 representative campaigns. Trillo Metals Ltd have previously supported the Bulls Men’s team...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: CANTERBURY WINS 1985 RUGBY LEAGUE CUP
With the countdown until the campaigns of Canterbury's senior representatives teams down to one week, Flashback Friday celebrates the province's memorable 1985 season, in which it clinched the Rugby League Cup. The code was enjoying a resurgence in New Zealand during the mid-1980s courtesy of the Graham Lowe-coached Kiwis' drought-breaking...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.30
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Canterbury products were in action in the latest rounds of the NRL, NSW Cup, Queensland Cup, Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s) and NSW Women’s Premiership. NRL Former Hornby player...
GREYHOUNDS’ FIRST CRL PREMIERSHIP FORAY LAYS SOLID FOUNDATION
After the tightest and most dramatic CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership in recent memory, capped by an epic grand final between old rivals Hornby Panthers and Halswell Hornets, the historic campaign of the team that ran last ranked among the most memorable of the 2024 season. Promoted to...
ŌTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH THE VENUE FOR PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS TRANS-TASMAN TEST DOUBLE-HEADER
New Zealand and Australia will square off in a rugby league Test in Ōtautahi Christchurch for the first time in 35 years, while the Kiwi Ferns will play their first match in the South Island since 1998 following the announcement of a Pacific Championships trans-Tasman double-header at Apollo Projects Stadium...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.29
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Canterbury products were in action in the latest rounds of the NRL, NSW Cup, Queensland Cup, Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s) and NSW Women’s Premiership. NRL Burnham Chevaliers junior...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.28
The Red and Black Report shines a spotlight on Canterbury Rugby League juniors featuring in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Canterbury products were in action in the latest rounds of the NRL, NSW Cup, Queensland Cup, Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s) and NSW Women's Premiership. NRL Aranui Eagles product...
CANTERBURY TO HOST 2025 NZRL NATIONAL YOUTH COMPETITION
Canterbury Rugby League with New Zealand Rugby League Canterbury Rugby League is thrilled to announce the region will host New Zealand Rugby League’s (NZRL) annual National Youth Competition for the first time in 2025. The first-rate facilities at Ngā Puna Wai, the home of Canterbury Rugby League since 2019, will...
