New Zealand Rugby Union - Rugby: you’re made for it

It’s simply taken for granted that rugby is the winter national game of choice. Television viewing figures of professional rugby may be thriving – but down at the park on a Saturday morning under 13-year-old rugby was struggling.

Rugby: You're Made For It

Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi  Advertiser: New Zealand Rugby Union Awards: Charity/Not for Profit/Public Service (Silver)

Marketing Challenge

It used to be fairly simple, as a kid you played cricket in the summer and rugby in the winter. All this has changed and the numbers of kids playing rugby under the age of 13 has been declining at a rate of 4% per year since 2001.

Investigation by the NZRU and the agency highlighted a number of reasons for this decline...

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