Bay of Plenty Rugby has partnered with Danish company Veo to offer our clubs and schools with a relatively simple and easy to use video camera to capture footage of their local rugby games for the purposes of analysing players and match officials performance. 

Unlike high performance sporting programmes with dedicated analysts using multiple cameras and drones to capture footage for players and coaches to use to analyse their performance on the field, Veo’s hardware and proprietary software is revolutionary as it does not require a camera operator. 

The camera gets set up on the half way line on a 3 metre high tripod (included).  The operator simply starts the record button using an app just before kick off and the camera records in a 180 degree field of view.  The operator can just leave the camera to do its thing.   

At the conclusion of the match, the operator ends the recording, takes down the equipment and heads home or back to the club. 

The camera is then connected to the internet and the footage gets uploaded to the club or school’s Veo account and this is where the magic happens. Veo’s artificial intelligence software has and is constantly being taught how to follow the play.  The “raw” footage is then converted to something that better resembles video of a rugby game with the camera following the play.  The team can then use the footage as an analysis tool, with Veo having a complete online analyst software programme included. 

Mike Rogers, Bay of Plenty Rugby CEO comments, “We’re very excited about this new partnership.  We’ve been lucky enough to secure two of Veo’s camera’s and tripods, one for us to use and the other to lend to our clubs and schools to trial. If a club or a school wishes to make inquiries with Veo or purchase a camera themselves, they do so through our Ambassador Programme with Veo.  If a club or school makes a purchase, they receive a discount on the purchase price and the Bay of Plenty Rugby receives a small commission from Veo, a win-win for both organisations.” 

If your club or school would like to trial the use of a Veo camera and tripod, you can book online here. Once you've submitted the booking form a Bay of Plenty Rugby representative will be in touch to arrange logistics. 

Article added: Tuesday 20 April 2021