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3 unusual facts about Canterbury Rugby Football Union


Matt Sexton

He then went into coaching, becoming the Academy manager at Canterbury (where he was the coach of the Crusaders Knights, the development squad of the Crusaders), the Tasman Rugby Union and was also on the coaching team for the New Zealand team in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship.

He made his debut for Canterbury in 1991, eventually making 128 appearances in his 10 years there.

William George Garrard

Garrard was honorary secretary to the Canterbury Rugby Football Union and in 1899 he officiated his first international rugby match when he refereed the First Test between Australia and the British Isles during the teams 1899 tour.


South Pacific Championship

The competition featured six teams - three provinces from New Zealand; Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington, two Australian teams; Queensland and New South Wales, and one team representing Pacific Island rugby, Fiji.


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