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CRL TEAMS UP WITH LAURA FERGUSSON BRAIN INJURY TRUST TO TACKLE CONCUSSION AWARENESS AND RECOVERY
CRL has signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding with the Laura Fergusson Brain Injury Trust, providing invaluable support and education to our rugby league community. This MoU – a first for the Laura Fergusson Brain Injury Trust with a regional sporting body – aims to ensure everyone in our sport...
CRL CLUB PREVIEW: HORNETS TO DEFEND THACKER SHIELD ON OLD BOYS’ DAY
The temperatures are dropping but the Canterbury Rugby League club season is heating up – and there’s plenty to look forward to on Saturday as Eastern Eagles celebrate their Club Day at Wainoni Park, while Halswell Hornets put the Thacker Shield on the line on Old Boys’ Day. Just two...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: WILLIAMS EARNS KIWIS CALL-UP AFTER NORTH SYDNEY OVAL HAT-TRICK
Flashback Friday revisits elusive Christchurch-born winger Jason Williams’ big break in Australian premiership football that led to a maiden national call-up in 1991. Williams played 13 Tests for the Kiwis and played for five Sydney-based clubs – but his 145-game first-grade career is predominantly associated with a four-season stay with...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.14
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 Burnham Chevaliers junior Kodi Nikorima collected...
WALLY WILSON EARNS LINWOOD KEAS LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Canterbury Rugby League congratulates Chairperson Wally Wilson on his recent life membership honour from Linwood Keas. Wilson began playing in the Linwood junior grades as a 10-year-old in 1962 and represented Canterbury at age-group level as well as winning selection for the New Zealand Under-17s team. He played for the...
CRL 2024: ROUND 5 CLUB WRAP
Eastern Eagles have claimed back-to-back big scalps and Riccarton Knights are also surging on a three-match winning streak, but it’s Linwood Keas who have jumped to the top of the Massetti Cup standings after another absorbing round of CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership matches. After handing Halswell Hornets...
STAGE SET FOR EXPANDED CRL WOMEN’S PREMIERSHIP’S OPENING ROUND
The Canterbury Rugby League season ramps up courtesy of Sunday’s opening round of the 2024 CRL Women’s Premiership, completing the ongoing full weekend schedule of senior club football. Two-time defending premiers Linwood Keas, 2022-23 runners-up Sydenham Swans, Woolston Rams, Eastern Eagles and Burnham Chevaliers will be joined this year by...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: PAPANUI PAIR SHINE ON KIWI FERNS DEBUT
Ahead of the opening round of the expanded CRL Women's Premiership on Sunday, Flashback Friday revisits one of the most notable occasions in Canterbury's modern history on the international rugby league stage. The Australian Jillaroos reclaimed supremacy in women’s rugby league with a well-deserved win in a typically bruising and...
RED AND BLACK REPORT 2024: EDITION NO.13
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 Mal Meninga Cup (QRL under-18s), as well as...
CRL 2024: ROUND 4 CLUB WRAP
Just two points separate the top five teams in the CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership after stunning home victories from Riccarton Knights and Eastern Eagles over previously unbeaten teams in Round 4 of the Massetti Cup. The Knights marked their inaugural Old Boys’ Day – which doubled as...
BIG ASSIGNMENTS FOR PREMIERSHIP’S HOME TEAMS IN ROUND 4
The early-season rust is starting to smooth out and this weekend’s CRL Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Men’s Premiership matches present a key opportunity for a trio of home teams to stay in touch with the front-runners – and for the three away sides to consolidate their position at the pointy...
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: DUFFIE’S DREAM ANZAC DAY DEBUT
Following yesterday's Anzac Day NRL triple-header, Flashback Friday revisits an April 25 clash from 14 years ago – and a stunning debut by a Canterbury Rugby League product. In its last home match before moving into the brand new AAMI Park, Melbourne hosted the Warriors at Docklands on Anzac Day,...
