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PREDICTIVE INSIGHTS, DELIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR COACHES’ BOX

For nearly two decades, Opta data has been the driving force behind professional rugby’s adoption of data-driven analysis to inform game plans, player development and evaluation. Now, a range of new AI-powered predictive metrics are helping you and your analysts add a new dimension to performance and recruitment profiling.

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WORKING AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF PROFESSIONAL RUGBY
From Descriptive to Predictive

Evolving Rugby’s Data Landscape

Each year, detailed Opta data is captured from over 3,000 men’s and women’s matches across both codes. In every game over 10,500 contextual qualifiers, linked to each event, are recorded.

This data is now being used to train AI models which are powering a range of predictive insights to inform key decision-making in your coaches’ box during a game. These include:

  • Expected Points (xP): quantifying the expected result of each team’s possession in the game, in terms of points and tries scored.
  • Kick Predictor: Insights into the predicted outcome of kicks at goal, based on the historical performance of the goal kicker.
  • Score Predictor: advanced insights into how many points each team is projected to score, based on in-game factors and past performance.
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RugbyHub Live: Enhancing Your Matchday Analysis 

Launched in 2023, RugbyHub Live provides you with minute-by-minute performance insights during a game to identify key trends to help inform in-game decisions made by your coach.

  • Compatible with mobile devices, the platform presents various match insights from an attacking, defending, kicking and set-piece perspective.
  • Data visualisations, including pitch maps and heat maps, are available to help communicate insights easily and clearly, to provide clarity to decision making in high-pressure situations.
  • RugbyHub Live also incorporates a wide range of Opta Prediction metrics for rugby, including Expected Points (xP) to highlight the underlying quality of each team’s attacking possessions.

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SUCCESS STORY: ASM CLERMONT AUVERGNE

Taking a Data-Led Approach to Analysis

In recent seasons Clermont have been utilising Stats Perform’s RugbyHub and DataEngine software to help facilitate performance analysis and inform player recruitment.

Head Performance Analyst, Joe Larkin, shares insights into how Opta data is helping the club monitor changing trends in the sport, identify prospects and impact strategies for different opponents.

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