Super W

Super W
Recent season
2018 Super W season
Sport Rugby union
Inaugural season 2018
Champions New South Wales (2018)
Broadcast partner Fox Sports

The Super W competition is a women's rugby union competition held in Australasia. The inaugural competition was held in 2018 featuring only Australian teams.[1] This was won by the New South Wales Waratahs.[2]

Champions

Year Final
Winner Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place Teams
2018 New South Wales Waratahs Queensland Reds Western Force ACT Brumbies 5

Venues

Below are the venues that will be used during the 2018 Super W season.

Stadium/Ground City Host club(s) Capacity
AAMI Park Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne Rebels 30,050
Allianz Stadium Sydney, New South Wales New South Wales Waratahs 45,000
Ballymore Stadium Brisbane, Queensland Queensland Reds 23,000
Box Hill Rugby Club Box Hill, Victoria Melbourne Rebels 17,500
GIO Stadium Canberra, Australian Capital Territory ACT Brumbies 25,000
Harvey Field Western Australia Western Force 8,000
Kingsway Reserve Western Australia Western Force 22,000
Pittwater Park Sydney, New South Wales New South Wales Waratahs 3,000
Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Queensland Queensland Reds 52,500

Players

The club's playing lists were constructed from scratch throughout the later stages of 2018. All participants in the 2018 season were required to be over the age of 17.

Initially, clubs were asked to nominate a list of desired players, with the Super W assigning two of these "marquee" players to each club. In addition, clubs were able to sign a number of players with existing connections to the club, or with arrangements for club sponsored work or study.

Media coverage

Television

In its inaugural season all matches were televised live by affiliate partners the Fox Sports.[3]

Online

The official internet/mobile broadcast partner of the Super W is Foxtel Now and Foxtel Go part of Foxtel. The company hosts the league website as well as those of each of the eight participation clubs. The Super W has retained digital broadcast rights to matches in the league's inaugural season and will stream all matches live and free on the league website and mobile app.[4]

Corporate relations

Sponsorship

Buildcorp is the league's current and inaugural naming rights partner.[5] Gilbert is the official supplier of all rugby balls.

Merchandising

Official match day attire together with other club merchandise is sold through the Super W's stores and website as well through the clubs and through some retailers.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Super W rugby union competition to start without pay for players". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Buildcorp Super W Final: NSW press conference". Rugby Australia. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ↑ https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/03/10/how-to-watch-and-live-stream-super-w-2018-full-fixture-and-tv-guide/
  4. ↑ https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/03/10/how-to-watch-and-live-stream-super-w-2018-full-fixture-and-tv-guide/
  5. ↑ https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/buildcorp-in-talks-to-sponsor-super-w-20180226-p4z1sf.html
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