One live-capture engine, two ways to coach. Develop referees against the World Rugby Laws, or coach your own team player by player - then turn every match into stats, an AI coaching review, and a shareable PDF.
Purpose-built for the sideline - for referee coaches and team coaches alike. Every feature designed around the reality of live match capture and post-match review.
Start the clock and capture in real-time - referee decisions or player actions - every entry timestamped to the second with half tracking.
Tap the pitch diagram to record where each event occurs. The heatmap reveals spatial patterns - where events cluster and which zones see the most action, for referees and teams alike.
Every penalty links to the relevant World Rugby Law. Coaches and referees can discuss decisions in context, with the law reference built right in.
Flag events for coaching discussion. Record observations, areas for improvement, and positive feedback - building a structured debrief for every match.
Record yellow and red cards with player numbers. Cards appear in match stats, event logs, and exported reports - a complete disciplinary record.
Switch to Quick Entry for the fastest possible capture - team, law and outcome in a streamlined flow. Or tap Speak Event and dictate the whole call: Rugby Ref Coach parses it into a structured entry, hands-free.
Export a polished PDF with statistics, event timeline, heatmap, and coaching notes. Share reports via link or email - recipients get a read-only view, and you can revoke access anytime.
Install on your iPad and use it pitch-side without wifi. Events save locally and sync when you're back online. No app store needed.
After the final whistle, AI turns every event, coaching note and law reference into a structured review - whether you're assessing a referee against the Laws or debriefing your team - with strengths, focus areas and next-session training priorities.
Coaching a team instead of a referee? Switch to number-first capture - tap a jersey, tap the action. Build a player runsheet, track subs and position switches, and get a player-coach AI review with training focuses.
A roster makes each referee one identity however their name was typed. Compare any of them against the median for their grade, or put the whole panel side by side - rate-normalised, consistency shown, and deliberately not a ranking.
Every screen designed for the sideline - fast, clear, and focused on what matters during a live match.
Every match organised with team names, referee details, and association tags. Create new matches in seconds, sync across devices, and manage your coaching history.
Go beyond just logging penalties. Capture coaching moments with structured criteria - Correct, Consistent, Controlled, Communicative, Influential - and attach free-form or dictated notes.
Every event logged with a field position builds into a visual heatmap. See at a glance where penalties are clustering, which zones see the most set-piece activity, and how the referee's positioning relates to the action.
When play is fast, switch to Quick Entry. Team, law and outcome in a streamlined, tap-friendly layout - or tap Speak Event and dictate the whole call. Configure exactly which steps you want so it fits the way you referee.
Send a match to another referee by email - they see it in their app, no account needed yet. Or export a polished PDF and share it through any app on your device. You stay in control of who has access.
Group admins get a shared dashboard - total reports, members, events logged - with a referee / team-coaching split: penalty and law-category trends for referees, and points, actions and discipline for team coaches. Filter by member to coach individuals.
Once the match is done, tap Coaching Review for an AI-generated debrief. The system scans every event, card, coaching note, and law reference to surface patterns a spreadsheet never would - then writes a structured coaching narrative ready for the post-match conversation.
Team Coach mode points the same live-capture engine at your own side. Tap a jersey number, tap the action - and the match builds itself into a player-by-player picture.
Choose the team you're tracking at kick-off, then log everything by jersey - tries, line breaks, missed tackles, penalties conceded and more. Discipline stays law-referenced, and scoring flows straight to the scoreboard.
Every action rolls up into team stats and a per-jersey runsheet - points, tries, positives, errors and discipline, split by half. See who's carrying the load and where the game is being won or lost.
After the final whistle, the AI turns your captured events and voice notes into a structured review written from the player-coach angle - and, most importantly, clear priorities to take straight into your next training sessions.
Pick Referee Coach or Team Coach, add the teams and date, and you're set. Optionally tag it with your association.
Start the timer and capture as it happens - penalties, cards and coaching moments as a referee coach, or player actions by jersey as a team coach.
Generate an AI coaching review, export a professional PDF, and share it with the referee, your team, or your association.
Every penalty and free kick maps directly to the official World Rugby Laws. Select the law category, choose the specific infringement, and the full reference is attached to the event - creating a shared language for development. The same law reference backs discipline in Team Coach mode, too.
Once your panel is logging matches, the obvious question follows: how does one referee compare with another? Rugby Ref Coach answers it with a coaching picture rather than a league table - rate-normalised, filtered by grade, and candid about what the numbers can and cannot tell you.
Coaches type a referee's name as they know it. The roster makes each referee a single identity, so "S Whitfield" and "Sam Whitfield" gather into one profile instead of reading as two people - without editing anybody's match reports.
Every figure is a rate or a share, so a 60-minute grade compares fairly with an 80-minute one. The median is taken across every referee at that grade, so it holds still and can be quoted - the 1st Grade standard, not a number that moves depending on who you clicked.
Put referees next to each other at one grade. The first block is the game-flow reading - fewer sanctions, more advantage played on, cleaner set piece, more ball in motion - so you can see at a glance who lets a game run and who stops it.
There is no score and no league table, on purpose. A match report records what was called and where - never whether a decision was correct, how it was communicated, or how the referee carried themselves. Events are logged by whichever coach was watching, and how thoroughly they log varies more than most refereeing does. So differences are presented as shape, with sample sizes, spread and data-quality warnings shown alongside. It is built to start a coaching conversation, not to settle a selection argument.
Rugby Ref Coach isn't just for individuals. Referee associations and team-coaching groups can centralise their development program with full visibility across every member.
Members - referees or team coaches - request to join your group. Admins approve memberships and promote leaders. Global admin oversight keeps everything accountable.
Every match tagged to your group flows into a shared dashboard. Split referee and team-coaching stats, filter by member, and review trends across everyone.
Make each referee one identity however their name was typed, set your grades, then compare like with like - a coaching picture, not a ranking.
Association admins manage their own membership. Global admins have full oversight with user management, access control, and cross-association visibility.
Members own their data. Admins only see matches tagged to their group. Personal matches stay private.
Every member is automatically joined to a Demonstration Association - a working example with match reports, a referee roster and a full set of comparisons - so they can explore the whole group experience from day one, read-only.
Start tracking matches today - free to use, no credit card required.
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