nrlR News

Improvements

Added advanced statistics that are avaliable via NRL.com. This includes advanced player and team statistics which are supplied to NRL.com via Champion Data

Improvements 2/07/2025

Added a fetch_fixtures function which scrapes NRL.com draw for future fixtures and past results Added more sources to fetch_player_stats

Improvements 30/06/2025

Added a fetch-lineup function which scrapes team lists released by NRL.com on a Tuesday

What’s Coming - 28/06/2025

Future versions of nrlR will introduce: - Integration with advanced statistics from additional sources (e.g., NRL.com) - More granular player-level metrics (e.g., tackles, run meters, errors, line breaks) - Improved team and player ID resolution across seasons and competitions

nrlR 0.1.0

Initial release with support for scraping historical Rugby League data from [rugbyleagueproject.org].

🔍 Core Functionality

• fetch_results(): Match-level results across NRL, Super League, QLD Cup, NSW Cup, etc.
• fetch_ladder(): Team ladders with detailed home/away splits and points differentials
• fetch_venues(): Venue usage and attendance by team and competition
• fetch_coaches(): Coaching records across leagues and seasons
• fetch_player_stats(): Player match stats (tries, goals, field goals, points) for all valid games between 1998 and present

⚙️ General Enhancements

• All functions include league, season, and source arguments
• Slug mapping and URL building are automated internally
• cli progress bars and error handling for a clean user experience
• readr::write_rds() integration for bulk .rds saving by season
• Fully vectorized fetch_player_stats() for batch scraping across years

🛠 Development Practices

• Compliant with CRAN DESCRIPTION and Roxygen2 docs
• Modular design allows easy future expansion

Stay tuned as nrlR becomes a one-stop shop for Rugby League data pipelines.