Around four years ago, former international and provincial rugby player Yvonne Comer was approached by William Johnstone, the son of a former coach. His daughter was taking part in Comer’s Give it a Try rugby programme when the pair ran into each other. This chance meeting ended up being the start of Comer’s journey to creating her own sporstech start-up. At the time Johnstone was working with Connacht Rugby and Corinthians, where he realised the analysis side of rugby had become a painstaking and laborious process. Johnstone’s came from an IT background and he saw an opportunity to combine his…

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