The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is adopting 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) technology to increase the communication of performance data between coaches and players in preparation for the Rugby World Cup 2023.
Ericsson and Vodafone have partnered to install the solution at the IRFU’s High Performance Centre, delivering advanced real-time video analysis to enable enhanced decision-making and deliver real time feedback to coaches, analysts and players.
Using this reliable connectivity, up to eight high-resolution video streams are captured by multiple cameras and a 5G connected drone and then analysed in real-time to collate data on team performance.
IRFU Head of Analytics and Innovation, Vinny Hammond says: “So much of our roles revolve around moving large quantities of data so we can analyse performance to understand what is working and what is not. Vodafone’s 5G MPN stretches the boundaries of what we can do in terms of how quickly we can analyse multiple high-resolution cameras and drone footage which ultimately informs our strategic decision making.”
