2019 Super Rugby season

2019 Super Rugby season
Countries Argentina (1 team)
Australia (4 teams)
Japan (1 team)
New Zealand (5 teams)
South Africa (4 teams)
Tournament format(s) Conference and knockout
Official website Official site
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The 2019 Super Rugby season will be the 24th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. The 2019 season will be the second season using the reduced 15-team format consisting of three geographical conferences since being reduced from an 18-team competition in 2017.

Competition format

The 15 participating teams will be divided into three geographical conferences: the Australian Conference (consisting of four Australian teams and the Japanese Sunwolves), the New Zealand Conference (consisting of five New Zealand teams), and the South African Conference (consisting of four South African teams and the Jaguares from Argentina).[1]

In the group stages, there will be 18 rounds of matches, with each team playing 16 matches and having two rounds of byes, resulting in a total of 120 matches. Teams will play eight inter-conference matches and eight cross-conference matches; they will play all the other teams in their conference twice — once at home and once away — and play once against four of the teams in the other two conferences.

The top team in each of the three conferences will qualify for the quarterfinals, as do the next five teams with the best records across the three conferences, known as wildcards. The conference winners and best wildcard team will host the quarterfinals. The quarterfinal winners will progress to the semifinal, and the winners of the semifinals will progress to the final.[1]

Matches

The fixtures for the 2019 Super Rugby competition were released on 12 June 2018.[2][3] The following matches will be played during the regular season:

Home \ Away BLU BRU BUL CHI CRU HIG HUR JAG LIO REB RED SHA STO SUN WAR
Blues — 4 May — 13 Apr 25 May 20 Apr 15 Jun 2 Mar — — 7 Jun 23 Feb — — —
Brumbies — — — — 6 Apr — 1 Mar 27 Apr — 8 Mar 24 Mar — 20 Apr 1 Jun 8 Jun
Bulls 31 May 24 May — — — 7 Jun — 23 Feb 2 Mar 18 May — 30 Mar 27 Apr — —
Chiefs 18 May 23 Feb 23 Mar — 9 Mar 4 May 27 Apr 30 Mar — 14 Jun — — — — —
Crusaders 16 Feb — 10 May 1 Jun — 16 Mar 29 Mar — — — 2 Mar — 18 May — 23 Mar
Highlanders 22 Mar — — 15 Feb 12 Apr — 8 Mar — 18 May 1 Mar — — 25 May 27 Apr —
Hurricanes 10 May — — 15 Mar 23 Feb 5 Apr — — 8 Jun — — 1 Jun — 20 Apr 16 Feb
Jaguares — — 6 Apr — — 11 May 17 May — 9 Mar — 1 Jun 13 Apr 15 Mar — 25 May
Lions — 13 Apr 15 Jun 19 Apr 26 Apr — — 16 Feb — — — 25 May 23 Feb 23 Mar —
Rebels — 15 Feb — — 8 Jun — 4 May — 16 Mar — 30 Mar 23 Mar — 25 May 20 Apr
Reds — 15 Jun 13 Apr 24 May — 22 Feb — — — 10 May — 19 Apr — 16 Mar 9 Mar
Sharks — — 9 Mar 11 May 3 May — — 8 Jun 5 Apr — — — 15 Jun 16 Feb 27 Apr
Stormers 30 Mar — 16 Feb — — — 23 Mar 4 May 1 Jun 12 Apr 5 Apr 2 Mar — — —
Sunwolves 9 Mar 12 May — 2 Mar — — — 14 Jun — 6 Apr 3 May — 8 Jun — 29 Mar
Waratahs 6 Apr 15 Mar 4 May — — 14 Jun — — 11 May 31 May 18 May — — 23 Feb —
First match(es) will be played on 15 February 2019. Source: https://sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/fixtures/
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. 1 2 "Sanzaar confirm Super 15 tournament from 2018". SuperXV. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "2019 Super Rugby Draw Released" (Press release). SANZAAR. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "180611 GT 2019 Super Rugby Draw - Match Days and Times - Final Master" (PDF). SANZAAR. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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