Major League Rugby Expands GPS Capabilities with Catapult Partnership

January 15, 2020 - Major League Rugby (MLR) News Release

SALT LAKE CITY - Major League Rugby (MLR) has decided to partner with the global leader in sports technology, Catapult, to improve the training and performance metrics for the entire league. Catapult designs wearable technologies that have revolutionized how athlete analytics are measured.

Catapult has global customers in 137 countries and 39 sports across more than 3000 teams. Their North American reach includes 29 of the 32 National Football League (NFL) teams and all 31 National Hockey League (NHL) teams, among many other professional leagues. Overseas, Catapult is partnered with over 200 elite club and international rugby teams including Rugby Australia and the Saracens.

Catapult has provided athlete wearable technology for the MLR to improve monitoring of athlete development. Catapult's groundbreaking technology is designed to reduce athlete injuries and optimize the rehabilitation process, which will prove to be crucial across the MLR 17-week regular season that kicks off February 8.

MLR Commissioner George Killebrew has worked with Catapult previously for the Dallas Mavericks and said, "I'm pleased to be partnering with Catapult once again to utilize their top of the line sports technology capabilities. I know the difference that their products can make for professional athletes and I feel this partnership is crucial for continued development of our athlete's training, and our league analytics."

Catapult Chief Executive Officer Will Lopes is excited to work with an innovative and forward-thinking organization like Major League Rugby, stating "rugby is one of our areas of expertise in using technology to improve the performance of elite athletes, so we look forward to working closely with MLR to drive the evolution of the physical nature of the league and its teams. We're dedicated to continuing to engineer the most advanced technology in elite sport and remain obsessed with working with like-minded associations like MLR."

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