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Welcome

Ashburton Celtic Rugby Club is one of Mid Canterbury's most successful sporting clubs and continues to show strong growth in both numbers and results from the different sporting competitions. The affiliation to Marist Rugby is strong with selected club members gaining positions in the New Zealand Marist Colts team each year. It is fair to say that the pride in the Green Jersey runs deep in the club.

Club Background

The Celtic Rugby club is situated on 12 acres at Keenans Road, Newland, Ashburton. The rugby section of our club can now boast to having playing members in all grades available within the 2021 Mid-Canterbury Competition with our senior women playing in the CRFU Women's Competition.

We have teams in the U6 (three teams), U7 (three teams), U8, U9 (two teams), U10 (two teams), U11.5, U13, U14.5, U16 Combined, U18, Colts, Senior B, and Senior grade. (Men and Women)

As well the rugby players and supporters the squash club have their courts in the building. The squash club membership is around the 60 mark, and caters for junior and seniors players. The Celtic netball club are affliated to Ashburton Celtic Rugby Football Club and have a membership of around 50 plus players.

What We can Offer

The Celtic Rugby Club offers modern clubrooms with good changing facilities, bar and entertainment areas. Recent upgrades have included an internal refurbishment including painting, carpet, tables and chairs. The clubrooms are available for hire. (not during the rugby season)

Quality fields make up the outside area with three only just being enough to cater for the annual club day where over two hundred green machines take to the fields. Recently all new training lights have been purchased, which make the fields the best night game fields in Mid- Canterbury.

The addition of the Murney Stand in 2016 has provided wonderful cover and prime viewing for our spectators. This was complemented with additonal training lights for the northern end fields in 2017.

The squash courts provide the players a summer activity to retain fitness. Touch is also run during summer months.

New Players and Members

We welcome any enquiries from anyone considering playing or wishing for their children to play rugby.

It is fair to say that the club does have strong emphasis on supporting kids rugby with much time and effort being spent on providing training equipment. For example the club had a scrum machine built that caters for 10 - 12 years olds so they can be taught safe and correct srummaging techniques.

For the open grades there is the possibility of employment assistance being provided. We welcome any contact or enquiries.

International Players