15 Aug 2012
Burnside co-coach Peter Manson knows what it’s like to witness the red and whites win the Hawkins Trophy – from the other side. In 2006 he was part of the Christchurch coaching unit with, ironically, current Sydenham coach John Sherratt which lost the read more...
4 Aug 2012
Mark Bacon played his 100th Division 1 match for Sumner late last month. Special as reaching that milestone always is for a player, it is the way that Mark did it that made it a truly remarkable achievement.
Mark you see was playing seriously injured read more...
24 Jul 2012
At a time when student numbers are down, University’s unbeaten run in the Hawkins Trophy this season is providing a welcome tonic according say club officials.
The students are unbeaten after three rounds. Last weekend they beat read more...
24 Jul 2012
Merivale Papanui celebrated 130 years of rugby last weekend on its club day. It is thought the club is the second oldest in the province.
The club actually began on 12 May 1882, although the club thought that it was appropriate to celebrate its 130th read more...
5 Dec 2011
At the Metropolitan Rugby Clubs Association Annual General Meeting, Toby Giles, on behalf of the Christchurch Football Club was presented with the Evans Shield, Redpath Shield and read more...
16 Jun 2012
Last weekend’s unexpected early winter break gave Belfast an opportunity to take stock and reflect on their season to date of ‘what ifs’.
Last season the Cobras steadily improved. Coach Don Fisher (who recently received his blazer for read more...
16 Jun 2012
University Division 1 coach Ernie Goodhue is frustrated. After seven competition games his 25-strong squad remains unbeaten although untested.
The students started the season with a 37-29 win against Belfast before having the bye read more...
1 Jun 2012
Lincoln University, despite losing last weekend, has shown itself capable of beating any side in the Hawkins Cup this season. With a bevy of young talent in their ranks and a quality coaching team they will not be underestimated by any side read more...
17 May 2012
Belfast (pictured) toppled Marist-Albion in a mid-table women’s competition match on Saturday, but last season’s finalists University and Sydenham still top the table read more...
4 May 2012
Marist Albion has been the surprise packet of the Metro Division 1 competition this season so far with Christchurch being their latest scalps, although it was Sumner (here pictured) who played in the match of the round, the seasiders drawing 25-25 read more...
4 May 2012
The Sumner club, which is fielding 18 teams this season, celebrated its 125th anniversary in style last weekend.
The story goes that around 1887, on one Saturday morning, a patron at a Sumner hotel said something like: “This rugby is a great game”. His read more...
10 Aug 2011
A masterful second-half performance into the wind has secured High School Old Boys their second Cup-Trophy double in the past four years, after they beat University 15-10 in the Metro Division One final read more...
16 Jul 2011
Christchurch top the Colts Premier table with Lincoln University, but which teams will join them in the playoffs has become a tight race that will likely be decided in the final week. read more...
29 Jul 2011
A single bonus point was the difference between agony and ecstasy for teams vying for the final spot in the Metro Division One Trophy semi finals. New Brighton, despite losing to Christchurch on Saturday read more...
16 Jul 2011
University and High School Old Boys have opened up a lead at the top of the Metro Trophy division one championship after an unbeaten start to the second round.
Cup winners Old Boys hold a one point lead read more...
1 Jul 2011
Christchurch had the better of the opening and closing quarters, but that was not enough to hold out a determined University who showed great patience and unleashed some brilliant running rugby read more...
17 Jun 2011
First-round winners High School Old Boys have claimed their first Metropolitan Cup since 2008 by beating Cup holders New Brighton on Saturday, with a round to spare read more...
10 Jun 2011
Consecutive losses have dropped Belfast out of the top six, after they looked on track with four wins in the middle of the round. Belfast coach Don Fisher says the team have not yet played read more...
3 Jun 2011
Sydenham well and truly upset the Metro division one apple cart by toppling High School Old Boys 16-11 at Bob Deans on Saturday. read more...
27 May 2011
Upset losses suffered by their nearest rivals have gifted High School Old Boys a sizeable lead in the Metro division one standings.
Old Boys easily accounted for Lincoln University 47-14 on Saturday read more...
15 May 2011
Sumner wing Ben Richdale never dreamed his 100th match for the club would be in Metro club rugby’s top flight.
The slightly-built winger achieved read more...
1 May 2011
At just 26, New Brighton rugby’s newest centurion believes he’s got plenty more miles left on the clock. Loose forward Ryan Hooper yesterday celebrated read more...
24 Aug 2010
Christchurch won the Division One Trophy for the second season on the trot with an entertaining 47-29 win against Burnside at a packed Rugby Park on Sunday read more...
24 Aug 2010
University proved too strong for Burnside in the Division 2 final at Rugby Park on Sunday winning 26-20. Played in beautiful conditions read more...
10 Aug 2010
Mitchell and Malcolm Nuetze (here pictured) are the first father and son to play senior rugby for Burnside read more...
20 Jul 2010
The Division 1 Metro competition is heating up with a number of teams now in the hunt for top honours.
Sydenham has shown in the last two weeks that it may be the team to beat read more...
8 Jul 2010
Although High School Old Boys did not make the top six of the Division 1 competition this season they still have plenty to play for in the rest of the season read more...
