How it works

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The Super Rugby roster will work as follows:

• Expansion to 18 teams with the addition of the Kings from South Africa and new teams from Japan and Argentina which will be unveiled following the Rugby World Cup
• Australasian Group: Australian Conference (Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Reds, Waratahs), New Zealand Conference (Blues, Chiefs, Crusaders Highlanders, Hurricanes)
• South African Group: Africa Conference 1 (Bulls, Cheetahs, Stormers, Japanese Team), Africa Conference 2 (Kings, Lions, Sharks, Argentinean Team)
• 15 Regular Season games per team (8 home/7 away or vice-versa over a two-year cycle)
• Two byes per team
• 135 Regular Season and 7 Finals matches (up from 120 and 5 currently)
• Eight-team knockout Super Rugby Finals Series to be staged over three weeks (5 qualifiers from the Australasian Group and 3 from the South African Group)
• The four Conference winners automatically qualify for the Finals Series, along with the next three highest-ranked Australasian Group teams and the next highest-ranked South African Group team

Fixtures

Results

March

4 Cheetahs 34 – 28 Bulls
4 Stormers 32 – 25 Jaguares
4 Lions 55 – 36 Waratahs
4 Sunwolves 23 – 37 Kings
4 Brumbies 22 – 27 Sharks
4 Highlanders 27 – 30 Crusaders
4 Hurricanes 71 – 6 Rebels

3 Chiefs 41 – 26 Blues

2 Force   26 – 19   Reds

February

25 Stormers   37 – 24   Bulls
25 Kings   26 – 39   Jaguares
25 Cheetahs   25 – 28   Lions
25 Waratahs   19 – 13   Force
25 Crusaders   17 – 13   Brumbies
25 Sunwolves   17 – 83   Hurricanes

24 Reds   28 – 26   Sharks
24 Highlanders   15 – 24   Chiefs

23 Rebels   18 – 56   Blues

Log

South African Group

African Conference 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Stormers (Q)	2	2	0	0	69	49	20	8
2	Cheetahs	2	1	0	1	59	56	3	5
3	Bulls	2	0	0	2	52	71	-19	1
4	Sunwolves	2	0	0	2	40	120	-80	0

African Conference 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Lions(Q)	2	2	0	0	83	26	13	9
2	Jaguares (Q)	2	1	0	1	64	25	6	5
3	Sharks	2	1	0	1	53	28	3	5
4	Kings	2	1	0	1	63	39	1	4

Australasian Group

New Zealand Conference

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Hurricanes (Q)	2	2	0	0	154	23	131	10
2	Chiefs(Q)	2	2	0	0	65	41	24	10
3	Crusaders(Q)	2	2	0	0	47	40	7	8
4	Blues (Q)	2	1	0	1	82	59	23	5
5	Highlanders	2	0	0	2	42	54	-12	1

Australian Conference

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Force (Q)	2	1	0	1	39	38	1	5
2	Reds	2	1	0	1	47	52	-5	5
3	Waratahs	2	1	0	1	55	68	-13	4
4	Brumbies	2	0	0	2	35	44	-9	2
5	Rebels	2	0	0	2	24	127	-103	0