Version History

Schools can now run rugby on Rugby Pulse

Schools sit alongside clubs as their own organisation type, with a dedicated school dashboard for squads, fixtures, training, availability, attendance, stats and player development.

• School organisation type alongside clubs, with school profile and school type
• Dedicated school dashboard in the older Rugby Pulse green
• School squads across any age group, plus fixtures, training and results
• Availability, attendance and simplified match stats for school squads
• Player development notes recorded by school staff, private to school staff
• School Admin and School Staff roles, separate from club and platform admin
• Players can belong to both a school and a club without the two mixing
• Safeguarding unchanged: player-only and adult-only spaces stay separate
• School Admin, School Coach and school organisations available in the Demo Studio

Labels, rewards and ambassadors

Rugby Pulse can now recognise testers, creators, ambassadors, clubs, schools and partners with labels, rewards and a permanent recognition history.

• Super Admin → Recognition Centre: Labels, Rewards, Ambassadors and Recognition History
• Create, edit, disable and delete labels, with icon, category and display settings
• 27 starter labels across founding, testing, creators, clubs, schools and business
• Unlimited custom labels, assigned to as many people as you like
• Recognition badges on profiles, showing the first five and + X more
• Tap a badge to see what the recognition means
• Rewards linked to labels: badge, early access, premium, discount, feature, referral, event or custom
• Ambassador register with active, paused and ended status
• Permanent history of every label assigned or removed, with who did it and when
• Labels are recognition only and never grant any permission or access

AI-built demos and the AI match-tracking lab

Demos are now designed from a plain-English brief and feel like a real club, and Rugby Pulse has an internal AI Lab for teaching the match-tracking model rugby.

• Demo Studio: describe the demo you want and AI designs the club, squads, fixtures, stats and news
• Creator research from public information to tailor a demo before a meeting
• Every demo is randomised, so no two sessions look like the same organisation
• Switch perspective between Club Admin, Team Admin, Coach, Player, Parent and Journalist
• Change a live demo in plain English: add teams, players, results or news mid-conversation
• Presenter Mode for meetings, with a discreet preview label instead of demo badges
• AI Lab (Super Admin): rugby knowledge base, match footage, datasets, annotations, test runs, evaluation and versions

The demo is now a hands-on sandbox

Demo visitors can switch roles and actually use Rugby Pulse — adding fixtures, planning training, marking attendance, logging stats, chatting and posting news, all in a throwaway fictional club.

• Role switcher: Club Admin, Team Admin, Coach, Player and Parent views
• Add and delete demo fixtures, record results and plan training sessions
• Mark attendance, add or remove squad players and log match stats
• Post demo chat messages and demo news articles
• Presenter mode hides demo banners for clean screen-shares
• One-tap reset restores the demo club; nothing ever touches live data

New Premium pricing, annual billing and the Rugby Pulse referral system

Player Premium is now £2.99 a month or £24.99 a year, Club Premium is £19.99 a month, and referral codes can be issued, tracked and paid out on real subscription revenue.

• Player Premium: £2.99/month or £24.99/year with a monthly/annual toggle
• Club Premium: £19.99/month — the old £40 setup fee has been removed
• Club Pro (£39.99/month) is built in but stays hidden until a Super Admin enables it
• Plans & Billing page rebuilt: current plan, upgrade, cancel and billing information in one place
• Features still in development are clearly labelled Coming soon
• 30-day Club Premium free trial unchanged, with trial status, days remaining and end date shown
• Super Admins keep per-club Premium on/off control
• Referral codes: discount, commission, dates, usage limits and conversion event
• Have a referral code? entry on the subscription page, applied automatically at checkout
• Referrer dashboard: sign-ups, conversions, active customers, revenue and estimated commission
• Super Admin → Referrals: full attribution, commission statuses and audit trail
• Self-referral blocked, one referral per customer, no commission on cancelled or refunded payments

Role-based navigation and Demo Management in the Admin Centre

Everyone now sees only the sections they are allowed to use, and Super Admins get a full Demo Management area inside the Admin Centre.

