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RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.24
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 product Jamayne...
CRL 2024: ROUND 13 CLUB WRAP
Linwood Keas have wrapped up the Massetti Cup with one match to spare, while the surging Hornby Panthers clinched their place in the finals – but there’s still plenty of drama to unfold in the last round of the CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership. The Keas overwhelmed Greymouth...
HORNBY FAREWELLS SET SCENE FOR BLOCKBUSTER DERBY
An emotional Leslie Park send-off for two Hornby Panthers icons will add an extra element to Saturday's showdown with Halswell Hornets, which also has a major bearing on the neighbouring clubs' CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men's Premiership finals prospects. The fourth-placed Panthers could finish the penultimate round as high...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: MEL COOKE’S BRILLIANT TEST DEBUT
As Hornby Panthers prepare to farewell a pair of club legends on Saturday, long-serving premiership coach Jed Lawrie and 250-game great James Baxendale, this week's Flashback Friday goes back 65 years to the Test debut of the player recognised by most as Hornby's - and indeed Canterbury's - greatest rugby...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.23
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 and Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s). NRL Hornby Panthers product and Kiwi Test...
CRL 2024: ROUND 12 CLUB WRAP
The race for CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership finals spots is balancing on a knife’s edge with just two weeks of the regular season remaining, following another tense round of fixtures that saw the top two teams on the Massetti Cup table tipped up. Hornby Panthers successfully defended...
THACKER SHIELD AND MATARIKI CHALLENGES ADD TO LATE-SEASON SCRAMBLE
Only Linwood Keas’ place in the CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership finals is confirmed with three weeks of the regular season remaining, while Saturday’s trio of crunch Round 12 clashes features the third grand final rematch of the year – which doubles as a Thacker Shield challenge –...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: CANTERBURY TROUNCE AUCKLAND IN 1993 CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
It’s that time of the year again, when our Flashback Friday segment celebrates Canterbury’s greatest-ever victory – the unforgettable thrashing of Auckland at the Addington Showgrounds in the 1993 provincial championship final. This time around we’ve got a special addition, courtesy of the recent uploading of the match by Point...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.22
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 and Jersey Flegg Cup (NSWRL under-21s). NRL It was a tough afternoon in...
FIRST CRL CANTERBURY BANKSTOWN-BULLDOGS YOUTH GRAND FINAL DAY TO UNFOLD AT NGĀ PUNA WAI
The stage is set for Ngā Puna Wai to host the inaugural CRL Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Youth Grand Final Day this Sunday, July 7. The title deciders for one girls grade and three boys grades will unfold from 10am, with members of the Bulldogs’ Pathways and Development staff in attendance to...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: KIWIS CLINCH WORLD CUP FINAL BERTH IN SHOWGROUNDS MUD
Following last night's world premiere of Sharko, the documentary about Mark Graham made by his son Luke, in Christchurch at the Doc Edge Festival last night, Flashback Friday relives the New Zealand Rugby League Player of the Century's last match in the city. It what ranks as one of the most...
NZRL RECOGNISES WHITTAKER’S LIFETIME SERVING RUGBY LEAGUE
An icon of Halswell Hornets and Canterbury Rugby League, Jeff Whittaker has added to his Life Memberships from those organisations with the ultimate recognition from the game’s national body. Whittaker was awarded New Zealand Rugby League Life Membership at Saturday’s NZRL AGM, acknowledging his incredible contribution at all levels of...
