Sport

How the IRFU is hooking up the right data to create champions

The head of analytics and innovation at the IRFU says there can be five different technologies connected to a player and knowing what data is important and what’s not is key

Ireland's Cian Prendergast and Italy's Niccolo Cannone. Technologies used by the IRFU to gather data and optimise performance include chips in the player’s gumshield and the rugby ball and GPS in a player’s vest. Picture: INPHO