17 Jun 2010
The Hornby Under-8s is a team in the truest sense of the word. Although they lost their first match of the season to the Christchurch Under-8s read more...
16 Jun 2010
New Brighton remains the talk of the competition and appears on course to win the Division 1 Cup this season with one round remaining.
The Seasiders beat Linwood 20-14 last weekend read more...
20 May 2010
Sumner’s Robbie Timo played his 300th match for Sumner last weekend. The durable front-rower began his senior career with the Seasiders in 1992 read more...
20 May 2010
Lincoln University hosted the Universities club day recently, although it was Canterbury University that won most of the competitive matches read more...
24 Apr 2010
The 2010 Press Cup kicks off this weekend with some intriguing matches for the armchair rugby fan.
Perhaps the most appetizing match of the round sees Christchurch Boys’ High School travel to Nelson College read more...
23 Apr 2010
You can imagine the scene inside the Shirley dressing-room last Tuesday evening: they had been well beaten on the scoreboard by Christchurch in the first match of the season and the promising read more...
21 Apr 2010
Around 200 people attended the Metro Club Season launch at the Christchurch Casino on April 10. For five years now the management committee of Metro Rugby has hosted presidents, club captains and other officials from across Metro read more...
9 Apr 2010
Expect this season’s Metro Division 1 season to be one of the most competitive on record.
While last season the reality was that perhaps one of only five or six teams could win the Cup and Trophy read more...
12 Oct 2009
It's the norm for this time of year for clubs to hold awards ceremonies, but for the Merivale Lincoln University Club, this time last year was anything but normal read more...
2 Sep 2009
Sumner polished off an incredible season, with an 18-0 win over University on Saturday, in the CBS Canterbury Division 2 Trophy Final, at St Leonards Square read more...
13 Aug 2009
Arguably the two best teams in Metro Division 1 this season will contest the final of the CBS Canterbury Trophy this weekend.
Christchurch and Linwood have consistently read more...
29 Jul 2009
It is a challenging time for Division 1 Metro coaches: while they are fast coming to the crunch time of their seasons, many are unable to field their full panel of players due to the representative commitments read more...
27 Jul 2009
Sydenham is the champion of Canterbury women’s club rugby this season after beating Christchurch 29-12 in the final last weekend read more...
23 Jul 2009
The CBS Canterbury Trophy stormed into life last weekend with previously unbeaten Christchurch losing and Linwood once again showing that they are one of the favoured sides in the competition this season read more...
23 Jul 2009
Sydenham will take on Christchurch in the final of the senior women’s club competition this Saturday.
The finalists reached the final in contrasting fashions last weekend read more...
16 Jul 2009
It is semi-finals time in women’s senior club rugby with Sydenham the raging hot favourite to defend its title read more...
16 Jul 2009
Christchurch booked its place in the final four of the CBS Canterbury Trophy this season with a 40-13 win against Lincoln University last weekend read more...
16 Jul 2009
It’s nearly crunch time in the Premier Colts competition this season and for Burnside this weekend presents a real opportunity to stake its claim for a semi-finals spot read more...
8 Jul 2009
While Christchurch remains the team to beat in the CBS Canterbury Trophy, keep an eye on New Brighton.
The Seasiders have lost just two matches read more...
8 Jul 2009
The Christchurch Football Club’s All Black and Black Fern Dinner held recently at their Christchurch Park clubrooms was a big success.
Amongst the 150 guests read more...
2 Jul 2009
The Christchurch Football Club in association with Westminster Sports Inc recently staged its first ever rugby holiday programme read more...
26 Jun 2009
Sometimes it is easy to look at the results and say that a season has been disappointing. Yet the real test perhaps is whether a team has improved from the start of the season read more...
17 Jun 2009
Christchurch is the winner of the CBS Canterbury Cup for 2009 after going through the competition undefeated.
In one of the matches of the season so far read more...
11 Jun 2009
You know that a side is on the right track when a draw is viewed as a loss. That is the case with Burnside, which drew 22-22 with Lincoln University last weekend read more...
4 Jun 2009
When you represent a club such as Marist Albion you know that there are gong to be expectations to perform. This is after all the club of such great Canterbury players as Kevin Stuart, read more...
4 Jun 2009
While Sumner and Lyttelton are the talked about sides in Metro Division 2 this season, don’t rule out the lads from Lincoln University, who are also unbeaten so far read more...
4 Jun 2009
The women’s club competition remains one of the best in the country, although the format of the second round this season is yet to be decided read more...
28 May 2009
Last Friday night players from the Lincoln University Division 1 squad gathered together. It was the day before their club day. They met to hear some of the past members of the club talk about their club’s heritage... read more...
1 May 2009
Metro Rugby launched its season with a well-attended function at the Cotswald Hotel, the morning of Saturday 4th April.Such launches have become part and parcel of the Metro season read more...
15 Apr 2009
New Brighton’s 38-3 win against University at Ilam Fields in the second-round of the CBS Canterbury Cup on Saturday was an example of how important size and experience are in senior rugby... read more...
10 Mar 2009
Senior rugby in Metro this season promises more of the same exciting, no-holds barred competition... read more...
10 Mar 2009
Metro Junior Rugby is one of the breeding grounds for top players in the province... read more...
