Rugby Team Performance

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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, predictive metrics from OptaAI are helping analysts and coaches make better informed in-game decisions, as well as better understand the underlying performance of players, to inform selection, recruitment and post-match evaluation.

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Detailed rugby data: powering OptaAI predictions

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.

OptaAI is now using this data to power a range of predictive insights to inform key decision-making in your coaches’ box.

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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Opta Live for rugby: lightning fast, actionable live game analysis

Opta Live for rugby provides detailed performance insights during a game to identify key trends and battlegrounds and develop actionable responses, fast.

Utilise comprehensive match insights from attacking, defending, kicking and set-piece perspectives to inform changes to game plans.
Communicate insights to players and coaches with clarity in high-pressure situations using engaging data visualisations, including pitch maps and heat maps.
Highlight the underlying quality of each team’s attacking possessions using OptaAI predictive metrics

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Empower your coaches, director of rugby and players with Opta-powered solutions to drive key processes at training and on match day

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ASM Clermont Auvergn Evidence-Based Insights to Support Elite Performance

In recent seasons Clermont have been utilising Stats Perform’s rugby solutions 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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We want to see where trends in the game are, where the style of play was, where it is now, and where it’s going. We use the trends to inform and build our squad for the future.

Alvaro Arranz, Head of Data Analysis and New Sporting Technologies

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