• Navigation is built from your actual roles — combined roles keep all of their sections
• Players and parents no longer see admin, club, team or journalist tools
• Team Management is limited to that team's coaches and team admins
• Club Management appears for admins of any club they run
• Journalist Centre appears only for approved journalists
• Restricted pages opened directly by link now show a clear Access denied screen
• Super Admin → Demo Management lists every demo code with description, type, created and expiry dates, maximum and current uses and status
• Demo actions: View, Edit, Disable, Enable, Regenerate, Extend and Delete
• Create Demo now covers demo name, type, age group, gender, position, fictional club, teams and a custom code
• Switch demo areas on or off: statistics, fixtures, training, attendance, milestones, news, premium, AI and chat
• Ready-made partnership demo code RP-TTL-DEMO for the Rugby TTL demo
• Demo visitors stay isolated: no admin tools, real users, clubs, chats, reports or payments

Secure Demo Mode and Super Admin demo code generator

Clubs, partners, journalists and investors can explore Rugby Pulse with a demo code — using fictional data that is completely isolated from real accounts.

• Try a Demo button on the sign-in screen — no email or password required
• Demo codes are required and are generated by Super Admin only
• Demo Mode shows a fictional club, teams, players, stats, fixtures, training, chat, news, milestones and Premium
• Demo AI answers using only the fictional demo data
• Demo banner on every demo screen: no real data or payments are connected
• Super Admin Demo Management: create, disable, regenerate, extend and delete codes
• Demo configuration for demo type, age group, gender, position, fictional club and teams
• Expiry options (none, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, custom) plus maximum-use limits
• Internal demo descriptions and usage tracking visible to Super Admin only
• Demo visitors are never signed in, so real users, clubs, chats, reports, subscriptions and payments stay out of reach

News tab, navigation cleanup and Premium promotions

Rugby Pulse News is now a main tab, the app is organised into clear sections, and Premium promotions are tasteful and always dismissible.

• News is a main navigation tab: Home, News, Teams, Your Team, Profile
• Redesigned News homepage with Featured, Trending, Latest and category sections
• News search across headlines, article text, teams, competitions, categories and journalists
• Only published articles are ever shown — drafts, submitted and rejected stay hidden
• Account Settings now holds personal settings only
• New Your Sections area on Profile: Subscription, Club Management, Team Management, Journalist Centre and Admin Centre
• New Team Management hub for coaches and team admins
• Premium promotions with a close button, Maybe Later snoozing and one pop-up per session
• 30-day Club Premium trial promotion shown only to eligible club admins
• No upgrade prompts for Founder accounts or anyone already on the relevant plan

News & Journalist system

Rugby Pulse now has a proper moderated newsroom: approved journalists write, editors review, and only approved articles go live.

• New Rugby Pulse News feed with search, category, competition and journalist filters
• Full article reader with byline, reading time, tags and journalist bio
• Journalist role with a public application form covering bio, interests, competitions, experience and portfolio
• Journalist Centre showing drafts, submissions, editor feedback and published work
• Article editor with headline, standfirst, body, category, competition, teams, players, tags and editor-only sources
• Editorial workflow: draft, submitted, changes requested, rejected, approved, published, unpublished
• Super Admin journalist management: approve, request info, reject, suspend, block and reinstate
• Super Admin news review queue with full article preview, feedback notes and one-tap publish or unpublish
• Editorial audit log recording every journalist and article decision
• Journalists can never publish their own work — publication is enforced server-side and in the database

Milestones & Achievements

Every player now has an automatic milestones page, calculated from their real recorded match and training data.

• New Milestones & Achievements page with unlocked, in-progress and locked milestones
• Match, try, tackling, passing, kicking, conversion, training and attendance milestones
• Development milestones for ratings and coach feedback, with a meaningful improvement threshold
• Fun awards: Try Machine, Playmaker, Tackling Machine, Iron Man, Boot of the Team, Training Warrior, Commitment and Rugby Pulse Legend
• Age-group aware: tackling, kicking and conversion milestones are hidden where the ruleset does not use them
• Career and season totals kept separately — career milestones never reset
• Team and club achievements based on aggregate data only
• Milestone summary and latest three achievements on the Player Profile
• Milestones unlock automatically and are written server-side, so they cannot be faked or manually awarded

30-day Club Premium free trial

Every club can now try the complete Premium feature set free for 30 days — no payment details required.

• New Try Premium Free screen with the full Premium Club feature list
• Trial status shows days remaining and the exact end date
• Trial ends automatically back to Basic — no club data is ever deleted
• One free trial per club; Founder lifetime Premium stays separate and free
• Super Admin can extend, end or reset a club trial, with audit logging
• Roadmap updated with what is live, in development, next and coming soon

Support & partnership contact routing

Support and partnership enquiries now go to the correct inbox everywhere in the app.

