Keith Rugby

The Keith Rugby Team was formed in 1978 from a group of friends playing for the High School Old Boys' RFC. We've been with the club ever since.
We started out in 3rd Division, but as age caught up with us, we dropped down to 4th and now play in the renamed Classics Division along with other like minded teams. Teams who like a not too hard training regeime, 80 minutes of good friendly, but competitive rugby, followed by a few quiet ales where we can tell lies about how many tries we've scored and assorted manly things.

We are the oldest continuous social rugby team in NZ and 2017 is our 40th Anniversary year.

Full details about us can be found at the Official Keith web site ➚.

High School Old Boys' RFC

Our club is the Christchurch High School Old Boys' RFC, formed in 1901 which currently fields 7 teams in the senior club and 15 teams in the junior section. We've been associated with and playing for the club since we formed in 1978.
The club has enormous respect within the Canterbury RFU and the New Zealand RFU with Canterbury Rep, Crusaders and All Blacks from the club currently within those teams.
We are centrally located in North Hagley Park.

Old Boys web site ➚ or Old Boys FaceBook page ➚

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The Canterbury Rugby Competition stats every March and concludes in August which, for most grades, is 18 weeks of rugby.
Our preseason starts with Touch Rugby from October through to February the following year, then rugby training and preseason games February/March.

Visas

Holidaying in New Zealand
You do not need a visa to visit New Zealand if you are:
A New Zealand or Australian citizen or resident,
A UK citizen and/or passport holder (you can stay up to six months), or
A citizen of a country which has a visa waiver agreement ➚ with New Zealand (you can stay up to three months).
If you don't meet the above, then you'll need a visitor visa, which allows you to holiday in New Zealand for up to nine months. If you're applying as an individual, the easiest and cheapest way to apply for a visitor visa is online. If you're travelling with a partner, family or group, you should submit a paper application.

Working holidays
Working holiday visas are available to young people, usually aged 18-30 (but 18-35 in a select few countries). They let you travel and work in New Zealand for up to 12 months, or 23 months if you're from the UK. To apply you'll need to meet the visa requirements, and have:
A return ticket, or enough money to pay for one; and
Be coming mainly to holiday, with work being a secondary intention.

Provided you ask for and receive the correct visa before entering New Zealand, working here poses no problem. Any taxes owed are paid by the employer so there's no hassle with unexpected bills when you decide to leave. If you're fully legal with the right visa, any accident at work or injury during sport is covered under the ACC scheme ➚.

Immigration New Zealand Web Site ➚
Search for the nearest New Zealand Embassy or Consulate ➚

Things To Know About Christchurch and New Zealand

Christchurch
Christchurch is the second largest city in New Zealand with a population of 539,436 ➚ (June 2015) living within the Canterbury Region.
Christchurch ➚ is at the edge of the Canterbury Plains nestled inbetween the Waimakariri River and the Lyttelton and Akaroa Volcanoes (Banks Peninusla).
The city and suburbs are undergoing a major rebuild, of infrastructure and buildings due to the effects of the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. This effort into our new city is going to make Christchurch one of the safest and most technilogically advanced cities in the world.

The city itself is graced with over 80 public sports fields ➚ and 50 private fields to play all the sports imaginable. The Keiths and our parent Club, have access to the largest park in the city, Bob Deans Fields in North Hagley Park for our use.



New Zealand
New Zealand is rated as one of the top safest cities in the world, the best living in the world, best universities in the world and the best travel destination in the world.
Also, the best place in the world if you want to improve your rugby.
We drive on the left side of the road; have full nationwide telephone, internet, banking, television, police and hospital care so no matter where you are in the country, your bank, your phone company, the police and everything else is exactly the same as your home base.

Driving on the left can be confusing at first if you're used to right hand driving, but is quickly picked up by most people. If you have a current drivers licence from your country of origin, it will be valid in New Zealand as a visitor. But the recommendation is if you're going to be here for an extended stay, to apply and sit for an international licence before departing for New Zealand.