http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,html Canterbury Rugby Football Union, Christchurch, New Zealand http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/img/logo.gif http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,html CRFU 60 en A delighted Avonside team (pictured left) came from 17-0 down at half time to beat St Margaret's College 19-17 in the Plate final of the Burnside Girls Tens played today. In the main event CGHS gave Papanui a run for their money scoring three tries but http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,3567,html Rangiora HS took out the Burnside Tens for the second year in a row after beating Riccarton HS in an all-action final. Hillmorton HS beat Kaiapoi HS by 12 - 7 in a thrilling Plate final and Middleton Grange defeated Area Schools to secure the Bowl. http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,3560,html After an evenly contested first half St Bede's overpowered Southland with four second half tries to storm their way through to a 28-8 victory and cement their place in the Top Four contest to be held in Rotorua next weekend. http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,3553,html A 34 strong squad has been named by coach Nick Maley for the Secondary Schoolgirls Tournament to be held at the end of September. http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,3552,html Each year The Canterbury Rugby Football Union makes awards to students playing in the midweek competitions who have made an outstanding contribution to their team over and above their playing ability. The key qualities we are looking for are ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,3548,html Christchurch BHS U15 A team beat Higashi Fukuoka U16s 38-24 in what proved a very useful warm-up game for the National U15 Tournament. CBHS won a very even game due to their superior cohesion and lower error-rate. Higashi Fukuoka U16s gifted the ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,3542,html Higashi Fukuoka High School U16s lost to St. Bede's U15A 12-22 on Friday in difficult conditions at St. Bede's College. The local boys played well in the conditions and that, plus the superb SBC defence, was essentially the difference between the ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,3540,html Congratulations to Papanui who beat CGHS 30-0 in the only mid week match played yesterday. Credit to both sides for playing some really good rugby in less-than-ideal conditions. http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,197,3539,html Riccarton Juniors continued their school's connection with Higashi Fukuoka HS, by playing the Japanese school's U16 team in the first game of their tour based in Christchurch. The Riccarton Junior Boys bravely stuck to the task, but were overpowered ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3530,html St. Bede's College beat Christchurch Boys' High School 27-12 in the Press Cup final with the forwards paving the way for a third consecutive Press Cup victory and fourth consecutive final. CBHS were beaten at the breakdown and only managed to ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3527,html Riccarton High School's junior boys beat Darfield HS by 25 - 5 to win the Year 9/10 midweek competition while Cashmere HS defeated Rangiora HS Gold by 25 - 17 in the Shield Final. In the girls competition Papanui beat Rangi Ruru by 44 - 12 and ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3524,html Two players celebrated 100 games for the Rangiora HS 1st XV over recent weeks. Jed Williams and Alex Kennedy are both in their third season with the team and have racked up their 100 games in a very short space of time. The school side has played in ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3517,html Two Christchurch schools will contest the Press Cup final for the first time in several years with Christchurch BHS and St. Bede's both winning their semi-finals, 25-6 and 40-10 respectively. The Plate will see St. Andrew's play Marlborough BC with ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3516,html Higashi Fukuoka U17s were too well-drilled and cohesive for Cashmere HS in their last tour match. They dominated possession and territory in both halves, but Cashmere did well in the second half to apply some pressure and score a good try. Higashi ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3513,html Today the Higashi Fukuoka U17s beat the St. Bede's College 3rd XV 36-12 after being up 29-0 at half-time. In an impressive first half the visitors played a high tempo game to run in five tries, but in a more even second half the St. Bede's boys managed http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3512,html On a day of great finals in the CRFU midweek competition, Papanui HS beat Rangiora HS by 25 - 20 to win the U70 kg Boys Cup Final and Kaiapoi HS beat Middleton Grange by 24 - 7 in the Bowl. Elsewhere Marian College scored a last minute try to beat ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3511,html The annual interschool 1st XV clash between these two schools was played this afternoon. Otago was victorious last year in Dunedin so Christchurch Boys’ were looking to turn the tables this year http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3510,html This was a big game for the St Andrew’s College side marking the 50th Press Cup game for captain James Fairbairn,a great achievement,unfortunately not played at home due to field conditions to mark the occasion. After recent weeks of impressive ... http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3506,html Japan's number one rugby high school, Higashi Fukuoka (U17s = Year 12s) beat Rangiora HS 1st XV 22 -12 in a hard-fought tussle at Rangiora HS on Monday, August 2. Played in showers of rain, it was a bruising encounter in which the Japanese forward http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3505,html The order of the Top Four was unchanged after this weekend's games with St. Bede's College rallying strongly in the second half to beat Christ's College 41-12 after trailing in the early stages due to College centre, Marty McKenzie taking his http://www.crfu.co.nz/main/index.cfm/1,538,3503,html