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Coverage and depth
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Coverage and depth

Each competition is sold at the depth it actually has, worked out from the archive every 30 minutes. The API gives the same label on every competition as coverage.tier. Below the tables is what we do not hold, so you know before you pay.

Full detail 3

A full scoring timeline (every try, kick and card with its minute, adding up to the score) for 70% of results or more. full_detail

Results and team scoring 2

Tries, conversions, penalties and drop goals for each side for 85% of results or more, without minutes. results_and_team_scoring

Partial detail 19

Timelines or team scoring for part of the results, mostly the recent seasons. partial_detail

Results only (alpha) 17

Teams, date and final score. Offered as alpha: the detail fills in as sources allow. results_only

The tier never limits what you can call. A free key reaches every competition for yesterday, today and the fixtures ahead; Archive opens every season. Free key overview

Full detail

CompetitionRegionSeasonsResultsFull timelinesFull lineups
Challenge CupEurope17 2010 to 202664886%20%
Autumn Nations SeriesInternational3 2020 to 202512971%74%
WXV 1 Women2 2023 to 20244495%0%

Results and team scoring

CompetitionRegionSeasonsResultsFull timelinesFull lineups
Pro D2France20 2007 to 20264,6041%5%
Super Rugby Aupiki5 2022 to 20265549%0%

Partial detail

CompetitionRegionSeasonsResultsFull timelinesFull lineups
Top 14France20 2007 to 20263,4519%12%
United Rugby ChampionshipEurope and South Africa26 2001 to 20262,99441%21%
Super RugbySouthern Hemisphere32 1996 to 20262,74337%11%
PremiershipEngland21 2005 to 20262,57242%11%
National Provincial ChampionshipNew Zealand19 2006 to 20261,46757%1%
European Rugby Champions CupEurope20 2006 to 20261,33051%18%
Premiership Women's Rugby8 2017 to 202677369%2%
Major League RugbyUSA9 2018 to 202668342%0%
World Rugby U20 ChampionshipInternational16 2008 to 202647158%9%
World CupInternational11 1987 to 202342543%55%
Women's Six Nations25 2002 to 202636541%41%
Rugby ChampionshipSouthern Hemisphere30 1996 to 202525259%96%
Pacific Nations Cup17 2007 to 202613654%66%
Rugby Europe ChampionshipEurope9 2017 to 20266144%15%
Nations ChampionshipInternational1 20261844%100%
Nations CupInternational1 20261850%100%
Premiership Rugby CupEngland4 2019 to 2023978%0%
The Greatest RivalryInternational1 2026838%100%
Friendly InternationalInternational1 2026743%100%

Results only (alpha)

CompetitionRegionSeasonsResultsFull timelinesFull lineups
Test MatchesInternational133 1871 to 20263,1429%10%
Six NationsEurope132 1882 to 20261,30425%32%
Top10Italy8 2018 to 20267514%0%
Currie CupSouth Africa16 2010 to 202666121%15%
Top 12Argentina11 2013 to 20253120%0%
Women's World Cup10 1991 to 202525626%30%
NationaleFrance1 2023 to 20241560%0%
Lions TourInternational32 1891 to 202515930%38%
Farah Palmer Cup4 2020 to 20231581%0%
Super W WomenAustralia2 2023 to 2024300%0%
Europe Super CupEurope1 2022240%0%
Rugby Europe ConferenceEurope1 2022 to 2023130%0%
Sevens World Series: AustraliaInternational1 2024180%0%
Rugby Europe TrophyEurope5 2017 to 2023166%0%
Supersevens 3France1 202380%0%
Supersevens 2France1 202380%0%
SupersevensFrance1 202380%0%

What we do not hold

Not heldWhyUse instead
Tackles, missed tackles, carries, metres, passes, offloads, line breaks, turnoversNo open source publishes these match by match, and we do not estimate them.The scoring timeline, and figures worked out from it with include=derived (points by half, lead changes, minutes in front, points while a player is short).
Scrums and lineouts won and lost, penalties conceded by typeNot published openly for any competition we carry.Cards with their minute on the timeline.
Possession and territoryNot published openly.Nothing in their place.
Scoring minutes in the Top 14 and Pro D2The open French pages give tries, conversions, penalties and drop goals for each side, not when they came.Team scoring for each side, so these competitions sit at Results and team scoring.
Player tracking, GPS and speedsNever published.Nothing in their place.
Betting oddsOutside what this API covers.Nothing in their place.

Held for part of the archive

FieldHow far it goes
Referees and match officialsWhere the match report prints them, mostly from 2015.
LineupsFull 23-man lineups for most finished matches of recent seasons; older matches carry fewer. Each competition shows its share below.
Tests before 1995Every result back to 1871, with scorers only where the record names them.
Seasons stopped by Covid in 2020Marked interrupted: the table is final as play stopped, and the fixtures after that date were never played.

Where a field is missing on a match it is null, never guessed, and the match's quality flags say why. Data quality flags Coverage table with filters