• All support, account, login, bug, subscription and payment enquiries route to RugbyPulsesupport@gmail.com
• Brand deals, sponsorship, club and media partnerships route to rugbypulsezachb@gmail.com
• Contact page rebuilt with clearly separated Support and Partnerships sections
• Footer, Settings, About and Profile now show both contact addresses

Premium control, public club pages & seasons

Manual Premium switch for clubs, richer team profiles and season rollover.

• Super Admin can now switch Premium access ON or OFF for any club, with no payment taken
• Plan, access source and payment status are shown separately, so Founder, manual and paid Premium are never confused
• Team profiles now carry a badge, description, training times and contact details
• Team admins, coaches and club admins can edit their team profile in one place
• Start a new season archives the current one and keeps every past match, stat and attendance record
• Season history is visible on the team page

Data Health, Subscriptions & brand green

New super admin tooling plus a return to the original Rugby Pulse green.

• New Data Health screen with 14 live database checks, affected-record lists and safe one-tap repairs
• Repairs only add missing links — nothing is ever deleted automatically
• Rebuilt Subscriptions admin screen with overview, club, player, plans and customer tabs
• Clear "Payments are not live" notice until payments are connected; Founder keeps lifetime Premium for free
• Report admin now shows reporter and reported-user email addresses to authorised admins only
• Restored the original Rugby Pulse green across buttons, navigation, cards and highlights

Clubs, teams & reporting fixes

A reliability release for clubs: proper club/team links, safer leaving, club admin invite codes and a working reporting flow.

• Reports now capture the club and team they relate to, and club admins can review reports for their own club
• Reporters stay private — nobody can see who reported them
• Joining a team automatically links you to that team's club with a matching role
• Existing team members were linked to their clubs, with no data removed
• A club's last admin, or a team's last manager, can no longer leave until a replacement is appointed
• New club admin invite codes with expiry, usage limits, revoking and an audit trail
• Redeem screen now accepts both team and club invite codes
• Club page shows club admins, coaches and every age group and team
• New super admin data integrity check for orphaned teams and missing club links

Auto-join & leave chats

Join a team and you're added automatically to every chat your role allows — and you can now leave any chat you don't want.

• Automatic membership: your team's Players or Adults chat is added as soon as you're in the squad
• Club chat added automatically for coaches, admins, parents and adult players
• Shared team chat joined automatically when an 18+ squad has it switched on
• Leave any chat straight from the chat list — you won't be re-added
• One tap to rejoin every team chat you've left
• Safeguarding rules unchanged: juniors and adults stay in separate chats

Chat & Safeguarding

Junior squads now keep players and adults in completely separate chats, with announcements bridging the two.

• Players Chat — players of the team only; coaches, team/club admins, super admins and parents have no access at all
• Adults Chat — coaches, team admins, club admins, super admins and approved parents; players can never see it
• No mixed junior chats: private and group conversations can no longer contain both a junior player and an adult
• Announcements stay read-only and visible to everyone, posted by coaches and admins only
• 18+ teams can switch on a shared team chat for the whole squad
• Every rule enforced in the database, so blocked chats stay blocked even via direct links

Announcements Channel

A dedicated, read-only Announcements channel for every team, posted by coaches and admins only.

• New Announcements channel per team, separate from Team Chat
• Only coaches, team admins, club admins and super admins can post, edit, pin or delete
• Players and parents can read everything, vote in polls and set availability — but cannot post or reply
• Author name, role badge, team name, date and time shown on every announcement
• Pinned announcements always stay at the top of the channel
• Attachments for images, PDFs, training plans and match information
• Notifications to all team members (and linked parents) when a new announcement is posted
• Unread badge on the dashboard and unread markers in the channel until viewed
• Distinct channel design with a banner: only coaches and admins can post here

Chat, AI & Subscriptions

Team Chat, the Rugby Pulse AI assistant and the full subscription framework — with payments prepared but switched off.

• Team Chat — team, club, coach and direct conversations with realtime delivery
• Message attachments (images and PDFs) in a private, permission-checked store
• Read receipts, unread badges, pinned messages and in-conversation search
• Rugby Pulse AI assistant framework with role-aware answers for players, parents and coaches
• Subscription system: Basic and Premium tiers for both clubs and players
• Club plans — Basic Club (free) and Premium Club (£40 one-off setup + £20/month)
• Player plans — Basic Player (free) and Premium Player (£4.99/month)
• Billing preparation: upgrade, plans, billing history, success and cancelled screens
• Founder account receives lifetime Premium and is never charged or prompted
• Super Admin subscription management with plan totals and upgrade history
• Improved navigation — Chat added to the bottom bar, Live Rugby temporarily hidden behind Coming Soon
• Input bars now sit above the keyboard and bottom navigation on all devices
• Bug fixes and performance improvements across dashboards, chat and profiles

Coach Centre & Season Dashboard

A full toolkit for coaches, season-long player stats and a team communications centre.

