Rugby head to head API
Head to headEvery meeting between two teams.
A list you will want once and then keep: it changes rarely. Ids in it open their own endpoints.
It needs team and opponent. Leave one out and the answer names it, before any data is read.
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200 OK1374 ms2 rows shownReal answer from 2026-11-03, trimmed
{
"data": [
{
"id": "rg_7pn17h2031",
"date": "2026-04-04",
"kickoff_utc": "2026-04-04T19:00:00Z",
"status": "finished",
"competition": {
"id": "rg_mgmna5xt92",
"name": "Challenge Cup"
},
"season": {
"id": "rg_2234qg6q6v",
"name": "2025-26"
},
"home": {
"id": "rg_3wgs9z80xa",
"name": "Ulster",
"score": 28
},
"away": {
"id": "rg_tnz71wf1rk",
"name": "Ospreys",
"score": 24
}
},
{
"id": "rg_y7p9vp2a7r",
"date": "2026-02-28",
"kickoff_utc": "2026-02-28T19:45:00Z",
"status": "finished",
"competition": {
"id": "rg_66dnen7n9s",
"name": "United Rugby Championship"
},
"season": {
"id": "rg_5d0222fxmz",
"name": "2025-26"
},
"home": {
"id": "rg_tnz71wf1rk",
"name": "Ospreys",
"score": 21
},
"away": {
"id": "rg_3wgs9z80xa",
"name": "Ulster",
"score": 10
}
}
],
"meta": {
"sport": "rugby",
"endpoint": "/head-to-head",
"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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| team | id | required | A team, by its id. |
| opponent | id | required | The other side, by its id. |
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 |
| date | date | The day, YYYY-MM-DD |
| kickoff_utc | datetime | Kick-off time in UTC |
| status | string | Its state: scheduled, live, finished or similar |
| competition | object | The competition |
| season | object | The season |
| home | object | The home side |
| away | object | The away side |
| 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 |
| 404 | not_found | An id we never issued for rugby |
| 422 | bad_param | A value this call does not take, or a required one missing |
| 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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