Find all updates to the Rugby v3 API and its documentation
Round Info Additions
| Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| 09/26/2023 | Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Player Summaries Season Lineups Season Probabilities Season Summaries Sport Event Lineups Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline | Added data points related to tournament rounds to bring consistency across APIs. New data points include: - Round - Cup Round Sport Event Number ( cup_round_sport_event_number)- Round - Cup Round Number of Sport Events ( cup_round_number_of_sport_events)- Round - Cup Round Id ( cup_round_id)- Round - Other Sport Event Id ( other_sport_event_id) *when 2 legs only |
<round name="quarterfinal" other_sport_event_id="sr:sport_event:43573993"
cup_round_sport_event_number="2" cup_round_number_of_sport_events="2"
cup_round_id="sr:cup_round:1923693"/>
"round": {
"name": "quarterfinal",
"other_sport_event_id": "sr:sport_event:43573993",
"cup_round_sport_event_number": 2,
"cup_round_number_of_sport_events": 2,
"cup_round_id": "sr:cup_round:1923693"
},
Active Season Indicator
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| 08/28/2023 | Sport Events Created | Added a active_season attribute for newly created matches appearing in the Sport Events Created endpoint.When marked as true this will signify that an added match is part of an active season. |
<sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393169" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"/>
<sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393167" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"/>
<sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393165" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:38+00:00"/>
<sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393163" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:37+00:00"/>
<sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393029" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:37:40+00:00"/>
{
"generated_at": "2023-08-30T14:47:30+00:00",
"sport_events_created": [
{
"id": "sr:sport_event:43393169",
"active_season": true,
"created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"
},
{
"id": "sr:sport_event:43393167",
"active_season": true,
"created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"
},
{
"id": "sr:sport_event:43393165",
"active_season": true,
"created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:38+00:00"
},
{
"id": "sr:sport_event:43393163",
"active_season": true,
"created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:37+00:00"
},
New Cup Round Data
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 03/20/2023 | Season Links | Added order, state, and winner_id to cup rounds in the Season Links endpoint.These new fields can be leveraged to determine the status, order, and winner of a cup round within a season/tournament. |
Age Group & Gender Additions
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 03/13/2023 | Competitor Profile Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Player Profile Season Info Season Lineups Season Probabilities Season Standings Season Summaries Seasonal Competitor Statistics Sport Event Lineups Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline Push Statistics | Added age_group and gender to competitor elements in several endpoints.This update follows the existing format of the Soccer API, and will help to efficiently distinguish these competitor (team) characteristics. |
Pagination Update to Season Probabilities
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 03/03/2023 | Season Probabilities | Added pagination to the Season Probabilities endpoint for several APIs. Going forward, the first 200 events will be displayed. To retrieve further events additional query string parameters will be required. For example, to load the next 200 events you will need to append &start=200 to the call and to load the next 200 add &start=400 and so on. |
New Category Data
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 01/20/2023 | Competition Info | Added the category element to the Competition Info endpoint. This includes category id, name, and country_code. The category will be represented by the country or International to better distinguish the country designation. |
Increase in Coverage & Data
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 12/16/2022 | Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Player Summaries Season Lineups Season Probabilities Season Summaries Sport Event Lineups Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline Push Statistics | Updated coverage for Rugby Union matches. Updates include a running match clock and detailed team and player match statistics, when available. New statistics include: Carries, Clean Breaks, Lineouts Won, Meters Run, Offloads, Passes, Scrums Lost, Scrums Won, Tackles, Tackles Missed, Total Scrums, Try Assists, Turnovers Won. Matches with a running clock are indicated by type="match_clock" value="true"Matches with these additional team and player statistics are indicated by type="boxscore" value="true" |
New 'updated' Attributes for Push Feeds
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 11/29/2022 | Push Events | Added updated and updated_time flags to the Push Events feed. This update will better display which game events have been updated. |
Gender Distinction
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 10/24/2022 | Competition Info Competitions Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Player Summaries Season Info Season Lineups Season Probabilities Season Summaries Sport Event Lineups Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline | Added gender distinction on all competitions. |
'Competitor Merge Mappings' Endpoint
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 08/23/2022 | Competitor Merge Mappings Player Merge Mappings | Added the Competitor Merge Mappings endpoint to a variety of APIs. This feed provides the valid Sportradar Id in cases when two competitors have been merged into one. This feed was previously present in the Soccer API. Also added a Player Merge Mappings endpoint to the Aussie Rules Football API. |
'Sport Events Created' Endpoint
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 06/29/2022 | Sport Events Created | Our new Sport Events Created endpoint provides a list of all events created within the last 24 hours. Send requests to this endpoint as needed to assist in locating and storing newly created events. |
FAQ Update - Match Status
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 01/21/2022 | Match Endpoints | Added a description on status behavior for a match which is not covered live. |
Scoring Methods
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 11/03/2021 | Live Timelines Live Timelines Delta Sport Event Timeline Push Events | Added scoring method for all timeline scoring events. |
Category Info
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 11/03/2021 | Competitions | Added category id, category name, and category country_code to the Competitions feed. |
Pagination Support
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 10/15/2021 | Daily Summaries Season Summaries Sport Events Updated | Added a pagination support description for the following feeds: Daily Summaries, Season Summaries, Sport Events Updated. |
Standings Types
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 10/05/2021 | Season Standings | Added support for additional standings types. |
Substitution Updates
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 10/01/2021 | Live Timelines Live Timelines Delta Sport Event Timeline Push Events | Added descriptions to Timeline information and the FAQ to support addition of substitution data. |
Mappings Endpoints
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 09/15/2021 | Player Merge Mappings Season Competitors Sport Links Season Players | Added data points to support new Seasonal and Mapping feeds. |
Lineups Endpoints
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 08/10/2020 | Season Lineups Sport Event Lineups | Added data points to support the new Season Lineups and Sport Event Lineups feeds. |
Rugby Sevens
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 06/17/2020 | All | Added support for Rugby Sevens to all endpoints. |
Venue Capacity
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 06/02/2020 | Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Live Summaries Player Summaries Season Probabilities Season Summaries Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline | Added the following venue data points: changed, reduced_capacity, and reduced_capacity_max. |
Group IDs
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 06/02/2020 | Season Standings | Updated group ids in the Season Standings feed to include “sr:group:” |
Failover Info
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 12/02/2019 | FAQ | Added a section describing our failover coverage. |
API Release
| Release Date | Feeds Affected | Benefit |
| 10/04/2019 | All | Initial release of Rugby v3. |