Rugby Data Scraper — Fixtures, Results, Lineups & Player Stats 🏉

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🎉 Rugby as clean, structured data: matches across the major competitions (World Cup, United Rugby Championship, Super Rugby, Six Nations, Premiership, Top 14 and more) with teams, scores, winner, venue and status, and — on request — per-player box scores (lineup and match statistics) for completed matches. No API key, no login. Built for sports-stats products, betting and fantasy modellers, and AI agents.

🔍 What is the Rugby Data Scraper — and when should you use it?

Give a date range (and optionally specific leagues) and get one row per match: the two teams with scores, winner, venue, status and competition. Turn on includePlayerStats to add every player's lineup and match statistics for completed matches.

Use it when you need: fixtures and results across many competitions; a betting or fantasy model that wants player-level box scores; or a stats widget. Use something else when you want another sport — see the rest of the foXLabs sports family.

🤖 Use with AI agents

Already on the Apify MCP server? Ask for it by name: foxlabs/rugby-union-data.

Your agent can pay for its own runs — pay-per-event with agentic payments over x402 (USDC on Base) or Skyfire, with no Apify account of its own. Billing is per delivered match, never for errors or empty results.

Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP assistant:

Use the Apify Actor `foxlabs/rugby-union-data`.
Input: `dateFrom`/`dateTo` (YYYY-MM-DD); `leagueIds` (optional); `includePlayerStats` adds per-player box scores; `maxResults` caps rows.
Start with: { "dateFrom": "2023-09-01", "dateTo": "2023-11-01", "includePlayerStats": true }

Things you can ask your agent:

• "Give me every Rugby World Cup match with the final score and winner."
• "Add the player box scores for each match."
• "Which fly-halves kicked the most points last weekend?"

📋 Overview

The Rugby Data Scraper reads ESPN's public, keyless rugby API live on every run and returns deduplicated, camelCase rows. There is nothing to configure: no key, no login, no proxy to buy (Apify's free datacenter proxy is used by default).

Why teams pick this actor:

• 🧱 Many competitions, one actor — World Cup, URC, Super Rugby, Six Nations, Premiership, Top 14 and more.
• 🧬 Player box scores generic scrapers skip — full lineup and per-player match stats, on request.
• 🔑 Zero setup — no API key, no login, no browser.
• ♻️ Fresh every run — reads the source live.
• 🤝 Agent-ready — MCP + x402, billed per delivered match.

✨ Features

• 🏉 Fixtures & results — teams, scores, winner, venue, status and competition.
• 👥 Lineups — starting XV, replacements, captain, and who was subbed in/out (with includePlayerStats).
• 📊 Player match stats — points, tries, conversions, kicks, clean breaks, defenders beaten, tackles and more, per player.
• 🌍 Many leagues — pass leagueIds, or sweep the major competitions automatically.
• 📦 Clean export — deduplicated camelCase rows, ready for CSV/Excel/JSON.

🎬 Quick Start

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/foxlabs~rugby-union-data/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"dateFrom": "2023-09-01", "dateTo": "2023-11-01", "includePlayerStats": true}'

🚀 Getting Started (3 steps)

1. Set the dates — dateFrom/dateTo (defaults: last 14 / next 21 days).
2. Pick scope — optionally pass leagueIds; turn on includePlayerStats for box scores.
3. Run and export — download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull it from the API.

📥 Input

{
  "dateFrom": "2023-09-01",
  "dateTo": "2023-11-01",
  "leagueIds": [],
  "includePlayerStats": true,
  "maxResults": 0
}

Field	Type	Description
dateFrom / dateTo	string	Match date range (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults: last 14 / next 21 days.
leagueIds	array	ESPN rugby league IDs. Empty = sweep the major leagues.
includePlayerStats	boolean	Add per-player box scores for completed matches (default off).
maxPlayerStatMatches	integer	Cap on how many matches get the player box-score lookup in one run (default 50).
maxResults	integer	Cap on delivered matches (0 = default).
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify datacenter by default — no setup needed.

📤 Output

Match (with includePlayerStats, each match gains a players array):

{
  "league": "Rugby World Cup", "leagueId": "164205", "eventId": "596154",
  "name": "France vs New Zealand", "date": "2023-09-08T19:15Z", "venue": "Stade de France", "status": "Full Time",
  "teams": [
    { "name": "France", "abbreviation": "FRA", "score": 27, "homeAway": "home", "winner": true },
    { "name": "New Zealand", "abbreviation": "NZL", "score": 13, "homeAway": "away" }
  ],
  "players": [
    { "team": "France", "name": "Thomas Ramos", "position": "FB", "jersey": "15", "starter": true,
      "stats": { "points": 17, "conversionGoals": 3, "penaltyGoals": 2, "cleanBreaks": 0 } }
  ],
  "source": "ESPN", "scrapedAt": "2026-11-02T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Field	Description
league / leagueId	Competition and ESPN league id.
name / date / venue / status	Match identity, kick-off, venue and status.
teams	Both teams: name, abbreviation, score, homeAway, winner.
players	With includePlayerStats: per player team, name, position, jersey, starter, captain, subbedIn/subbedOut, and a stats object.

