2017 Super Rugby season

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2017 Super Rugby season
Countries Argentina (1 team)
Australia (5 teams)
Japan (1 team)
New Zealand (5 teams)
South Africa (6 teams)
Tournament format(s) Conference and knockout
Matches played 101
Tries scored 765 (7.57 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Elton Jantjies, Lions (137)
Top try scorer(s) Vince Aso
Ngani Laumape, Hurricanes (14)
Official website Official site
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The 2017 Super Rugby season is the 22nd season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. It is the second season featuring an expanded 18-team format, following the competition's expansion from 15 teams prior to the 2016 season. However season 2018 reverts to 15 teams, with the removal of two South African and one Australian team.

After 17 rounds of matches between 23 February and 15 July – with Rounds 15 and 16 split due to the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand – four conference winners and four wildcard teams will progress to the finals series, which will consist of quarterfinals, semifinals and a final on 5 August.

Competition format[edit]

The 18 participating teams are divided into two geographical groups, each consisting of two conferences: the Australasian Group, with five teams in the Australian Conference and five teams in the New Zealand Conference and the South African Group, with six South African teams, one Argentine team and one Japanese team split into two four-team conferences – an Africa 1 Conference and an Africa 2 Conference.[1]

In the group stages, there will be 17 rounds of matches, where each team played 15 matches and had two rounds of byes for a total of 135 matches. Due to the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand in June and July, Rounds 15 and 16 were split; Round 15 of the Australian and New Zealand Conferences were played on the weekend of 3 June, with Round 16 of the New Zealand Conference scheduled for the following week. The South African Conference Round 15 matches will be played on the weekend of 1 July, with the Round 16 matches for the Australian and South African conferences scheduled for a week later.

Teams play six intra-conference matches; in the four-team African Conferences, each team plays the other three teams in their conference at home and away, while in the five-team Australasian Conferences, each team plays two teams home and away and once against the other two teams (one at home and one away). The other nine matches are a single round of matches against each team in the other conference in their group, as well as against each team from one of the conferences in the other group. For 2017, the teams in Africa 1 play the teams in the New Zealand Conference, while the teams in Africa 2 play the teams in the Australian Conference.

The top team in each of the four conferences will qualify for the quarterfinals. The next three highest-ranked teams in the Australasian Group and the next highest-ranked team in the South African group will also qualify to the quarterfinals as wildcards. The conference winners will be seeded #1 to #4 for the quarterfinals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards will be seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages.

In the quarterfinals, the conference winners will host the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry.

The quarterfinal winners will progress to the semifinals. Instead of the following the Shaughnessy playoff format used from 1996 to 2016, the semi-finals will be drawn according to a predetermined bracket.[2] Under the new format, the winner of Quarter-final 1 (which will feature the highest-seeded conference winner and the lowest-seeded wildcard) will play the winner of Quarter-final 4 (which will feature the fourth-seeded conference winner and the highest-seeded wildcard) and likewise with the winners of Quarter-finals 2 and 3. The two semi-final hosts will be the highest-seeded winners of their respective quarter-finals.

The winners of the semifinals will advance to the final, at the venue of the highest-seeded team.

Changes for 2018[edit]

On 9 April 2017, SANZAAR announced that the competition would return to a 15-team format for 2018, with two teams from South Africa and one team from Australia being dropped. To ensure five-team conferences, Japanese side the Sunwolves would move from the South African Conference to the Australian Conference.[3]

Standings[edit]

The current standings for the 2017 Super Rugby season are:[4]

2017 Super Rugby standings

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Australasian Group
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 New Zealand Crusaders 13 13 0 0 497 250 +247 71 30 7 0 59
2 Australia Brumbies 13 6 0 7 290 235 +55 37 28 3 6 33
3 New Zealand Hurricanes 13 10 0 3 531 238 +293 79 26 8 1 49
4 New Zealand Highlanders 13 10 0 3 426 266 +160 53 34 4 1 45
5 New Zealand Chiefs 13 10 1 2 359 251 +108 46 25 6 1 49
6 New Zealand Blues 14 7 1 6 404 343 +61 52 42 4 3 37
7 Australia Waratahs 12 4 0 8 327 396 −69 44 52 1 2 19
8 Australia Force 12 4 0 8 230 337 −107 25 45 0 1 17
9 Australia Reds 13 3 0 10 288 424 −136 43 52 1 4 17
10 Australia Rebels 12 1 1 10 182 474 −292 18 67 0 2 8
South African Group
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 South Africa Lions 13 12 0 1 469 251 +218 64 25 8 0 56
2 South Africa Stormers 12 7 0 5 357 354 +3 44 50 2 0 30
3 South Africa Sharks 13 9 1 3 365 266 +99 35 30 1 3 42
4 Argentina Jaguares 12 5 0 7 302 299 +3 35 36 1 3 24
5 South Africa Kings 12 4 0 8 309 389 −80 39 50 1 2 19
6 South Africa Cheetahs 13 3 0 10 340 491 −151 40 66 1 3 16
7 South Africa Bulls 12 3 0 9 246 370 −124 27 48 0 3 15
8 Japan Sunwolves 12 1 0 11 245 504 −259 30 71 0 3 7

