List of Super Rugby champions

Two teams of men, one dressed in red and the other in blue, standing on a grass field in what appears to be a stadium. The teams are competing to reach a ball several feet above head-height. To achieve this, one man from each team is raised into the air by two of his team-mates; these men's knees are above their team-mates heads.
Crusaders and Bulls competing for a line-out in 2006. Between them, the teams have won ten Super Rugby titles as of the 2010 tournament.

Super Rugby is the major professional rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere.[1] The competition began as Super 12 in 1996, consisting of 12 teams from Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. An extra Australian and South African team were added in 2005 and the name was changed to Super 14. A fifteenth team joined in 2011 and the competition was rebranded as Super Rugby.[1] The current format consists of three conferences of five teams from each country. Teams play other members of their conference twice (home and away) and four teams from each of the other two conferences once. The top team in each conference and the next best three over all conferences advance to the finals.[2] In all previous formats there were no conferences and each team played every team once, with the top four progressing to the finals. The tournament is organised and governed by SANZAAR (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentine Rugby). Super Rugby is considered a successor to the Super Six (1992) and Super 10 (19931995), although SANZAR did not administer those tournaments.[3]

Competition structure

19962010

Every season, each team played every other Super 12 team (Super 14 from 2006) once, in a round-robin. The venues for regular season matches alternated each year, so that teams would not play one another at the same venue in consecutive seasons unless they met in the play-offs. The tournament used the rugby union bonus points system; teams were awarded four points for a win, two for a draw, and none for a loss. They received bonus points for scoring four or more tries in a match, and/or for a loss by seven or fewer points.[4]

After each team had completed their regular season matches, the top 4 teams qualified for the semi-finals. Semi-finals were held under a Shaughnessy playoff system; the first placed team in the table hosted the fourth placed, and second hosted third. The winner of each semi-final advanced to the final, held at the home ground of whichever team amassed more points in the round-robin table.[5]

20112015

In 2011, Melbourne Rebels joined the Super Rugby competition, meaning that Australia, New Zealand and South Africa would each be represented by five teams. The tournament format was also changed. Teams are divided into three conferences; one per country.[6] Each team plays other teams in the same conference home and away, and plays eight further matches against teams from other conferences, for a total of sixteen games.[7] Each team receives two byes throughout a season; from 2014 no points are added to the team's total on the day a bye is allocated.[8] The highest placed team in each conference qualifies for the finals stage, along with three highest scoring teams which were not conference winners. The two highest scoring teams advance straight to the semi-finals, while the 3rd to 6th placed teams play-off to decide which two teams advance to the semis. The format of the semi-finals and final is the same as that previously used in the Super 14.[9] The bonus points system has also been retained, with the single addition that a team receives four points for each bye.[10]

2016

2016 saw the tournament expand to 18 teams with the inclusion of an Argentine team and Japanese team. The South African conference was split in two with the Sunwolves in South African conference 1 and Jaguares in South African conference 2. South African conference 1 teams will play Australian and New Zealand teams in alternative years with South African conference 2 teams. Every team plays 16 games in the regular season with the top 8 teams qualifying for the quarter-finals 1 v 8 etc. with each conference winner being seeded 1-4.

Key

Symbol Meaning
dagger Team won the season's Super Rugby competition.
Points The word "points" in the table refers to points scored on the field of play.
Diff Difference between points scored and points conceded on the field of play.
BP Bonus points
TP Table points
Points For Amount of points scored by a team
Points Against Amount of points scored against a team

Tournaments

Teams mentioned are those that qualified for the play-off rounds. Results are written so that the score of the team in each row is mentioned first. The highlighted team won that season's Super Rugby final.[11][12]

Note. For 1996 and 1997, it was the policy of the South African Rugby Union to send the top four teams of the previous year's Currie Cup to the Super 12. This resulted in the Sharks, Transvaal, Northern Transvaal and Western Province playing in 1996 and the Sharks, the Gauteng Lions, Free State Cheetahs and Northern Transvaal playing in 1997. In 1998, South Africa set up four (and later five, then six) Super Rugby regions, similar to the policy adopted by the New Zealand Rugby Union. For these areas, please see Super Rugby franchise areas.[11]

