SetPiece

Rugby team availability

Retire the Sunday-night WhatsApp paste.

You know the message. Training Tuesday and Thursday, match Saturday, thumbs up if you're in — typed out every Sunday night, answered by half the squad, buried by Wednesday. SetPiece replaces it with one tap: every player gets a personal page for the week, and their answers come back to you, collected and named.

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A player's personal week page on an iPhone, opened from a link with no login. Aidan Brooke's page lists the Tuesday attack session and Thursday set-piece session at 18:30, each with its drills and minutes and an amber 'Contact — bring a gumshield' hint, with the next match card starting below.

How it works

One tap out. Every answer back.

The weekly message is really three jobs: tell everyone what's on, tell each player where they stand, and find out who's coming. SetPiece does all three with one link per player.

Week-ahead links, one per player

One tap sends every player a personal page for the week — built from the sessions you already planned and the fixture already in the diary. Each page shows this week's training with drills, pitch and contact hints, so 'bring a gumshield Thursday' stops being a separate message. Players never need accounts or apps; the link just opens.

  • Email the whole squad their pages, or copy every link for the team chat in one tap.
  • Sessions show drills, pitch and contact hints for the week.
  • No player accounts, no app installs, no adoption tax.
The Send week sheet over the squad page on a tablet: each player — Aidan Brooke, Ben Carver, Callum Reid — has a personal link with a Copy button and an optional email field, with Copy all and Send emails buttons at the bottom for the whole squad.

Selection status, known by Friday

Each player's page shows the next match with their status — starting, on the bench, or resting this week. No screenshot of a team-sheet doing the rounds, no 'am I playing?' texts on Friday night. Pick the side in the lineup builder and every player's page already knows.

  • Personal selection status on every player's page.
  • Flows straight from the committed lineup — nothing extra to publish.
  • Players see their own status, not the whole selection debate.
The next-match card on a player's week page: Saturday vs Ravenswood, 14:00 at Kings Park, with a status line reading 'You're starting — Blindside Flanker'. Below it, the availability section lets the player add date ranges they can't make, with a status dropdown, an optional reason, and Add range and Save buttons.

Answers land in your feed, not a group chat

Players set availability right on their page — the dates they can't make, with a reason if they want — and the answer lands in your in-app notification feed, with optional phone push. By Thursday you're reading a list, not scrolling a chat counting thumbs. And it sits next to the lineup picker that actually uses it.

  • Availability self-set by the player, right on their page.
  • Answers collect in your notification feed; push if you want it.
  • Feeds selection directly — availability isn't a separate spreadsheet.
The notifications sheet on an iPhone, open over the dashboard: a list of availability answers — 'Dan Whitfield answered availability', 'Callum Reid answered availability', 'Ben Carver answered availability' — each with an unread dot, and a Mark all read action at the top.

Why week links, not a group chat

The group chat was never a system.

The Sunday-night paste

  • Typed from scratch every week.
  • Answered by half the squad, buried by Wednesday.
  • Selection questions all Friday night.

Google Form

  • Somebody has to build and re-send it weekly.
  • Answers live in a sheet, selection lives elsewhere.
  • Says nothing back to the player.

Generic team app

  • Every player has to install and sign in — half never do.
  • The half who don't are the half you needed answers from.
  • Availability doesn't feed a rugby lineup.

SetPiece

  • One tap sends every player a personal week page.
  • No player accounts — the link just opens.
  • Selection status included, per player.
  • Answers land in your feed and feed the lineup.

Common questions

Rugby team availability FAQ

Do players need an account or an app?
No. Every player gets a personal page by link — it opens in the browser. One tap sets their availability. No sign-in, no app store.
What does a player see on their page?
This week's sessions with drills, pitch and contact hints; the next match with their own selection status; and a one-tap availability answer.
Where do the answers go?
Into your in-app notification feed, with optional phone push — collected and named, next to the lineup picker that uses them.
How much work is it each week?
One tap. The pages are built from the sessions you already planned in the planner and the lineup you already picked. Nothing to write, paste, or format.

Send this week in one tap.

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