💼 Use cases

• Betting / fantasy model
  • Input: { "includePlayerStats": true, "leagueIds": ["164205"] }
  • Output: matches with full player box scores.
  • Use: model player form, kicking accuracy and scoring.
• Results feed / widget
  • Input: { "dateFrom": "2024-02-01", "dateTo": "2024-03-20" }
  • Output: the Six Nations round by round.
• Historical analysis
  • Input: { "leagueIds": ["164205"], "dateFrom": "2023-09-01", "dateTo": "2023-10-29" }
  • Output: a whole Rugby World Cup.

🔗 Integration

JavaScript (Apify client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('foxlabs/rugby-union-data').call({ dateFrom: '2023-09-01', dateTo: '2023-11-01', includePlayerStats: true });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python (Apify client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("foxlabs/rugby-union-data").call(run_input={"dateFrom": "2023-09-01", "dateTo": "2023-11-01", "includePlayerStats": True})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

n8n / Zapier / Make: use the Apify connector, pick this actor, map the dates and includePlayerStats, then route the dataset into your sheet, database or webhook.

📊 Pricing

Pay per result (PPE). You are billed only for delivered matches, never for errors or empty runs. Player box scores are included with the match when includePlayerStats is on. Current prices are on the Pricing tab.

❓ FAQ

Do I need an API key or a login to scrape rugby data?

No. You supply only a date range and optionally a list of leagues. There is no API key, login or browser to configure; the Actor reads a public, keyless rugby source for you through Apify's free datacenter proxy.

What does each match row contain?

The competition and match, the two teams with their scores, home/away and the winner, the venue, the status and the date. With includePlayerStats, the match also carries a players array.

What is in the player box score?

For each player: team, name, position, shirt number, whether they started, the captain flag, whether they were subbed in or out, and a stats object with points, tries, conversions, penalty and drop goals, kicks, clean breaks, defenders beaten, tackles and more, as published.

Which competitions are covered?

The major rugby union competitions — World Cup, United Rugby Championship, Super Rugby, Six Nations, Premiership, Top 14 and others. Leave leagueIds empty to sweep them, or pass specific ESPN league IDs.

How do I get player stats for only completed matches?

Turn on includePlayerStats. Box scores are fetched only for matches that have finished; upcoming fixtures return the match row without a players array.

How current is the data?

Every run reads ESPN live, so fixtures, scores and box scores reflect what ESPN shows at run time. Schedule it to keep a rolling feed of a competition.

How do I pull a whole season or tournament?

Give a date range that covers it (for example the Rugby World Cup window), optionally with that competition's leagueId. The Actor fetches the covering season and returns the matches in range.

How is billing calculated?

Pay per result: you are charged only for matches actually returned, never for an empty run or an error. Player box scores come with the match, not as a separate charge.

Can I export to CSV, Excel or JSON?

Yes. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Apify console, or pull it from the Apify API or the dataset's .json endpoint for a model, a spreadsheet or an AI agent.

How is this different from a generic scores scraper?

A generic scraper gives the final score. This actor adds the lineup and per-player match statistics across many competitions — the player-level depth that fantasy and betting models need, not just who won.

🐛 Troubleshooting

• No matches found — widen dateFrom/dateTo; a competition may be between rounds or off-season.
• No players on a match — box scores appear only with includePlayerStats, and only for matches that have finished.
• Fewer rows than maxResults — maxResults is a cap, not a target.

⚠️ Trademark

Independent, third-party tool. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to World Rugby, any league or ESPN. All marks belong to their owners and are used for identification only.

⚖️ Is it legal to scrape this data?

This actor reads publicly available, non-personal sports data (match scores, lineups and statistics) already published for public viewing. It collects no private personal data and requires no login. Use the output in line with applicable laws and the terms of the sources. When in doubt, consult a lawyer.

🤝 Support & contact

• 🌐 Website: data.foxlabs.com.tr
• 📧 Email: info@foxlabs.com.tr
• 🧰 More clean data actors: Fox Labs on Apify

Changelog

0.2 — 2026-11-02

• New includePlayerStats option adds per-player box scores (lineup and match statistics) for completed matches.
• Added output schema (dataset + run-report key-value live view).

0.1 — 2026-11-02

• Initial release: fixtures and results across the major competitions from ESPN's keyless API.