2019 Super Rugby season
2019 Super Rugby season | |||
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Countries | Argentina (1 team) Australia (4 teams) Japan (1 team) New Zealand (5 teams) South Africa (4 teams) |
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Tournament format(s) | Conference and knockout | ||
Official website | Official site | ||
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The 2019 Super Rugby season was 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 was 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 were 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 were 18 rounds of matches, with each team playing 16 matches and having two rounds of byes, resulting in a total of 120 matches. Teams played eight inter-conference matches and eight cross-conference matches; they played 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 qualified 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 hosted the quarterfinals. The quarterfinal winners progressed to the semifinal, and the winners of the semifinals progressed to the final.[1]
Matches
Template:2019 Super Rugby match summary
References
External links
- Super Rugby websites:
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- Super Rugby seasons
- 2019 Super Rugby season
- 2019 in Argentine rugby union
- 2019 in Australian rugby union
- 2018–19 in Japanese rugby union
- 2019–20 in Japanese rugby union
- 2019 in New Zealand rugby union
- 2019 in South African rugby union
- 2019 rugby union tournaments for clubs
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