Canterbury
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UnionCanterbury Rugby Football Union
Founded1879; 145 years ago (1879)
LocationSt Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand
Ground(s)Orangetheory Stadium (Capacity: 18,000)
CEOTony Smail[1]
Coach(es)Marty Bourke
Captain(s)Billy Harmon
Most appearancesRobbie Deans (146)
Top scorerRobbie Deans (1,625)
Most triesPaula Bale (93)
League(s)Bunnings NPC
20233rd
Semifinalist
Team kit
Official website
www.canterburyrugby.co.nz

Canterbury are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Canterbury, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1879, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch in the Canterbury region. The team is affiliated with the Crusaders Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are black and red.

Current squad

The Canterbury squad for the 2023 Bunnings NPC is:[2]

Canterbury squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Halfbacks (scrum-halves)

First five-eighths (fly-halves)

Midfielders (centres)

Outside backs

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped, REP denotes a replacement squad player, INJ denotes an injured player ruled out for the season.
  1. ^ Toomalatai wasn't named in the original Canterbury squad, but was announced in the side for Round 1.[3]
  2. ^ Hyde wasn't named in the original Canterbury squad, but was announced in the side for Round 3.[4]
  3. ^ Lam wasn't named in the original Canterbury squad, but was announced in the side for Round 9.[5]

Honours

Canterbury have been overall Champions on 14 occasions. Their first title was in 1977 and their most recent title was in 2017. Their full list of honours include:[6][7]

National Provincial Championship First Division
Air New Zealand Cup
ITM Cup
ITM Cup Premiership Division
Mitre 10 Cup Premiership Division

Current Super Rugby players

Players named in the 2023 Canterbury squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Player Team
Solomon Alaimalo Chiefs
George Bell Crusaders
Finlay Brewis Crusaders
Fergus Burke Crusaders
Seb Calder Crusaders
Tom Christie Crusaders
Sam Darry Blues
Mitchell Drummond Crusaders
Mitchell Dunshea Crusaders
Braydon Ennor Crusaders
Chay Fihaki Crusaders
Zach Gallagher Crusaders
Dominic Gardiner Crusaders
Cullen Grace Crusaders
Jamie Hannah Crusaders
Billy Harmon Highlanders
Willi Heinz Crusaders
Oli Jager Crusaders
Corey Kellow Crusaders
Daniel Lienert-Brown Highlanders
Manasa Mataele Force
Brodie McAlister Crusaders
Dallas McLeod Crusaders
Joe Moody Crusaders
Richie Mo'unga Crusaders
Fletcher Newell Crusaders
Rameka Poihipi Chiefs
Reed Prinsep Hurricanes
Ngane Punivai Chiefs
Codie Taylor Crusaders
Sam Whitelock Crusaders
Tamaiti Williams Crusaders

References

  1. ^ "Staff List". Canterbury Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Canterbury Rugby announce NPC squad for 2023 season". Canterbury Rugby Union. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Bunnings NPC Round 1: Team Lists". Bunnings NPC. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Bunnings NPC Round 3: Team Lists". Bunnings NPC. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Bunnings NPC Round 9: Team Lists". Bunnings NPC. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  6. ^ "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Gallagher Chiefs side named for opener" (Press release). Chiefs. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Squad announced" (Press release). Crusaders. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Team Naming – Super Round v Highlanders". Crusaders (Press release). 1 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 Squad announced". Blues (Press release). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Match Centre - Super Rugby - Crusaders vs. Brumbies". SANZAAR. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Highlanders 2023 Squad Announcement" (Press release). Highlanders. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Western Force 2023 Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific squad revealed" (Press release). Western Force. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Gallagher Chiefs squad announced for 2023" (Press release). Chiefs. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Hurricanes 2023 squad announced" (Press release). Hurricanes. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

External links

National Provincial Championship (2006–present)
Canterbury – current squad
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