• Coach Centre with dashboard, next training, next match, attendance and injuries
• Training Planner with objectives, location and equipment lists
• Attendance tracker (Available / Late / Unavailable / Injured)
• Team Selection with starting XV and substitutes
• Match Day Checklist and private Player Notes
• Season Planner combining training, matches and events
• Season Dashboard — matches, starts, tries, tackles, assists, kicks, conversions, minutes, attendance, win rate and average rating
• Performance graphs, milestone cards and season-vs-season comparison
• Age-group aware stats so younger squads only see age-appropriate data
• Team Communications Centre: announcements, polls, availability and read receipts
• Push notifications for matches, training and announcements
• Dashboard and permission improvements across teams and clubs

Public Launch & Rugby Hub

Rugby Pulse goes public, with the Rugby Hub and a stabilised core platform.

• Public launch of Rugby Pulse
• Rugby Hub for professional rugby content
• Fixtures, league tables and professional team pages
• Favourite teams and Fantasy Rugby foundations
• Professional UI improvements across the app
• Core platform stabilisation and performance work

Pre-demo polish

Presentation and stability improvements ahead of coach demos.

• Dashboard quick stats (players, teams, clubs, training)
• About Rugby Pulse page
• Send Feedback shortcut in Settings
• Team roster now shows player photos
• Club page totals for players and coaches
• General empty-state and stability polish

Legal centre & compliance

Full legal suite and required policy acceptance at signup.

• Terms & Conditions
• Privacy Policy
• Community Guidelines
• Legal Centre and Contact & Support
• Version History page
• Required policy acceptance during registration
• Reports now link to the Community Guidelines

Club and team data integrity

Every team is now correctly linked to a club and age group.

• Fixed the Shelford U13s club relationship
• Teams can no longer exist without a club and age group
• Repaired orphaned team records
• Improved club structure integrity and team discovery

Club and team navigation

Browse a club properly: Club → Age Group → Team.

• Club → Age Group → Team browsing
• Fixed navigation dead ends and unwanted redirects
• Improved club discovery and membership visibility
• Request-to-join flow from team pages

Age-appropriate rugby positions

Position selection now matches the age grade being played.

• U9 and below shown as Mini Rugby Player with no position selection
• U10–U11 choose Forward or Back
• U12 adds Utility
• U13 and above use full senior positions
• Coach and admin screens show age-appropriate player information

Team permissions & player visibility

Coaches and team admins see more; players manage less.

• Coaches and Team Admins can view full player profiles
• Coaches can create training sessions and matches
• Team Admins can create training sessions and fixtures
• Players can no longer create events
• Tightened team management permissions in the backend

Invite code redemption

A dedicated screen for redeeming team invite codes.

• New Redeem Invite Code screen
• Fixed incorrect redirects after redeeming a code
• Improved Coach and Team Admin onboarding
• General stability and usability improvements

Public beta foundations

The foundations of Rugby Pulse: accounts, clubs, teams and roles.

• Push and in-app notifications
• Parent–child linked accounts
• Team join requests and approval workflows
• Team roster management
• Team Admin, Club Admin and Super Admin role systems
• Password reset via email
• Edit profile screen with persistent updates
• Multiple rugby positions per player
• Reporting and moderation tools
• Club ratings and reviews
• Credits & supporters page
• Central version tracking and changelog
• Account suspension and abuse prevention

Live today

• Club, team and player profiles
• Coach and admin tools
• Match statistics and season dashboard
• Training, attendance and season planning
• Team communications and safeguarded chat
• Reporting and moderation
• Club and team navigation and discovery
• Subscription infrastructure

Currently being built

• 30-day Club Premium free trial
• Stripe payments
• Subscription management
• Club outreach and onboarding
• Data health tools

Rugby Pulse AI Assistant

• Player and coach assistant
• Performance analysis
• Training and development suggestions
• Plain-English explanations of your statistics

Premium club features & Live Rugby

• Advanced statistics and analytics
• AI assistance for clubs
• Priority support
• Live scores, fixtures and league tables

Where Rugby Pulse is heading

• Live professional rugby data
• Fantasy Rugby
• More competitions
• Advanced analytics