Samsung is coming out with movable seats that will change the way fans can watch games. Named the Slider, these movable seats will race up and down the sideline, keeping up with the action from beginning to end. The Slider will be installed for rugby games at London’s Twickenham Stadium that take place on May […]
Sansible Wearables, a new wearable technology for rugby players called LiveSkin, was started by two friends who met at Edinburgh University. Jack Ng and Charlie Patterson, hope that their unique technology will help to get more young kids playing the sport that they love. Get The Latest Rugby Tech News In Your Inbox! LiveSkin, is made […]
Unbeknownst to the heavy majority of Americans is that American football — by far the most popular sport in the US — has roughly the same global audience as its pad-less counterpart: rugby. With fewer American fans than horse racing and bowling, rugby has failed to ever gain essentially any marketshare in the US almost entirely because […]
In the past, if America’s best rugby players wanted to get paid, they would have had to go to another country like England or Australia. But thanks to the Professional Rugby Association, or PRO Rugby, that is no more. The new league will begin this year, featuring an initial five teams—in San Francisco, San Diego, […]
The Wasps RFC, an English professional rugby union club, has partnered with Fitbit to be the club’s official wearable technology partner. As Fitbit is trying to fix sinking stock value it makes sense for the company to work with professional athletes. If they can successfully reach fitness-minded consumers while also serving top athletes then they have a […]
