Purpose-built for rugby league — from Under 6 to Opens.
Junior rugby league and senior rugby league are two different games. Kickd is built for both — fairness and compliance for the little ones, a competitive analytics edge for the grades that count.
Every kid gets a fair go — and you stay compliant with the 2026 NRL Junior Laws, automatically.
Junior rugby league has changed. The 2026 National Junior Laws (U6–U12) brought in new rules around shared roles and fair participation. Kickd handles them for the coach — no notebook, no spreadsheet, no second-guessing — so every coach runs game day to the same standard, whatever their experience.
Every player's minutes, tracked automatically — so no one gets left on the bench.
Kickd tracks every player's time on the field automatically with a wall-clock timer — no manual stopwatch. At every quarter and half break, and at full-time, the coach gets a Fairness summary: the spread between the most- and least-played players, the team average, a “Needs Attention” flag, and a “Needs More Minutes” list telling you exactly who to get back on next period.
Every kid gets a fair go — tracked automatically, not on a notepad.
The fairness percentage shows for U6–U11. U12 keeps per-player counts but eases off the season-fairness framing for the slightly more competitive age group.
The new First Receiver & Dummy Half vest laws — made invisible.
The 2026 laws introduce two rotating vested roles — First Receiver (yellow vest) and Dummy Half (pink vest). They're roles, not positions: they force the acting-half and first-receiver jobs to be shared rather than monopolised by one or two confident kids. (U8 = First Receiver only; U9–U12 = both. U6/U7 have none.)
Kickd enforces the two hard rules so you don't have to: a vest is worn for a whole period (quarter for U8/U9, half for U10–U12), and one wear per player per match — wear it once, and someone else takes it next period. If a vested player is subbed off or injured, a yellow reminder banner appears with a one-tap replacement picker. A Vest Wears card on the season Stats screen proves every kid got a fair turn in both roles.
The new vest laws are confusing. Kickd makes them invisible — it just works, and keeps you compliant.
In game — FR & DH vests, tracked live
Season — every kid’s turn in both roles
The right format for every age group — handled for you.
Kickd already knows the format for each age group, so you don't set it up from scratch:
Formats are coach-selectable where leagues differ (quarters vs halves, 15 vs 20 min halves). A rotation timer (U6–U9) reminds you when to swap so everyone rotates fairly — and vested players are automatically excluded from rotation, because the law says they play the whole period. From U10–U12 you can pre-plan interchanges by minute and Kickd alerts you at the right moment.
Give the whole team community a voice — from their own phone.
Parents and players follow the game live — score and goal notifications, no chasing the coach. Coaches share a single Join Code / QR; everyone taps and they're in. No accounts to chase, no setup night.
Turn on Player of the Match and the whole sideline votes anonymously. Anti-bias rules are built in — no self-votes, and the coach's vote counts double — so the award stays fair and stays earned.
One app, the whole journey
A coach who starts at Under 6 keeps the same app all the way to Opens — fairness and vests when the kids are little, advanced analytics when they grow up.
A consistent standard across every coach
Whether it is a first-season volunteer or a 20-year veteran, every coach runs the same fair, compliant, data-backed game day — so good coaching habits become the default across the whole club, not a matter of luck.
Zero hardware, zero GPS
Every stat is coach-tapped on a phone or tablet. Nothing to wear, nothing to charge, nothing to lose.
Built for real sideline reality
Game Day Mode keeps the screen full-bright and awake, auto-pause handles the app being backgrounded mid-game, and undo rebuilds possession, tackle count and sets correctly.
Built in Australia, for Australian junior sport
Designed with rugby league coaches on real sidelines — from the 2026 NRL Junior Laws to senior match analytics — not adapted from an overseas template.
Pre-loaded for gifted clubs
If a club gifts a subscription, team setup — name, age group, sport, players — is pre-loaded. Coaches just check and go.
Rugby league questions, answered
Kickd is an Australian game-day app built for rugby league: coaches plan and track interchanges live, juniors get fair game-time and NRL Junior Laws compliance automatically, and senior grades get the possession, tackle-count and set-completion analytics top teams run — from Under 6 to Opens.
How does Kickd manage rugby league interchanges?
Coaches plan interchanges before kickoff — minute, player off, player on — and Kickd alerts them live when each one is due. The interchange counter caps at 10 a match (8 at Opens), matching competition rules. For U6–U9, a rotation timer shares game time automatically instead.
Does Kickd support the NRL Junior Laws and vest rules?
Yes. For U8–U12, Kickd tracks the First Receiver and Dummy Half vests each period, warns when a vest hasn't rotated, and reports season-long vest fairness per player — alongside automatic fair game-time tracking for every junior age group.
What rugby league stats does Kickd track?
Scoring: tries, conversions, penalty goals and field goals. Player stats: hit-ups, tackles, missed tackles, line breaks, try assists, errors and penalties conceded. From U13 up, coaches also get live possession, tackle counts and set-completion rates split into good ball vs yardage.
Does Kickd work for senior and Opens rugby league?
Yes. Senior grades get full 13-a-side positions, planned interchanges with the 8-interchange Opens cap, advanced match analytics on by default, and season awards by coach-entered 3-2-1 ballots or player voting. Every player sees their own stats the moment the game ends.
How much game time do juniors get with Kickd?
Kickd tracks every player's minutes automatically and shows the coach exactly who is owed time next, so equal participation is backed by live data rather than a notepad — and rolls up across the season for the club to see.