How many rugby clubs are there in New Zealand?

153 are recorded in OpenStreetMap as of 2026-07-29, spread across 13 regions. That is what the open map knows, not a census — a club nobody has added yet does not appear.

Do these rugby clubs pay to be listed here?

No. Sideline takes no money from any club and has no ranking to sell. Listings are ordered alphabetically or by distance, never by payment.

Why do some entries have no phone number or website?

16 of the 153 have a website on record. The rest simply have not had one added to OpenStreetMap. A blank field here always means "not recorded", never "none" — and anyone can fix it at the source in about two minutes.

By sport

Rugby clubs in New Zealand

153 listed across 13 regions.

153rugby clubs

Listed across 13 regions, in alphabetical order — there is no ranking here to buy.

SOURCE·OpenStreetMap·NZ EXTRACT 2026-07-29·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Every dot is a club plotted at its own recorded coordinates. There is no basemap underneath — the country is drawn entirely by where New Zealanders train.

By region

By town

How this list was assembled

One Overpass query per region, so a club's region is known by construction and never inferred.
Anything that is ground rather than an organisation — a pitch, a court, a municipal pool — is dropped.
Records sharing a name within 250 m are merged as one venue, keeping the richer copy — 103 here.
Each club is matched to the nearest named town inside its own region, capped by settlement size, or left unassigned.
Nothing is ranked, weighted or promoted. No club can pay to move.

region  = the query it came from        (certain)
town    = nearest named place, same region, within cap
rank    = none

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SOURCE·OpenStreetMap·NZ EXTRACT 2026-07-29·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Questions people actually ask

How many rugby clubs are there in New Zealand?: 153 are recorded in OpenStreetMap as of 2026-07-29, spread across 13 regions. That is what the open map knows, not a census — a club nobody has added yet does not appear.
Do these rugby clubs pay to be listed here?: No. Sideline takes no money from any club and has no ranking to sell. Listings are ordered alphabetically or by distance, never by payment.
Why do some entries have no phone number or website?: 16 of the 153 have a website on record. The rest simply have not had one added to OpenStreetMap. A blank field here always means "not recorded", never "none" — and anyone can fix it at the source in about two minutes.