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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Wednesday <strong>March</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 17<br />

Country senior and colts games axed<br />

No Craw Shield<br />

defence<br />

under new plan<br />

• By Gordon Findlater<br />

CANTERBURY Country will<br />

not have the opportunity to<br />

defend their Craw Shield title<br />

against Canterbury Metro after<br />

a decision was made to scrap<br />

the sub union’s senior and colts<br />

representative teams this year.<br />

The Canterbury Country<br />

Rugby Sub Union made the<br />

decision at a recent board<br />

meeting.<br />

The contributing reasons for<br />

the decision were an extended<br />

Canterbury B season, the<br />

move of Ellesmere and North<br />

Canterbury’s Southbridge Shield<br />

and Munro Shield matches to<br />

later in the year as opposed to<br />

July, and increasing difficulty<br />

obtaining sponsors and gaming<br />

machine funds.<br />

Canterbury Country sub<br />

union secretary Murray Dulieu<br />

described the board’s decision as<br />

“facing reality.”<br />

“I’m disappointed and I<br />

think a number of the player<br />

and supporters will be as well.<br />

Canterbury Country has been<br />

around from a long time, so I’m<br />

pretty disappointed, but it’s the<br />

decision,” said Dulieu.<br />

This means Canterbury<br />

SPORT<br />

Country’s long-standing<br />

traditional games against Otago<br />

Country and Southland Country<br />

will also not be played this year.<br />

Canterbury Country will still<br />

have under-16 boys, under-18<br />

boys and under-15 girls rep<br />

teams, which will compete at a<br />

South Island tournament.<br />

In previous years, the annual<br />

Craw Shield match between<br />

Canterbury Country and<br />

Canterbury Metro has been<br />

used as a final trial match for the<br />

Canterbury B side. However, due<br />

to a newly-extended programme<br />

GONE: The Canterbury Country senior side will not be able to defend the Craw Shield after a<br />

decision was made to axe the senior and colts representative programme due to an extended<br />

Canterbury B season.<br />

PHOTO: KAREN CASEY<br />

this year, the Canterbury B side<br />

will be selected by the end of the<br />

club season.<br />

At the end of last season, the<br />

Ellesmere and North Canterbury<br />

sub unions sent a questionnaire<br />

to all of their clubs and the<br />

feedback they got was to play the<br />

Southbridge and Munro shields<br />

games after the completion<br />

of the club season. That is<br />

when the Canterbury Country<br />

representative games take place.<br />

This also contributed to the<br />

decision due to very limited<br />

preparation for the Canterbury<br />

Country teams and an extension<br />

of demand on players’ time.<br />

The new schedule will<br />

see Ellesmere and North<br />

Canterbury’s senior and<br />

colts teams play four game<br />

programmes following the club<br />

season, which will culminate<br />

in the Southbridge and Munro<br />

Shields games.<br />

Dulieu says a full review will<br />

be carried out at the end of this<br />

season to evaluate the results of<br />

the change. The review will look<br />

at whether the new format has<br />

provided the development path<br />

for country players or if it would<br />

be better achieved by playing<br />

in the country seniors and colts<br />

representative games.<br />

“The goal is for country players<br />

to develop their rugby so they<br />

have an opportunity to play for<br />

Canterbury or Canterbury B.<br />

I think the important thing is<br />

that this programme which is<br />

being trialled will still give those<br />

players a chance to develop and<br />

move onto higher honours,” he<br />

said.<br />

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