The South African Rugby Union has selected Sportradar to collect, process and distribute data from almost 300 matches played in South Africa, including ABSA Currie Cup qualification matches and ABSA Currie Cup Premier and First Division games.
Sportradar will also use its Fraud Detection System to monitor all the matches in Super Rugby and the Rugby Championships involving South African teams, plus matches of the South African Springboks.
SARU CEO Jurie Roux said: “We have recently seen allegations of match fixing in other South African sports and it is a threat that SA Rugby is not complacent about.
“In the past few years, World Rugby has really stepped up its quest to ensure the integrity of the game is upheld with the ‘Keep Rugby Onside’ campaign and we fully support that.
“Sportradar can safeguard us from these threats. Its data-related expertise will ensure that the Fraud Detection System, which is employed worldwide, will give us the most powerful tool available to spot and root out concerns,” said Roux.
