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In 2018 we celebrated the 150th year since the birth of the Club, known at the time as the Nelson Football Club. The Club played a hybrid form of the game — a mixture of Association football and Melbourne Rules football (now known as Australian Rules Football).
In 1870 Charles Monro introduced the club to rugby as we know it today and the club formally adopted the name Nelson Rugby Football Club and the first rugby game ever played was between Nelson and Nelson College at the Botanical Reserve in Nelson City.
We are extremely proud of our history and heritage as New Zealand's oldest rugby club and are planning to celebrate the occasion in style.
Provisional Programme
Friday 29/5/2020: Muster & Nibbles
Register at the club rooms, check out our visual displays and catch up with friends.
Saturday 30/5/2020: Rugby was the winner on the day
Support our teams playing rugby during the day, join us for lunch and then enjoy the 150th dinner in the evening.
The Bs will be playing Collingwood for the Brydon-Strange Cup, an important piece of silverware that acknowledges the close relationship between the two clubs and the contribution the Brydon and Strange families have made to both clubs and to rugby in the region.
As there is no junior rugby scheduled for this day the juniors will have a family fun day, with an intraclub competition and lunch.
In the evening we will dine in style at the Rutherford Hotel and be entertained by the great Sir Graham Henry.
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