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  • UCRFC Newsletter 26th April

    JIM BURROWS TROPHY Ruzz Barr from the Old Maroons (our ex-players group) has been involved in getting a trophy for competition between our Div 1 team and HSOB in memory of Jim Burrows, who amongst other things was a champion boxer, 1928 All Black, a member of both clubs and rose to the rank of…

  • Newsletter 5th April 2017

    Condolences In late breaking news, it gives us great sadness to announce that Steve Comer has passed away. Steve was a long serving member in the club, with an association stretching back 56 years as a player, coach, administrator and in his latter years a stalwart supporter of the men’s Div 1 side. We offer…

  • 2017 Season Start Newsletter

    Welcome A warm and sincere welcome to all our new players, our returning players and anyone else likely to be found treading the sidelines at a Varsity rugby game this season. It has been a reasonably eventful off-season with a number of issues to deal with at executive committee level. This has included such things…

  • Sam Godwin & Braydon Ennor make the Crusaders Knights team.

    Congratulations to Sam Godwin for making the starting roster of the Crusaders Knights team to play the Highlanders Development side. See the full team here: http://crusaders.co.nz/news/1052-crusaders-knights-team-named-to-play-highlanders-development-side

  • Coaching & Management Positions Available 2017

    DIVISION 1 BACKS COACH Due to career advancement our backs coach position for 2017 in Divisions 1 is now available. If you have experience working with high quality backlines in Division 1 or higher and would like the opportunity to work with a high performing team, who has performed extremely well in recent years, then…

  • FUNCTION VENUE

    If you are looking for somewhere to hold a function, then the University Clubrooms could be the place for you. It’s a large single story venue with room for up to 150 guests that can be broken up into numerous areas. It is situated in Upper Riccarton, amongst the Ilam Fields, so there are no…

  • Crusaders Come for a Visit

    A few of our Crusader Stars came for a visit at the last Old Maroons AGM. Thanks to Kieran Read, Andy Ellis, Jone Macilai & Jimmy Tupou for coming back to the club. It means a lot to see you around. Good luck for your respective upcoming international & provincial seasons. The Old Maroons are…

  • 7 Make the Canterbury FPC Team

    Congratulations to Taryn Caley, Kendra Cocksedge, Olivia McGoverne, Elizabeth Pera, Hannah Poff, Nicole Purdom and Fiona Wright on their selection into the Canterbury Women’s FPC team. Another excellent result after their win on the weekend. For the full team click here

  • NEWSLETTER ROUND 18 2016

    CONGRATULATIONS!!! Congratulations to our Womens Team, the Viperettes, for winning their third final in a row, narrowly beating Christchurch 20-19 for the win against the Red and Blacks this season. Well done Ladies! PRIZEGIVING: Seriously last chance! Tickets for our UC Netball & UC Rugby Annual Dinner & Prizegiving are on sale THIS SATURDAY from 6pm…