Nine’s Wide World of Sports, in conjunction with the NRL, has announced the addition of a state-of the-art GPS player tracking system, the Telstra Tracker, to deliver in-match technology to viewers in State of Origin I on Wednesday May 31.
Live information including speed, distance covered and heat maps of where players have been on the field will all be incorporated into this Australian-first technology – and a first for rugby league broadcasting.
The Telstra Tracker is made possible through a collaboration between Nine, the NRL, NSWRL, the QRL along with a global leader in GPS player tracking Catapult. Together they will unveil a system that NRL clubs and coaches have been using to measure players’ key performance indicators.