Case Study: The Rugby Football Union achieves enhanced safety and protected profits with DTN WeatherSentry

Protecting people and profits at the world’s largest rugby union stadium

The Rugby Football Union (RFU), which operates Twickenham Stadium — an 82,000-seat, multi-use venue — needed more accurate, actionable weather information than free public services could provide to protect player and public safety, manage energy and maintenance, and reduce weather-related postponements. To support the many decision-makers across the organization, they chose DTN and its WeatherSentry service.

DTN deployed WeatherSentry to give 22 individual RFU stakeholders personalized forecasts, future radar, automatic notifications and customizable alerts (including lightning thresholds measured in kilometers), so each role gets the precise data they need. The solution improved on-field planning (wind and rain-informed tactics and training), enabled timely safety actions, minimized unnecessary postponements and cancellations, and helped control energy and maintenance costs—protecting both safety and the stadium’s bottom line.

The Rugby Football Union

Jim Buttar

Head Groundskeeper