Contact and collision load
Quantify tackle and collision load alongside running load, and correlate it with wellness and readiness so contact fatigue is managed, not guessed.
Rugby union
Built for the collision and the season that follows it.
Strong is the performance intelligence platform for rugby. It manages contact and collision load, tackle volume, injury risk, and return-to-play in one view, so every body on the team-sheet is read from the same truth.
The problem
The true cost of a disconnected rugby program
Your S&C coach reads running and collision load in one system. Your medical team logs injuries, concussion protocols, and rehab in another. Your nutritionist works from spreadsheets. The head coach receives three reports and tries to reconcile them before selection. In a sport defined by repeated contact and a long, attritional season, fragmented data hides accumulating collision load, slows return-to-play decisions, and turns availability into guesswork. You have the player data. You do not yet have the single source of truth that rugby performance management demands.
- Collision and running load in one platform, concussion and rehab in another
- Return-to-play decisions made without the full load and medical picture
- Forwards and backs read on one undifferentiated profile
One platform
One language for the whole rugby department.
Strong does not replace your staff. It unifies their data into one objective view of every player, so decisions on contact load, return-to-play, and matchday availability become faster, clearer, and backed by a complete narrative.
Injury surveillance
See where a rugby season is actually lost
Each body region carries two readings: how often an injury happens, and how many days it costs when it does. Burden is the product of the two, so a costly knee and a frequent concussion both surface for what they are. The chart reads by position and label, never colour alone, sorted so the costliest region sits at the top. The figures here are illustrative until your own surveillance data fills them in.
Injury burden by region
How often each region is injured, and how many days it costs. Burden is both, not one.
- Incidence (injuries)
- Days lost
Engineered for rugby
Built for the unique demands of the game
Forwards and backs, read apart
A prop's collision profile is not a winger's running profile. Strong reads load by position group, so the numbers mean what they should for each.
Return-to-play governance
Bring concussion protocols, rehab milestones, and graded load together, so the return decision is made on a complete medical and load picture.
Injury risk surveillance
Track acute and chronic load against an individual baseline, so a player trending toward a soft-tissue or contact injury is flagged before it costs availability.
Long-season durability
Manage cumulative collision and running load across an attritional season, so your key players are fit for the business end, not breaking down before it.
Squad and academy methodology
Track development on one consistent methodology from the senior squad through the academy, so every player is read on the same axes.
The metrics that matter
The analytics that build a resilient rugby squad
- Collision load
- Tackle and collision counts and impact, alongside total distance and high-speed running, to manage contact volume and intensity.
- Internal load and readiness
- Heart rate variability, sleep duration and quality, and subjective wellness, for a complete picture of recovery from contact.
- Injury and return-to-play
- Acute:chronic workload ratios, injury burden by region, concussion protocols, and graded rehab load in one record.
- Position-specific profiles
- Load benchmarks read by forwards and backs separately, so a number is judged against the right demand.
Agnostic by design
Powerful by integration
Your investment in technology is safe. Strong is hardware-agnostic, built to ingest the tools your program already trusts. Connect your GPS and collision-tracking provider, your Polar or Garmin heart-rate monitors, your force plates, and your medical records. Strong is the intelligence layer that standardises every stream, so you finally see the complete picture without changing the devices your staff rely on.
Injury burden by region
How often each region is injured, and how many days it costs. Burden is both, not one.
- Incidence (injuries)
- Days lost
Illustrative figures, not measured results
1unified player record across load, medical, and nutrition
5performance dimensions in every athlete profile
0spreadsheets to reconcile before a return-to-play call
Collision load and medical data used to live in separate silos, and return-to-play was a slow argument across spreadsheets. Strong unified it. We now read a player's contact load, rehab milestones, and readiness on one screen, and the return decision is faster and far more defensible. It has changed how we manage availability.
Rugby union
Stop managing data. Start protecting availability.
Move your program beyond fragmented spreadsheets and disconnected systems. Implement a unified, objective approach to rugby athlete management and unlock the potential of your whole squad.