Rwanda Rugby Federation (RRF) has adopted scrumIT as Rugby Management System after using it during the recently ended 2018 Rugby Africa Bronze Cup tournament in Ghana.

ScrumIT is an online player registration and rugby administration software developed in South Africa by ENS Software as a service application.

The software is internet based, and users can access it from any internet browser.

Livingstone Muhire, the administrative Manager of Rwanda Rugby, says that the decision to use scrumIT was driven by the need to streamline the administration of the federation and to empower the clubs in Rwanda to become more efficient and effective in their administration.

The owner and developer of scrumIT, Mr Jaco Brooks of ENS Software, said he hoped that Rwanda Rugby would benefit significantly from the use of the system.

"I started scrumIT as a hobby because of my love for the Game. After many years of development, we have managed to create an exceptional operational and strategic management tool for rugby administrators – to save them time and make them more effective,” Brooks said.

The scrumIT system has an impressive range of features that include; union and club/school management, player registrations, talent identification, squad management, document and video management services, fixture management, online real-time scoring with integrated competition logs, social media integration and individual player statistics among other details.

Other users of scrumIT include South Africa based Unions W.P. Rugby, Griquas and the Cheetahs. The Rugby Unions of Ghana and Kenya are also users of the system.

Rwanda Rugby is a full member of both Rugby Africa and World Rugby, and competes in the Rugby Africa Bronze Cup as well as the Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens tournament that will be played in Tunisia in October this year.

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