Junior rugby league match day

About 10 minutes. Do it before game day.

1. Create your team

   Open Kickd and sign in. Tap Create Team, then enter the team name, the sport (Rugby League) and the age group off your rego.

   The age group sets your team size, game format and vest rules for you.

2. Add your players

   Go to the TEAM tab at the bottom of the screen. Tap + Add Player and enter a name and shirt number. That's your whole roster, and you can add or edit players any week.

3. Check the format

   On the same TEAM tab, check the AGE GROUP. It locks after your first match, so fix it now if it's wrong.

   Game length starts at league defaults. If your comp plays it differently, change it under FORMAT (U6 to U9) or HALF TIME (U10 to U11).

   

4. Invite parents and helpers

   On the TEAM tab, tap Share Join Link under INVITE PARENTS/GUARDIANS and send it to your team chat. Parents follow the score live on their own phones. The link is for adults only.

   Want a helper to run the clock and log the game? Tap Share PA Link under PERFORMANCE ANALYSTS. They join as your Performance Analyst and run the live screen while you coach.

   Borrowing a player for the day? Tap + Add Guest Player. Guests play and get minutes but stay out of your season stats.

League defaults. Under FORMAT, U6 to U7 can play 2 × 10 min and U8 to U9 can play 2 × 15 min. Under HALF TIME, U10 to U11 can play 15-minute Mod League halves.

Your three free matches include every stat, so you can see what Team Stats adds before you choose a pass.

About 60 seconds on the sideline.

1. Mark who's here

   On the home screen, tap any player who didn't turn up to grey them out. Everyone else is in.

   Type the other team's name under OPPONENT if you like. It shows on the live screen.

2. Set your team

   Tap Set Lineup. U10 to U12: fill positions for the start of the game, or tap Auto fill. You only set the start. Each later period carries on from your live field.

   U6 to U9: there are no positions. Rotation alerts tell you who comes off and who goes on. See Interchanges.

   U8 to U12: set the FR and DH vests in the VESTS row on the same screen. See FR and DH vests.

   Jerseys changed this week? Under the field, THIS WEEK'S NUMBERS lets you change any shirt number for this game. Last week's numbers carry over, a taken number swaps so there's never a clash, and ↻ AUTO numbers your starting side by position.

   

3. Tap Start Game

   The clock runs. For U10 to U12, Kickd takes you to the lineup screen first if your starting side isn't set.

The live screen.

1. Log your points

   On a phone, tap the US + SCORE cell, pick the score, then tap who scored. Kickd does the maths and keeps the running score.

   On a tablet, tap the score in the stats column, then the player.

   

2. Log their points

   Tap the THEM + SCORE cell and pick the score. No names needed.

3. Fix a mistake

   U10 to U12: on a phone, tap the UNDO cell on the field. U6 to U9: on a phone, long-press the US or THEM score cell to take back that side's last score.

   On a tablet, tap Undo in the match log. Or say "undo".

   

4. Keep it fair

   Every player shows their minutes played, on the field and on the bench. Anyone getting too much game time turns amber, so you can spot it at a glance.

If a player can't go on

U6 to U9: long-press them and choose Mark Unavailable, then tap a bench player to take their place. For a no-show, choose Not Here - Mark Absent. It clears their minutes.

U10 to U12: long-press opens a short menu. Choose Unavailable, Absent - Not Here or HIA, then tap a bench player to fill the spot.

• Unavailable takes the player off. Filling their spot counts as one interchange. If they can play again, tap Mark Available in the Unavailable list to put them back on the bench.
• HIA takes the player off for 15 minutes. When the time is up, tap Decide under the field to bring them Back On, or choose Stays Off. You can also decide early.
• Covering an HIA is a free interchange, unless the player stays off.
• Sin bins, send-offs and on report start at U13, so they aren't on the junior menu.

Fairness on the record

Junior matches (U6 to U12) get a Fairness % plus a season chart on the stats screen.

Match stats, U10 to U12

Junior matches log the score and minutes.

On Team Stats, a U10 to U12 team can turn on EXTENDED STATS on the TEAM tab. It adds tackles, errors, line breaks and the rest of the senior stats, except sin bins, send-offs and On Report, which start at U13. With it on, a conversion asks GOAL or MISSED, and Kickd tracks possession, the tackle count and completion %. It works best on a tablet. The rugby league seniors sheet covers them.

U10 to U12 plan interchanges. U6 to U9 get rotation alerts.

U10 to U12: planned interchanges

1. Plan them before the game

   On the lineup screen, open the IC tab and tap + Add Interchange. Pick who comes off, who goes on and the minute. You can plan up to 10.

   

2. Make them when they're due

   On a phone, INTERCHANGE NOW shows at the top of the screen when one is due. Tap Accept to make it, or Skip.

   On a phone or tablet, the PLANNED INTERCHANGES list under the field marks it NOW. Tap Interchange to make it, or Cancel to skip it.

