{"id":202017,"date":"2025-10-10T03:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T03:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/202017\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T03:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T03:49:13","slug":"a-word-from-the-ceo-canterbury-rugby-leagues-incredible-rep-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/202017\/","title":{"rendered":"A WORD FROM THE CEO &#8211; CANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE&#8217;S INCREDIBLE REP SEASON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sending huge mihi to the Trillo Metals Men\u2019s Canterbury Bulls<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the Canterbury Rugby League Board, staff and clubs, we would like to wish our t\u0101ne all the very best in their pursuit of winning the 2025 NZRL National Men\u2019s Premiership this Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36404 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-10-15_20_52-Inbox-will@crfl.co_.nz-Outlook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"231\"  data-\/>A word from the CEO<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 season has been an incredible year at representative for Canterbury Rugby League.<\/p>\n<p>There have been many successes, including hosting of the 2025 NZRL National Youth Tournament, the first time it has been held in \u014ctautahi Christchurch in 32 years; and for the first time in 15 years Canterbury Rugby League had both boys and girls 16s and 18s competing in this tournament.<\/p>\n<p>To top this off, the Canterbury Bulls 18s Boys won the national title, an incredible achievement, and one hell of a performance in the grand final. In addition to this, the Canterbury Bulls 18s Girls were third at the National Youth Tournament, as were the Canterbury Bulls 16s Boys.<\/p>\n<p><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/8510084_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The Trillo Metals Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Canterbury Bulls have had an phenomenal year.<\/p>\n<p>Our wahine played in the fully-fledged Sky Sports NZRL National Premiership, finishing third with three wins from five matches. This was outstanding progress from previous seasons, demonstrating they can mix it with the best. CRL would like congratulate head coach Joseph Purcell-Mika, his support staff and the Trillo Metals Women\u2019s Canterbury Bulls players on such an incredible representative season and the performances they delivered on the field.<\/p>\n<p><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FC55375E-CAD4-4F14-ACC1-F28EBB37429E_1_201_a-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>And to our t\u0101ne, the Trillo Metals Men\u2019s Canterbury Bulls, CRL congratulate head coach Walter Wilson and his staff on the wonderful support and leadership they have provided to the players.<\/p>\n<p>From being relegated to playing in the NZRL Men\u2019s Championship in 2024 to rising to be grand finalists in the NZRL Men\u2019s Premiership in 2025 is a superb achievement. CRL is grateful for having a visionary coach in Walter Wilson, who has player welfare and wh\u0101nau front of mind.<\/p>\n<p><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/6B894C8E-0D7C-41C5-B5D3-44C86CEEA37B_1_201_a-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>We also shout out a huge mihi to Trillo Metals for their ongoing support to the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Bulls\u2019 Premiership campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>This Sunday is the culmination of many outstanding performances during the representative season. To the Trillo Metals Men\u2019s Canterbury Bulls: give it heaps \u2013 karawhiua.<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Humm<br \/>Canterbury Rugby League CEO<\/p>\n<p><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/new-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sending huge mihi to the Trillo Metals Men\u2019s Canterbury Bulls On behalf of the Canterbury Rugby League Board,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-202017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}