STATSCORE’s Rugby Union and Rugby League expansion pairs ultra-fast data with LivematchPro, turning real-time match tracking into a rich visual experience.
For digital sports media and sportsbook operators, keeping fans locked on-screen requires providing them with the most detailed information available.
LivematchPro’s rugby animations bridge the gap between data and live-action drama, turning every match phase into an opportunity for fan engagement and revenue growth.
The power of continuous ball tracking
In both rugby codes, the scoreline only tells a small fraction of the story. A match can hinge on a grueling 15-phase build-up from deep inside a team’s own half, or a sudden, field-flipping counter-attack from midfield.
Unlike basic trackers that only trigger when a score occurs, LivematchPro provides continuous ball movement tracking across the entire field.
This full-pitch tracking delivers distinct advantages for platforms looking to hold fan attention:
- Zero Coverage Blind Spots: Fans never have to guess where the action is happening. Every phase progression, wide pass, and open-play kick is visually rendered in real time: whether play is stalled in a midfield battle or pressing hard near the try line.
- Instant Situational Awareness: Anyone opening the widget mid-game immediately sees who holds territory, who is on the front foot, and where the momentum is shifting without waiting for a referee’s whistle or a text refresh.
- Sustained In-Play Engagement: For sportsbooks, visual territorial shifts keep users active during non-scoring phases. Knowing precisely when a team is building pressure makes live next-scoring or turnover markets far more compelling.
- An Authentic Rugby Experience: Rugby fans care about phase play, field position, and momentum. Real-time ball tracking captures the natural flow and mounting tension of the match in a way plain numbers simply can’t.
Live visuals and full matchday stats
Beyond continuous ball movement, LivematchPro translates complex match mechanics into smooth, intuitive animations for all key incidents:
- Set Pieces and Breakdowns: Clear visual indicators for rucks, scrums, and lineouts as they form on the field.
- Scoring and Discipline: Immediate animations for scored tries, conversion attempts, penalty kicks, drop goals, and cards.
Alongside live pitch animations, LivematchPro acts as a complete match center with dedicated statistical tabs:
- Match Stats: Real-time breakdowns of tries, conversions, drop goals, scrums, rucks, disciplinary cards, and possession percentages.
- Incident Timeline: An interactive chronological feed capturing every major match event at a glance.
- Lineups & Rosters: Up-to-the-minute starting squads and substitutes.
- Head-to-Head (H2H): Historical match records and team comparisons
- Standings: live-updating league tables.
Native data architecture for Union and League
Although both sports share a common heritage, Rugby Union and Rugby League feature fundamentally different mechanics. We built our data architecture to account for these rules natively within our collection systems:
- Rugby Union: Purpose-built to record set-piece battles and high-value scoring plays, including scrums, lineouts, rucks, tries, conversions, penalty kicks, and drop goals.
- Rugby League: Engineered for high-tempo possession cycles and tackle counts, capturing tackles, 40/20 tactical kicks, tries, conversions, penalty kicks, and drop goals.
By pairing raw data precision with continuous, full-pitch animations, LivematchPro gives sports publishers and operators the exact combination of speed and storytelling needed to keep fans engaged from kickoff to the final whistle.
