The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), responsible for the sport’s national team, has been training its performance analysts to fly drones to review the performance of its players. Ten analysts from the SRU have been training on a course designed and delivered by Consortiq, a company that trains people in safe use of drones. The firm […]
Ultimate Rugby almost certainly sounds like a version of the original game, but those in the rugby tech community know it as something else: an app that serves as fans’ primary mobile source for all things top-tier rugby. The app, which won the top prize in the AIG Rugby Innovation Challenge in 2013, now is […]
The Australian Rugby Union has partnered with digital consulting firm Accenture to deliver an innovative statistics platform which aims to improve the way the national team, the Qantas Wallabies, perform both on and off the field. The new analytics tool built in conjunction with Accenture aims to provide the Wallabies with a digital edge by […]
U.K. subscription TV channel BT Sport has announced it will stream a portion of its rugby union show, Rugby Tonight, for free on both Facebook and Twitter, for this season’s Aviva Rugby Premiership. The first 15 minutes of the program will be available on BT Sport Rugby’s Facebook and Twitter feed. In this segment, it […]
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs were looking for a way for their players to practice more efficiently. So the Australian professional rugby club became the first to sign up for Velpic Sport, a new electronic coaching platform. Now its players are better at remembering and understanding match statistics and how to use them for overall improvement. “The […]
