Competition Matches

Q: How can I, as competition manager, edit/update/delete my competition matches/fixtures? How can I, as a competition manager, resolve disputed matches and/or update forfeited matches?

  • If you have imported your draw or used the draw builder you will need to "publish" all matches before you can edit/update/delete matches.
  • Once published the competition fixtures will display under the 'Matches' tab and you can edit individual matches. If you wish to edit in bulk, we recommend uploading a 'redo' template.

Matches Page

  • Displays Home Team and Away Team result on the home page.
  • Default to show All Competitions (depending on which admin level you are in).
  • Matches can be filted by Status, Team Name.
    • Matches with a Status of 'Disputed' matches appear in red.
    • Team Name can display the count of Home and Away matches for that team.
  • Match name also appears in the colum.

Creating an individual match

  1. Competition Management > Matches
  2. Click "Create Match"
  3. Enter required match details
  4. Add Match Note (This will be seen by the Appointment Board admin while appointing for this match and in the Fixture Report for competition owners and clubs.)
  5. Click "Save"

Editing/Updating an individual match

  1. Competition Management > Matches
  2. Select Competition 
  3. Find the match and click into it
  4. Edit required fields
  5. Add Match Note (This will be seen by the Appointment Board admin while appointing for this match and in the Fixture Report for competition owners and clubs.)
  6. Click "Save"

Editing/Updating matches in bulk

  1. Competition Management > Matches
  2. Select Competition 
  3. Tick checkbox for matches to be updated
  4. Click "Change Match Status" or "Change Match Time"
  5. Select new Status from dropdown or enter in new date and time
  6. Add comment
    • This comment will be added to the individual Match Notes of each match, which can be viewed by appointment board admins. 
  7. Click "Confirm" 

Note

  • When editing a match and the date, time, venue, teams and/or status changes:
    • Appointment Board admins will receive a 'Matches Updated' email. 
    • Any appointed referees, who has been notified of their appointment, will receive the 'Referee Appointment Notification Updated' email. 

Match Status

  • Fixture
    • This is the first status a match will receive and means the match is yet to be played. Team lists can be submitted and scoring events added against the match. 
  • Result
    • Match has been finalised, where team admins are unable to make any changes to team lists and/or scoring events. 
    • Resulted matches contribute to the ladder calculations. 
    • Referees will be paid for resulted matches. 
  • Disputed
    • Match has been disputed by a team admin, creating a competition case for the competition manager to resolve and marked as 'result' or 'forfeit'. 
    • Disputed matches do not contribute to the ladder calculations.
    • Referees will not be paid for disputed matches, until updated to 'result' and/or 'forfeit'.
  • Forfeit
    • Match has been marked as a forfeit by a team admin in the Rugby Match Day app or by the competition owner. 
    • We recommend Competition Managers add in a Default Forfeit Score into their Competition Details page to automatically populate the score for the winning and losing team so the ladder can be updated. 
    • If there is no Default Forfeit Score, forfeited matches will result in a draw in the ladder and will need to be manually updated by the competition manager.
  • Postponed
    • Matches have been postponed due to Weather, Referee Shortage or Team Emergency. 
    • Postponed matches do not contribute to the ladder calculations.
    • Referees will not be paid for postponed matches, until updated to 'result' and/or 'forfeit'. 
    • Referees will receive a Referee Appointment Notification Updated email with the 'postponed' status. 
  • Cancelled
    • Matches have been cancelled due to Weather, Referee Shortage or Team Emergency. 
    • Cancelled matches do not contribute to the ladder calculations. 
    • Referees will not be paid for cancelled matches, until updated to 'result' and/or 'forfeit'. 
    • Referees will receive a Referee Appointment Notification Updated email with the 'cancelled' status. 

Deleting an individual match

  1. Competition Management > Matches
  2. Select Competition 
  3. Find the match and click into it
  4. Click "Delete"
  5. Confirm you wish to delete the match, click "Accept"

Note

  • Competition managers will be unable to delete matches that have:
    • Team lists submitted,
    • Scoring events and player movements, 
    • Competition cases, and/or
    • Matches marked as 'result'. 
    • Referees have been appointed to the match.
  • The following message will display: "This match has players or non-players listed in the team lists, movements or scoring events connected. Please review these and update before you continue with the deletion."

Resolving a Disputed match

  1. Disputed matches will create a case and email notifications sent to club admins and competition manager (Competition Management > Competition Cases). Disputed matches will not contribute to the ladder until their match status has been updated to 'Result' or 'Forfeit'.
  2. Competition Management > Matches
  3. Select Competition 
  4. Find the match and click into it
  5. Check scores, team lists, movements and scores tabs
  6. Update Match Status to 'Result' or 'Forfeit'
  7. Click "Save"

Updating a Forfeited match

  1. Forfeited matches will create a case and email notifications sent to club admins and competition manager (Competition Management > Competition Cases). 
  2. We recommend Competition Managers add in a Default Forfeit Score into their Competition Details page to automatically populate the score for the winning and losing team so the ladder can be updated. 
  3. If there is no Default Forfeit Score, forfeited matches will result in a draw in the ladder and will need to be manually updated by the competition manager.
  4. Competition Management > Matches
  5. Select Competition 
  6. Find the match and click into it
  7. Ensure the Forfeit details are correct, update Home Team Score and Away Team Score if required, indicating the team that "won" the match
  8. Click "Save"

Re-do Draws (editing future matches in bulk):

  1. Competition Management > Matches
  2. Select Competition
  3. Click “Redo Draw”
  4. Follow steps to upload draw available here. 
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