Match Tracker

Match Tracker Mobile Application is a mobile application that incorporates a cloud backend and also an online website. The mobile application will allow users to create and edit players, panels and teams on the go as well as the ability to create, edit and track matches that have been played by recording a set selection of match details on the side of the pitch. This allows for real time updating and access to the most recent match results for all teams using the application.

Currently the process within Leinster Branch on a match day is that the final scores, as well as a breakdown of the tries scored, conversions scored, penalties scored and drop kicks scored must be recorded on a paper team sheet. Along with the scores it must also be recorded if there were any yellow or red cards issued and against who. Also on the team sheet it must state if scrums were contested or uncontested and if uncontested which team requested this. There must also be a record made of each player, what position they played and their personal player pin number. This sheet must then be signed by the referee and posted to Leinster Branch head office. Following this a text message must be sent to a fixtures secretary in the Branch again stating the final scores, a breakdown of the scores and yellow or red cards issues as well as contested or uncontested scrums. The fixtures secretary then manually inputs this information into a third party website which generates a results table and if there has been a yellow or red card issued she must also input this information into a player database so it will appear on the player’s record.

This project aims to provide an application with the feature to record all the match statistics outlined above and instantaneously submit these records to a cloud based storage platform. Following this submission of data a results table may be then generated and displayed on a website for review by users. The initial stages of the project will only include the ability to record match data and players names. The ability to record player pin numbers and then verify players eligibility will be developed at a later stage.