   

3. Swap on the go

   Tap a player on the field, then a bench player. Every swap updates everyone's minutes. The counter shows interchanges used out of 10. Going over only warns you.

At half time, the UNBROKEN HALF card lists who still needs one, so you can give them the whole second half. It also shows who is on track and should stay on.

U6 to U9: rotation alerts

• Set how often under ROTATION on the TEAM tab. When it's time, ROTATION TIME! shows who's coming off and going on, and Rotate Now swaps them in one tap.
• Big bench? Set SUBS PER ROTATION on the TEAM tab to swap a few players at a time instead of a full line change.
• You can still swap on your own: tap a player on the field, then a bench player.

U8 to U12. Set at the start and at every break.

The 2026 NRL Junior Laws have U8 to U12 share the First Receiver and Dummy Half roles, marked by vests. Kickd plans them on the lineup screen and shows FR and DH badges on the live field.

U8 wears FR only. U9 to U12 wear both. U6 and U7 have no vests.

Rotate them every period

• Vests change every period: each quarter for U8 to U9, and each half for U10 to U12 or any team playing halves. At each break, set the next period's vests in the VESTS row on the break screen.
• Missed one? An amber banner above the field says which vest isn't set. Tap it to set the vest without leaving the game.
• If a player wearing a vest comes off, Kickd asks who takes it over.

Everyone gets a turn

• No player can wear the same vest twice in a match. Kickd greys out anyone who has already worn it.
• VEST FAIRNESS on the STATS tab shows FR and DH wears per player across the season, so the roles stay shared.

Stoppages, early whistles, late arrivals.

• Tap Pause for a long stoppage and Resume to go again. On a phone it sits under the field. On a tablet it's the pause button in the top bar.
• The clock stops itself at each break. To end a period early, tap Finish Half (or Finish Q1 and so on for quarters) and confirm.
• At the break, make any changes, then tap Start 2nd Half (Start Q2 and so on for quarters).
• Clock beat the whistle? On the break screen, tap Half not finished, keep playing (Quarter for quarters). Keep logging as normal, nothing spills into the next period, then tap End 1st Half when play stops. Full time has the same button.
• You can lock your phone. The clock keeps running and alerts still come through. If play was stopped while you were away, tap Rewind, play was stopped when you come back.
• Someone turns up late? Tap + Add to Game next to their name under Absent on the live screen.
• The clock counts down each period. Prefer it counting up? Change MATCH CLOCK on the TEAM tab.

No rush at the huddle.

End the game and pick your player

1. At full time, tap End Game at the top of the screen. The match ends straight away.

2. Pick your Player of the Match on the results screen when you've got a moment. You've got an hour after the whistle, and Kickd sends a reminder if you haven't picked.

Who votes, and when

• Juniors (U6 to U12): parents vote Players' Player on their child's behalf, for an hour after full time. It's on by default, under PLAYERS' PLAYER on the TEAM tab.
• Every vote builds the season Players' Player leaderboard. Parents never see the tally.

After the game

• Tap Share result to the team on the results screen to send the score to your group chat.
• Every match is saved on the STATS tab under HISTORY. Tap one for the full match.
• On Team Stats, tap Share PDF there to send the match report to your club or parents.
• Ran a test game by mistake? The head coach can remove it with Delete Match.

Dead spots, country grounds, carnival days.

• The whole match runs on your device. The clock, the lineup, scores, stats and subs don't need the internet.
• Finished games wait on the device and save to your season as soon as reception returns.
• Parents' live view needs signal. Their screens catch up once they're connected again.
• Voice works with no signal too, once the voice pack is on your phone. Download it at home on Wi-Fi: on the TEAM tab, tap Download in the KICKD CALLOUT row (about 68 MB).

Kickd Callout comes with every pass, at every age.

1. Pick your mic

   On HOME, tap Bluetooth headset or Phone mic (Tablet mic on a tablet). A headset with a boom mic holds up in crowd noise. The phone or tablet mic suits training or a quiet ground, and you tap the mic button each time you want it to listen.

   

2. Arm the mic

   If you picked a mic on HOME, it arms itself at the start of play. Otherwise tap the mic button in the top bar. Red means it's logging what it hears, and the bar shows what it heard and what it logged.

3. Mute when you step away

   Tap the mic again to mute for sideline chats or stoppages. On the phone or tablet mic, press and hold to mute. Nothing logs while it's muted. The mic stays armed through the break and switches off at full time.

Which headset

A Bluetooth headset keeps you hands-free, with your eyes on the game, so one person can log the whole match by voice. Most Bluetooth headsets work, and coaches have even used smart glasses, but results vary with noise cancelling. The Shokz OpenComm 2 boom mic is the best tested on a noisy sideline.

Mix taps and voice freely. Undo fixes either.

Speech recognition runs on your device. Your audio is never recorded, stored or sent anywhere.