Play Rugby New Zealand

Take a rugby gap year and play rugby in New Zealand. Real Sport Experience has excellent programmes to choose from if you are looking to play rugby in New Zealand during your time out.

New Zealand is the perfect place to play rugby abroad. They are consistently the world's best rugby playing nation, so it is an obvious choice to play rugby in New Zealand as part of a gap year sports programme.

With Real Sport Experience, you can play rugby in New Zealand at our rugby-training academy. This rugby gap abroad programme gives you intense rugby training during the week, with a place in the academy team to play rugby in New Zealand. Our other rugby gap programme in New Zealand will be available soon, giving you the chance to play for a local team and have the time to work too.

To learn more about playing rugby in New Zealand and other rugby gap programmes, use the following links:

Rugby Academy New Zealand Improve your individual and team performances. Experienced coaches, innovative training techniques and a dedicated academy in the home of the All Blacks make it the ideal gap year for any rugby fan!