There are still several weeks left for boys high school rugby players to apply for a scholarship to attend Nelson College in New Zealand to study and play top-level rugby.

In 2023 Oliver Kirk and Max Doerfler attended Nelson—their applications were so good that donors helped the US Rugby Foundation support two scholarships.

But really there's just the one for 2024 and it will take a special young American rugby player to get the scholarship.

You can apply here>>

Kirk sat down with GRR to talk about his experience at Nelson College, and his advice to the lucky student-athlete who gets to go is to remain open to anything, and keep an open mind to what is a new experience.

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