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How To Guides, Tips & Advice
For Jobs, Careers and Employment opportunities In Rugby Union & Rugby League globally
Everything we’ve put together to help you find, apply for and build a career in rugby – from applying for your first job, to coaching, to commercial, to media & broadcasting, to medical and S&C, to performance analysis, to working in a rugby charity or not-for-profit and jobs with rugby unions and governing bodies. We allow clubs to advertise for rugby players as well. Pick a guide below to get started.
Union + League both codes
Worldwide coverage
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- 1 ‘How to’ Apply for Rugby Jobs & Rugby Vacancies ← Click Link
- 2 ‘How to’ Become a Rugby Coach & Find Rugby Coaching Jobs ← Click Link
- 3 ‘How to’ Become a Rugby Performance Analyst ← Click Link
- 4 ‘How to’ Become a Rugby Strength & Conditioning Coach ← Click Link
- 5 ‘How to’ Get a Medical & Healthcare Job in Rugby ← Click Link
- 6 ‘How to’ Get a Commercial, Marketing, Sales, HR, Admin, Ticketing, PR & Board Job in Rugby ← Click Link
- 7 ‘How to’ Get a Job in Broadcasting, Media, Social Media & Podcasts in Rugby ← Click Link
- 8 ‘How to’ Get a Job in Rugby Stadiums, Training Grounds & Technical Roles ← Click Link
- 9 ‘How to’ Work in Women’s Rugby ← Click Link
- 10 ‘How to’ Get a Job in a Rugby Charity or Not-for-Profit ← Click Link
Guide 1 of 10
Applying for rugby jobs
‘How to’ Apply for Rugby Jobs & Rugby Vacancies
A simple step-by-step walkthrough of applying for any job listed on RugbyJobs.com – from finding the Search Jobs button through to submitting your cover letter and CV, plus what to expect if an employer’s own site handles the application.
Guide 2 of 10
Becoming a rugby coach
‘How to’ Become a Rugby Coach & Find Rugby Coaching Jobs
How the global Rugby coaching framework works, the badges and qualifications you need in both rugby union and rugby league across the world’s top 20 nations, and how to actually land a paid coaching job.
Guide 3 of 10
Becoming a rugby performance analyst
‘How to’ Become a Rugby Performance Analyst
The degrees and short courses (union and league, ranked across the world’s top 20 nations), the software you must know, the accreditation that matters, and how to land your first pitch-side role – anywhere in the world.
Guide 4 of 10
Becoming a rugby strength & conditioning coach
‘How to’ Become a Rugby Strength & Conditioning Coach
The job titles you’ll see advertised, the qualifications and certifying bodies that matter (UKSCA, ASCA, NSCA and World Rugby’s own Conditioning for Rugby pathway), and how the route differs across the world’s top 20 rugby union nations and top 20 rugby league nations.
Guide 5 of 10
Getting a medical or healthcare job in rugby
‘How to’ Get a Medical & Healthcare Job in Rugby
Every medical and healthcare job title in rugby, from team doctor to sports therapist to performance psychologist, plus the registration bodies, rugby-specific pitch-side qualifications, and country-by-country pathways that get you there.
Guide 6 of 10
Commercial, marketing & business roles
‘How to’ Get a Commercial, Marketing, Sales, HR, Admin, Ticketing, PR & Board Job in Rugby
Every non-playing, non-coaching business role in rugby – commercial, marketing, sales, HR, admin, ticketing, PR, communications and board level – plus what qualifications, training and experience each one actually needs, globally across both codes.
Guide 7 of 10
Broadcasting, media, social media & podcasts
‘How to’ Get a Job in Broadcasting, Media, Social Media & Podcasts in Rugby
Every broadcasting, journalism, social media and podcast job title in rugby, plus what qualifications, training and experience each one actually needs, globally across both codes.
Guide 8 of 10
Stadiums, training grounds & technical roles
‘How to’ Get a Job in Rugby Stadiums, Training Grounds & Technical Roles
Every stadium, grounds and technical job title in rugby – from groundskeeping to stadium safety to floodlight and AV engineering – plus what qualifications, training and experience each one actually needs, globally across both codes.
Guide 9 of 10
Working in women’s rugby
‘How to’ Work in Women’s Rugby
What jobs actually exist in the women’s game, the growth roles unique to women’s rugby, real examples of women who’ve reached the top of coaching, and how professional structures compare across the world’s top 20 nations in each code.
Guide 10 of 10
Working in a rugby charity or not-for-profit
‘How to’ Get a Job in a Rugby Charity or Not-for-Profit
A global guide to breaking into rugby’s charity sector – child & youth development, disability support, player welfare and benevolent funds – covering real organisations, real roles and internships, and how to actually get hired.
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Efrem – Founder of RugbyJobs.com