Rugby competitions API
CompetitionsEvery competition held, with its seasons.
A list you will want once and then keep: it changes rarely. Ids in it open their own endpoints.
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200 OK12550 ms2 rows shownReal answer from 2026-11-03, trimmed
{
"data": [
{
"id": "rg_t79nrt0m9c",
"name": "Autumn Nations Series",
"region": "International",
"country": null,
"type": "international",
"code": "union",
"seasons": 3,
"coverage": {
"tier": "full_detail",
"results": 129,
"full_timeline_pct": 71.3,
"team_scoring_pct": 72.1
}
},
{
"id": "rg_mgmna5xt92",
"name": "Challenge Cup",
"region": "Europe",
"country": null,
"type": "club",
"code": "union",
"seasons": 17,
"coverage": {
"tier": "full_detail",
"results": 648,
"full_timeline_pct": 86.3,
"team_scoring_pct": 94.6
}
}
],
"meta": {
"sport": "rugby",
"endpoint": "/competitions",
"count": 41,
"cached": false,
"age_seconds": 0
}
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Parameters
Query values this call takes. Anything else is refused with bad_param and the list it accepts.
| Name | Type | What it does | |
|---|---|---|---|
| season | string | optional | The season, by the id or starting year shown in Competitions. |
| page | integer | optional | Which page of rows, from 1. |
| per_page | integer | optional | Rows per page, up to 100 on most lists. |
Returns
Each row of data, from a real answer. Every id is ours and opens its own endpoint.
| Field | Type | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| id | id | Our id for this record |
| name | string | Its name |
| region | string | The region |
| country | null | The country |
| type | string | What kind of record or event |
| code | string | Code |
| seasons | integer | Seasons |
| coverage | object | What is held for it |
| meta | What it holds |
|---|---|
| sport, endpoint | What you asked |
| count | Rows in this answer |
| page, per_page, total, next_cursor | Where you are in a paged list, when it is paged |
| as_of | When the data was built |
| cached, age_seconds | Whether this is a stored copy, and its age |
| access | On the free key: what it reads, and the plan that opens the rest |
Errors
Codes this call can give. Each is explained in Errors.
| Status | Code | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | no_key | No key sent, or not in a form we read |
| 401 | bad_key | A key we do not know |
| 403 | plan | The free key asked for a date other than yesterday |
| 422 | bad_param | A value this call does not take |
| 429 | rate | Over the calls a minute for your plan |
| 503 | upstream | The data is not answering; retry after Retry-After |
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