Selwyn Times: March 27, 2019
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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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