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Rugby Tours To Auckland
Rugby Tours to Auckland is a major city in New Zealand. Another new adventure being added to Irish Rugby Tours tour list of destinations to visit.
Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean.
The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with dozens of dormant volcanic cones.
The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour, Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour, Pacific Ocean.
It is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water.
Rugby features an awful lot in the city and is home to the Auckland Blues Super Rugby franchise.
Many famous world and household names have played for the Blues including Ma’a Nonu and Sonny Bill Williams.
In Addition, there are three Mitre 10 Cup rugby union teams which is the level below: Auckland, North Harbour and Counties Manukau. You find that these teams are feeder teams to the main franchise.