Super 12 champions (19962005)
Year Duration Table position Team Games Points BP TP Semi score Final score Refs
played won drawn lost for against diff
1996 28 February
31 May
1Reds11902320247+7354125–43 [13]
2Bluesdagger11803408354+5494148–1145–12
3Northern Transvaal11803329208+12163811–48
4 Sharks11605389277+11293343–2512–45
1997 1 March
25 May
1Bluesdagger111010435283+15285055–3623–7 [14]
2Brumbies11803406291+11594133–207–23
3Hurricanes11605416314+102103420–33
4 Sharks11524321350–2963036–55
1998 27 February
30 May
1Blues11902388296+9274337–3113–20 [15]
2Crusadersdagger11803340260+8094136–3220–13
3Coastal Sharks11704329263+6683632–36
4Highlanders11704343279+6463431–37
1999 26 February
30 May
1Reds11812233170+6323622–28 [16]
2Stormers11803290244+4643618–33
3Highlanders11803280203+7733533–1819–24
4Crusadersdagger11713322262+6033328–2224–19
2000 25 February
27 May
1Brumbies11902393196+19794528–519–20 [17]
2Crusadersdagger11803369293+7673937–1520–19
3Highlanders11605310280+3083215–37
4Cats11704320334–144325–28
2001 23 February
26 May
1Brumbiesdagger11803348204+14484036–636–6 [18]
2Sharks11803322246+7663830–126–36
3Cats11704285244+4163412–30
4Reds11605300277+238326–36
2002 22 February
25 May
1Crusadersdagger111100469264+20575134–2331–13 [19]
2Waratahs11803337284+5373910–51
3Brumbies11704374230+144103851–1013–31
4Highlanders11803329207+12263823–34
2003 21 February
24 May
1Bluesdagger111001393185+20894942–2121–17 [20]
2Crusaders11803358263+9584039–1617–21
3Hurricanes11704324284+4073516–39
4Brumbies11605358313+4573121–42
2004 20 February
22 May
1Brumbiesdagger11803408269+13984032–1747–38 [21]
2Crusaders11704345303+4263427–1638–47
3Stormers11704286260+2653316–27
4Chiefs11704274251+2353317–32
2005 25 February
28 May
1Crusadersdagger11902459281+17894547–735–25 [22]
2Waratahs11902322174+14884423–1325–35
3Bulls11704301229+7263413–23
4Hurricanes11803281248+332347–47
Super 14 champions (20062010)
Year Duration Table position Team Games Points BP TP Semi score Final score Refs
played won drawn lost for against diff
2006 February 10
May 27
1Crusadersdagger131111412210+20255135–1519–12 [23]
2Hurricanes131003328226+10274716–1412–19
3Waratahs13904362192+17094514–16
4Bulls13715355290+6573815–35
2007 February 2
May 19
1Sharks131003355214+14154534181920 [24]
2Bullsdagger13904388223+16564227122019
3Crusaders13805382235+14710421227
4Blues13904355235+1206421834
2008 February 15
May 31
1Crusadersdagger131102369176+19385233222012 [25]
2Waratahs13913255186+6954328131220
3Sharks13913271209+624421328
4Hurricanes13814310204+1067412233
2009 February 13
May 30
1Bullsdagger131003338271+6764636236117 [26]
2Chiefs13904338236+10294514101761
3Hurricanes13904380279+1018441014
4Crusaders13814231198+337412336
2010 February 12
May 29
1Bullsdagger131003436345+9174739242517 [27]
2Stormers13904365171+1948442561725
3Waratahs13904385288+97743625
4Crusaders13814388295+937412439
Super Rugby champions (2011 2015)
Year Duration Table position Team Conference
position
Games Points BP TP Qualifier score Semi score Final score Refs
played won drawn lost for against diff
2011 February 18
July 9
1Redsdagger1161303429309+12066630-1318–13 [28]
2Stormers1161204400257+14376310-29
3Crusaders1161114436273+16376136-829-1013-18
4Blues2161015405335+70106026-1313-30
5Waratahs2161006398252+14695713–26
6Sharks2161015407339+687578–36
2012 February 24
August 4
1Stormers1161402350254+9626619-26 [29][30]
2Chiefsdagger1161204444358+8686420-1737-6
3Reds1161105359347+1265817-30
4Crusaders2161105485343+14296128-1317-20
5Bulls2161006472369+103115913-28
6Sharks3161006436348+88115930-1726-196-37
2013 February 16
August 4
1Chiefsdagger1161204458364+94106620-1927-22 [31]
2Bulls1161204448330+11876323-26
3Crusaders2161105446307+13986038-919-20
4Brumbies1161024430295+13586015-1326-2322-27
5Reds2161024321296+256589-38
6Cheetahs2161006382258+2465413-15
2014 February 16
August 2
1Waratahsdagger1161204481272+209105826-833-32 [32]
2Crusaders1161105445322+12375138-632-33
3Sharks1161105406203+11365031-276-38
4Brumbies2161006412378+3454532-308-26
5Chiefs216826384378+684430-32
6Highlanders316808401442-41104227-31
2015 February 13
July 4
1Hurricanes1161402458288+170106629-914-21 [33]
2Waratahs1161105409313+9685217-3517-35
3Stormers1161015373323+5034519-39
4Highlandersdagger2161105450333+11795324-1435-1721-14
5Chiefs3161006372299+7384814-24
6Brumbies216907369261+108114739-199-29
Super Rugby champions (2016 )
Year Duration Table
position
Team Conference
position
Qualifying
path
Games Points BP TP QF score Semi score Final score Refs
played won drawn lost for against diff
2016 February 26
August 6
1Hurricanesdagger11st NZ Conf15110445831414495341-025-920-3 [34]
2Lions11st AF2 Conf15110453534918685242-2542-303-20
3Highlanders 2NZ/AU wc15110442227314985215-930-42-
4Chiefs3NZ/AU wc15110449134115075160-219-25-
5Stormers11st AF1 Conf15101444027416695121-60--
6Crusaders4NZ/AU wc15110448731717065025-42--
7Brumbies11st AU Conf151005425326993439-15--
8Sharks2AF wc15915360269915430-41--

Winners

By club

Team Combined Super 12 Super 14 Super Rugby
Crusaders 7 5 2 0
Blues 3 3 0 0
Bulls 3 0 3 0
Brumbies 2 2 0 0
Chiefs 2 0 0 2
Reds 1 0 0 1
Waratahs 1 0 0 1
Highlanders 1 0 0 1
Hurricanes 1 0 0 1

By country

Country Winning teams Total wins
New Zealand Crusaders
Blues
Chiefs
Highlanders
Hurricanes
14
Australia Brumbies
Reds
Waratahs
4
South Africa Bulls 3

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