Promising young lock Tahlor Cahill is set to earn his first Canterbury NPC cap against Northland in Saturday’s Bunnings Warehouse NPC clash in Whangārei.

The Canterbury Development side is helping to provide a number of new opportunities for female players and coaches, including an all female management team containing a number of familiar faces.

Many of the exciting next generation of Canterbury Rugby will get their opportunity to pull on the red & black for the first time, with the Canterbury U19 squad announced for 2023.

The Canterbury B coaches have announced their squad for 2023, with some hard decisions having to be made following an enthralling club season that ended with three finals around the region on the weekend.

Marist Albion and High School Old Boy’s will clash in the Bascik Transport Metro Premier Final for the first time in 20 years, as both clubs look to add to their legacies in the competition.

North Canterbury powerhouses Kaiapoi and Glenmark Cheviot will meet once again in the final of the Luisetti Seeds North Canterbury Division 1 competition.

As the top two teams in the Luisetti Seeds Ellesmere Division 1 competition, Waihora and Prebbleton will have the chance to meet for the final time this season, with the Coleman Shield the prized possession for the victor.

Canterbury can call on all 10 of it’s contracted Black Ferns this weekend, as a strong side is named to host Bay of Plenty.

A couple of familiar faces join a sprinkling of new talent in Canterbury’s Bunnings Warehouse NPC squad for 2023.

Canterbury Rugby were proud to deliver a coaching course focussed specifically on our coaches of our Women’s and Girls’, as the union continues to look at ways to develop and grow an area of our game that has taken huge strides in recent years.

Friends Jojo Baldwin and Ruby Darragh are amongst the graduates for Canterbury and New Zealand Rugby’s “You Make The Call” course and are well on their way to making a name for themselves within North Canterbury referees.

Nominations are now open for the 2023 Canterbury Rugby Awards, with five awards to be decided with the help of our community.

A largely unchanged side will make the trip to the Waikato, looking to build on a successful first week which saw the team defend the JJ Stewart Trophy against Wellington.

As proud Community Partners and the Principal Partner of Canterbury’s Farah Palmer Cup team, Miles Toyota getting behind the team once again, presenting the team with a brand new Hilux that will be presented to the Player of the Day each week.

Bascik Transport Metro Premier semi-finalists Linwood get high praise from skipper Tepasu Thomas for having a strong family focus, something that also saw the club awarded Club of the Year at the Canterbury Rugby Awards last year.

10 debutants headline Canterbury’s first Farah Palmer Cup, presented by Bunnings Warehouse team, as his Canterbury side prepare to welcome the Wellington Pride to the team’s home at Rugby Park.

The top six in the Bascik Transport Metro Premier competition is set, following an enthralling weekend of playoff rugby.

A proud club man, Belfast’s Luke Waller can now add another milestone to his club career, breaking Ryan Hansen’s club appearance record with his 217th Premier game for his side, captaining Belfast in their Plate Qualifying Final on the weekend.

Waihora and Prebbleton remain the teams to beat in this year’s Luisetti Seeds Ellesmere Division 1, with unbeaten résumés setting up a mouthwatering clash this weekend, as the two sides face off for top spot in the final round robin match of the season.

Southbridge will don a different type of blue and white jersey this week, with the senior side stepping out for their Luisetti Seeds Ellesmere Division 1 match against Hornby in a specially designed pasifika jersey, as part of a Pasifika Day planned at the club on Saturday.