Round-by-round[edit]

The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:

Team Progression – Australasian Group
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 QF SF Final
Crusaders 4
(5th)		 8
(4th)		 12
(3rd)		 16
(3rd)		 21
(1st)		 26
(1st)		 26
(1st)		 31
(1st)		 36
(1st)		 41
(1st)		 46
(1st)		 50
(1st)		 54
(1st)		 59
(1st)		 63
(1st)		 63
(1st)		 (1st)
Brumbies 1
(7th)		 2
(8th)		 6
(2nd)		 10
(2nd)		 11
(2nd)		 11
(2nd)		 16
(2nd)		 17
(2nd)		 17
(2nd)		 18
(2nd)		 18
(2nd)		 19
(2nd)		 23
(2nd)		 28
(2nd)		 33
(2nd)
(2nd)
(2nd)
Hurricanes 5
(1st)		 10
(1st)		 10
(4th)		 15
(4th)		 15
(4th)		 20
(4th)		 24
(3rd)		 28
(4th)		 33
(3rd)		 33
(4th)		 38
(4th)		 38
(4th)		 43
(3rd)		 48
(3rd)		 53
(3rd)		 54
(3rd)
Chiefs 5
(4th)		 10
(3rd)		 14
(1st)		 19
(1st)		 19
(3rd)		 24
(3rd)		 24
(4th)		 29
(3rd)		 33
(4th)		 37
(3rd)		 42
(3rd)		 42
(3rd)		 43
(4th)		 45
(5th)		 49
(4th)		 53
(4th)
Highlanders 0
(9th)		 1
(9th)		 5
(8th)		 5
(8th)		 9
(6th)		 14
(6th)		 18
(5th)		 18
(5th)		 23
(5th)		 28
(5th)		 32
(5th)		 36
(5th)		 41
(5th)		 45
(4th)		 46
(5th)		 46
(5th)		 (5th)
Blues 5
(3rd)		 5
(5th)		 6
(5th)		 6
(5th)		 11
(5th)		 15
(5th)		 16
(6th)		 17
(6th)		 17
(6th)		 22
(6th)		 26
(6th)		 31
(6th)		 31
(6th)		 33
(6th)		 37
(6th)		 37
(6th)		 (6th) N/A N/A N/A
Waratahs 4
(2nd)		 4
(7th)		 4
(9th)		 4
(9th)		 8
(7th)		 8
(7th)		 8
(8th)		 8
(9th)		 9
(9th)		 13
(7th)		 14
(7th)		 14
(8th)		 19
(7th)		 19
(7th)		 19
(7th)		 N/A N/A N/A
Force 1
(8th)		 5
(2nd)		 5
(7th)		 5
(7th)		 5
(9th)		 5
(9th)		 9
(7th)		 9
(8th)		 9
(8th)		 9
(9th)		 9
(9th)		 13
(9th)		 13
(9th)		 17
(8th)		 17
(8th)		 N/A N/A N/A
Reds 4
(6th)		 5
(6th)		 6
(6th)		 6
(6th)		 6
(8th)		 6
(8th)		 6
(9th)		 10
(7th)		 10
(7th)		 11
(8th)		 11
(8th)		 16
(7th)		 16
(8th)		 16
(9th)		 17
(9th)		 N/A N/A N/A
Rebels 0
(10th)		 0
(10th)		 0
(10th)		 0
(10th)		 1
(10th)		 1
(10th)		 1
(10th)		 5
(10th)		 7
(10th)		 7
(10th)		 7
(10th)		 8
(10th)		 8
(10th)		 8
(10th)		 8
(10th)		 N/A N/A N/A
Team Progression – South African Group
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 QF SF Final
Lions 4
(3rd)		 9
(1st)		 9
(4th)		 14
(3rd)		 19
(1st)		 23
(1st)		 23
(2nd)		 28
(1st)		 32
(1st)		 37
(1st)		 42
(1st)		 46
(1st)		 51
(1st)		 56
(1st)		 (1st) (1st) (1st)
Stormers 4
(1st)		 8
(2nd)		 13
(1st)		 13
(2nd)		 17
(2nd)		 22
(2nd)		 26
(1st)		 26
(2nd)		 26
(2nd)		 26
(2nd)		 26
(2nd)		 26
(2nd)		 30
(2nd)		 30
(2nd)		 (2nd) (2nd) (2nd)
Sharks 1
(4th)		 5
(5th)		 9
(2nd)		 13
(4th)		 17
(4th)		 18
(4th)		 22
(3rd)		 22
(3rd)		 24
(3rd)		 28
(3rd)		 32
(3rd)		 33
(3rd)		 38
(3rd)		 42
(3rd)		 (3rd) (3rd) (3rd)
Jaguares 4
(2nd)		 5
(3rd)		 9
(3rd)		 14
(1st)		 18
(3rd)		 18
(3rd)		 19
(4th)		 19
(4th)		 20
(4th)		 20
(4th)		 24
(4th)		 24
(4th)		 24
(4th)		 24
(4th)		 N/A N/A N/A
Kings 0
(7th)		 4
(6th)		 4
(6th)		 5
(7th)		 5
(7th)		 5
(7th)		 6
(7th)		 6
(7th)		 10
(6th)		 15
(5th)		 15
(5th)		 19
(5th)		 19
(5th)		 19
(5th)		 N/A N/A N/A
Cheetahs 1
(5th)		 5
(4th)		 9
(5th)		 9
(5th)		 9
(5th)		 9
(5th)		 9
(5th)		 9
(6th)		 10
(7th)		 10
(7th)		 11
(7th)		 11
(7th)		 11
(7th)		 16
(6th)		 N/A N/A N/A
Bulls 0
(6th)		 1
(7th)		 1
(7th)		 5
(6th)		 5
(6th)		 5
(6th)		 6
(6th)		 10
(5th)		 14
(5th)		 14
(6th)		 14
(6th)		 15
(6th)		 15
(6th)		 15
(7th)		 N/A N/A N/A
Sunwolves 0
(8th)		 0
(8th)		 1
(8th)		 1
(8th)		 1
(8th)		 1
(8th)		 5
(8th)		 5
(8th)		 5
(8th)		 6
(8th)		 7
(8th)		 7
(8th)		 7
(8th)		 7
(8th)		 (8th) N/A N/A N/A
Key: win draw loss bye

