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2025 Season Dates

Start Date: 3rd May

No Play: 31st May (Kings Birthday Weekend)

28th June (School Holidays)

5th July (School Holidays)

CFC Junior Rugby Club:

We are a community based, family friendly club where all are welcome! New to rugby or a seasoned player, we are the largest and friendliest club in town with a satisfaction rating averaging 98.2% based on our Junior Club Survey results (when compared to other Club experience). Be part of a progressive, fun and great club based in a thriving Central Christchurch community.

Like our CFC Juniors Facebook page to be kept up to date with our latest news and information (https://www.facebook.com/cfcjuniorrugby/ )

Winter Rugby

MIXED GRADE TEAMS

Here at Christchurch Football Club - we have something for every child. From Year 1 - teenage grades, to non contact grades right up to Year 8, and girls only teams!

The opportunity for our older teams to enter NZ tournaments is also a bonus!

As always, we retain our community focus and offer a great opportunity for our families to come together to meet new friends, which we hope they retain throughout their lives. We are committed to following and promoting the NZ Sport Balance is Better philosophy with a diverse community spanning across the Christchurch region. Our PRIDE Core Values are central to everything we do.

We offer so much more than your Saturday morning game of rugby, with mid week team meals, Friday Nights Under Lights, school holiday activities, travelling tournament opportunities and other fun activities throughout the year.

Year 4 - 13 - GIRLS ONLY RUGBY

We are absolutely stoked to have an ever growing Girls section here at CFC! We are incredibly lucky to have some pretty amazing lead coaches on board (we always need more too!), with some fantastic support available. As well as non contact alternative.

In 2025 we can offer:

+Year 4-6 Monday night
10 aside competition. A combination of entering teams and players able to play in both tackle and RIP
Location: Nunweek Park
Start Date: 5th May
Don’t play: 30th June, 7th July (School holidays), 2nd June (King’s Birthday Weekend)

+Year 7-9 Monday Night

A game for year 9 girls that are new to rugby and are encouraged to play on Wednesday. A combination of entering teams and players able to play.
Location: Specific hubs in Ellesmere, Christchurch and North Canterbury
Start Date: 5th May
Don’t play: 30th June, 7th July (School Holidays), 2nd June (King’s Birthday Weekend)

+ YEAR 10-13 SATURDAY COMPETITION

Start Date - 3rd May
Final - 2nd August

+YEAR 9-10 WEDNESDAY COMPETITION (TERM 2)

10 or 15-a-side grade with Game On

+YEAR 11-13 WEDNESDAY COMPETITION (TERM 2)

Learn to Play programme for beginners

Year 4-8 girls also have the option to join into a mixed tackle team or non contact RIP, to play on Saturdays.

Coaches & Managers Required:

Every team requires a Coach, Manager & Scorer. A team can not run itself. Coaches are provided with full support from all of us here at Christchurch Football Club, but must also complete a 1hr Small Blacks course with the CRFU prior to season start, (dates are available on coaches registration form) providing you with all the tools to lead our juniors through their season. It is also recommended that managers do also attend the Small Blacks course.

Its rewarding to be a part of the organisation, to ensure our kids are able to enjoy themselves out on the feild.

We can only provide teams with the help of our parent and caregivers - we are entirely volunteer led.

If you are interested in being a Coach or Manager, Scorer or Committee Member, we invite you to complete one of the registration links below:

Feel free to drop us a line with any questions you may have at cfcjuniors@christchurchpark.co.nz

Weight Restrictions (Tackle Rugby Only):

To help keep all our players safe, we support and are required to meet with CRFU weight restrictions within the relevant tackle age grades. ALL registered players who are playing TACKLE rugby throughout CRFU Metro area for ALL Clubs will be required to be formally weighed in before their registration is finalised.

2025 Junior Weight Restrictions

2024 Weight restrictions for junior grades can be found here

Teenage weight restrictions, can be found by clicking here

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