The Canterbury Country Cardinals were a
New Zealand rugby league club that represented
Canterbury in the
Lion Red Cup from 1994 to 1996. They were administered by the
Canterbury Rugby League.
The Country Cardinals drew from the Halswell, Papanui, Hornby, Lincoln University and Marist-Western Suburbs clubs.
[''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.110]
Notable players
Notable players included
Glen Coughlan
Glen Coughlan is a New Zealand rugby league player who played professionally for the Dewsbury Rams.
Playing career
Coughlan was a Halswell Hornets junior and played in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. He spent 1984 playing in the Illawarr ...
,
Phil Bancroft
Philip William Bancroft is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in two Test matches in 1989.
Playing career
A Canterbury and South Island representative in the 1980s,''1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual'', New Zealand Rug ...
,
Logan Edwards,
Shane Endacott,
Paul Johnson,
Blair Harding
Blair Edward Harding was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in 1993.
Playing career
Harding played for Papanui in the Canterbury Rugby League competition. He played for Canterbury in 1993, being part of the side that de ...
,
Mark Nixon,
Henry Suluvale
Henry Suluvale (born 16 September 1971) is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented Samoa national rugby league team, Western Samoa at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup and also the 1995 world sevens. Suluvale played on the W ...
,
David Kidwell
David Kidwell (born 23 April 1977) is a professional rugby football, rugby coach (sport), coach who is the defence coach at Los Pumas, the national rugby union team of Argentina, and a former rugby league player. As a player, he represented New ...
,
Marty Crequer
Martin (Marty) Paul Crequer (born 28 June 1965) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.
Playing career
A Hornby junior in the Canterbury competition, Crequer was a Schoolboy Kiwi in 1979 and a Junior Kiwi ...
,
Tevita Vaikona and
Aaron Whittaker
Aaron Whittaker (born 9 July 1968) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international representative halfback, he played club football in Australia, England and New Zealand.
Early years
Whittaker grew up i ...
.
[''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995'', New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.110]
Season Results
References
Defunct rugby league teams in New Zealand
Rugby league in Canterbury, New Zealand
Rugby clubs established in 1994
1994 establishments in New Zealand
1996 disestablishments in New Zealand
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