Matches[edit]

Main article: List of 2017 Super Rugby matches

The fixtures for the 2017 Super Rugby competition were released on 20 September 2016.[6] The following matches will be played during the regular season:

Home \ Away BLU BRU BUL CHE CHI CRU FOR HIG HUR JAG KIN LIO REB RED SHA STO SUN WAR
Blues — — 38–14 50–32 16–16 — 24–15 12–16 24–28 — — — — 2 Jun — — — —
Brumbies 12–18 — — — — — 25–17 13–18 — — — 6–13 3 Jun 43–10 22–27 — — —
Bulls — — — 20–14 — 24–62 — 10–17 20–34 26–13 8 Jul — — — — 15 Jul 34–21 —
Cheetahs — — 34–28 — 27–41 21–48 — 41–45 — — — 25–28 — — 30–38 1 Jul 38–31 —
Chiefs 41–26 15 Jul 28–12 — — 24–31 — — 26–18 — — — — 46–17 — — 27–20 3 Jun
Crusaders 33–24 17–13 — — — — 45–17 3 Jun 20–12 — — — — — — 57–24 50–3 —
Force — — — — 7–16 — — 6–55 3 Jun — 46–41 15–24 7 Jul 26–19 — — — 15 Jul
Highlanders 26–20 — — — 15–24 27–30 — — — — — — 51–12 14 Jul — 57–14 40–15 44–28
Hurricanes — 56–21 — 61–7 9 Jun 15 Jul — 41–15 — — — — 71–6 — — 41–22 — 38–28
Jaguares — 15–39 — 41–14 — — 6–16 — — — 30 Jun 36–24 — 22–8 25–33 — 46–39 —
Kings — 10–19 — 14 Jul — — — — — 26–39 — 19–42 44–3 — 35–32 10–41 — —
Lions — — 51–14 — — — — — — 24–21 54–10 — — 44–14 34–29 — 1 Jul 55–36
Rebels 18–56 19–17 — — 14–27 19–41 — — — 14 Jul — 10–47 — 24–29 — — — 25–32
Reds — 7 Jul — — — 20–22 26–40 — 15–34 — 47–34 — — — 28–26 — — 26–29
Sharks — — 30 Jun — — — 37–12 — — 18–13 19–17 15 Jul 9–9 — — 22–10 — 37–14
Stormers 30–22 — 37–24 53–10 34–26 — — — — 32–25 — 16–29 — — — — 8 Jul —
Sunwolves 15 Jul — 21–20 7–47 — — — — 17–83 — 23–37 — — — 17–38 31–44 — —
Waratahs 33–40 12–28 — — — 22–41 19–13 — — 8 Jul 24–26 — 50–23 — — — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2017. Source: http://www.sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/fixtures/2017-super-rugby
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Final[edit]

Players[edit]

Squads[edit]

The following squads were named for the 2017 Super Rugby season:

Referees[edit]

The following refereeing panel was appointed by SANZAAR for the 2017 Super Rugby season:[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Outline of the Super Rugby competition structure" (PDF). All Blacks. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014. 
  2. ^ "SANZAAR Confirms Super Rugby Fixtures & Finals Format". SANZAAR. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017. 
  3. ^ "New Zealand Rugby welcomes Investec Super Rugby revamp" (Press release). New Zealand Rugby Union. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017. 
  4. ^ "SA Rugby Log – 2017 Vodacom Super Rugby". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 September 2016. 
  5. ^ "Team with "Most Wins" will finish higher in Super Rugby". SANZAAR. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  6. ^ "2017 Super Rugby Schedule Announced" (Press release). SANZAAR. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016. 
  7. ^ "2017 Super Rugby Referee Team" (Press release). SANZAAR. 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017. 

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