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Thompson’s Passion For Tigers And League Burns Bright
As the Papanui Tigers prepare for Saturday’s elimination final against the Linwood Keas, local identity and passionate rugby league supporter Nigel Thompson reflects on the club’s resurgence over the last three years of success and provides some thoughts on the direction the game is heading in Canterbury. Photo: Nigel Thompson...
Flashback Friday: Keas Topple Tigers In ’08 Decider
As Linwood Keas and Papanui Tigers prepare for a titanic preliminary final struggle at Murphy Park on Saturday, our Flashback Friday segment this week takes you back to 2008, when the same clubs squared off in the CRL grand final. Linwood, premiers in 2005 and runners-up in ’06-07, lined up...
Tigers Aim To Turn The Tables On Clinical Keas
After securing a thrilling sudden-death win against Celebration at Murphy Park last Saturday, Papanui coach Shane Endacott is hoping to draw out a complete 80-minute performance from his charges when they confront a mountainous preliminary final task in the shape of Linwood this weekend. The Tigers powered to an emphatic...
RLWC 2017 NZ Club Ticket Sales Promotion
RLWC2017 are offering an exclusive opportunity for Rugby League clubs in New Zealand to secure their tickets early, and sit together to see the world’s best! In each of the New Zealand stadiums, Category C bays are being reserved specifically for the Rugby League community. Clubs who choose to participate...
More Than Just A Game For Mather
By Rebecca Brebner Juggling a fiancé, four kids, a full-time job, managing Canterbury and New Zealand Rugby League representative teams, being a part of the players’ organisation, administration and being an epic sideline supporter…you name it, Mel Mather does it. Canterbury sports fanatic Mel Mather first got involved in rugby...
Endacott Praises Canterbury Refs For Finals Display
The top four Canterbury Rugby League premiers teams turned on a couple of absolute thrillers in Saturday’s finals double-header, but Frank Endacott said the standout feature of a tremendous day out at Murphy Park was the standard of the refereeing. Gary Smallridge controlled Papanui Tigers’ 32-24 of Celebration Lions in...
Red and Black Report: Edition No.21
Each week we’ll be keeping you up to date with how our Canterbury Rugby League products are performing in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Here’s how they went in Round 21: NRL Moving to five-eighth for the injured James Maloney, versatile Hornby product Fa’amanu Brown enjoyed a fine 59 minutes...
CRL Premiers Semi-finals Wrap
Hornby Panthers have built their 2017 campaign on blistering attack, but it was their best defensive effort of the season that underpinned a 22-14 victory over Linwood Keas at Murphy Park to book the first spot in the Canterbury Rugby League premiers grand final. The Panthers led 12-4 at halftime...
Flashback Friday: Tigers Surge To 1992 Title
Each week through the Canterbury Rugby League finals, we'll be revisiting a classic grand final involving one of the top-four clubs of 2017 - beginning with marking 25 years since Papanui Tigers' 1992 premiership triumph. The ’92 decider pitted two fairytale sides against one another. Papanui had finished last the...
Keas Coach Finds Silver Lining In Canterbury’s Big Wet
Last week’s major weather event caused havoc with Canterbury Rugby League’s finals, but if anyone could look on the bright side of the region’s big wet, it was Linwood Keas coach Andrew Auimatagi. Auimatagi was set to miss the Keas’ showdown with Hornby Panthers last Saturday, away in Rotorua in...
Red and Black Report: Edition No.20
Each week we’ll be keeping you up to date with how our Canterbury Rugby League products are performing in Australia’s elite and lower-grade competitions. Here’s how they went in Rounds 20: NRL Round 19 debutant Jamayne Isaako dropped out of the Brisbane Broncos’ squad, but Burnham Chevaliers junior Kodi Nikorima returned to the...
Women’s Premiership Games are on
We have had the grounds at Cuthberts Green inspected this morning and they are good to go for the Women's Premiership Semi Finals today. Woolston v Hornby @ 1pm Papanui v Linwood @ 2.30pm Lets all enjoy the calm after the storm and some fantastic Rugby League played by our...
