Every player will experience some form of adjustment period after retiring from rugby. There is often a gap post-retirement, a loss of identity and changes to a person’s sense of purpose and direction. There is also a change in relationships, roles and routines. Players must find new careers, re-skill and build new social connections. Players can feel lost…… and with that comes various challenges.

The Global Rugby Players Foundation seeks to empower rugby players, who contributed to the success of the game, to have a healthy and fulfilling life after they leave it. It seeks to reframe the concept of retirement by looking at it as a positive challenge and an opportunity for people to forge new careers, build new connections and expand their identity.