Super 15 - 2011
Posted: 14 Feb 2011, 13:39
Firstly - Info as copied from http://www.superxv.com/.
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How the new Super Rugby format will work
Each country's 5 teams will have their own group, from this point forward called a conference.
The tournament will start with a series of teams playing the other teams in their own conference. From the second round teams will start to move through the rest of the teams in their conference and in the other conferences.
Teams will play each team in their own conference twice - home and away but in the other conferences they will only play four of the five teams in both of the other conferences. Therefore, the Bulls for example could miss playing the Crusaders miss out on playing the Melbourne Rebels but the Crusaders play the Blues and the other New Zealand teams twice in the regular season.
Teams will play eight domestic matches and eight away matches for a total of 16 round-robin games.
A winner from each conference will be determined from the results. Each conference will have one winner and therefore Australia, South Africa and New Zealand will each be gauranteed to have one team participating in the finals. Where these teams finish will determine home advantage for the play offs.
In week 1 of the finals the two conference winners with the highest points will be rewarded with a week off. The conference winner with the lowest points or the third placed team will enter a sudden death play off with the sixth placed team.
Also in week 1 the team placed fourth at the end of the regular season will play the fifth placed team. The winners of the first week of play offs then go through to face the first and second placed team who had just had the week off in the semi-finals.
QF1.) Team 3 vs Team 6
QF2.) Team 4 vs Team 5
The first placed team from the regular season will play the team who won the match between the fourth and fifth placed teams in week 1 of the play offs.
The second placed team from the regular season plays the team that won the match between the third and sixth placed team.
SF1.) Team 1 vs Winner QF 2.
SF2.) Team 2 v Winner QF 1.
The final will be made up by the teams who won the semi-finals.
Final Winner SF1 v SF2
Home advantage will be given to the team that finished highest on the overall table in the regular season.
In an ordinary year (not a world cup year) the tournament will take a break in June (not in 2011) when the All Blacks, Springboks and Wallabies will host tours from international teams - historically from the Northern Hemisphere - these are usually known as the June tours. Once the June tours are complete, the Super 15 resumes and the finals start.
NOTE: Due to 2011 being a Rugby World Cup year the June Internationals have been suspended across the board. From 2012 the June internationals as we now know them will become the June tours. In 2012, England will tour South Africa in 2012, Ireland will tour New Zealand and Wales will tour Australia.
Fixtures to follow.
All informational content in this post is their property.
How the new Super Rugby format will work
Each country's 5 teams will have their own group, from this point forward called a conference.
The tournament will start with a series of teams playing the other teams in their own conference. From the second round teams will start to move through the rest of the teams in their conference and in the other conferences.
Teams will play each team in their own conference twice - home and away but in the other conferences they will only play four of the five teams in both of the other conferences. Therefore, the Bulls for example could miss playing the Crusaders miss out on playing the Melbourne Rebels but the Crusaders play the Blues and the other New Zealand teams twice in the regular season.
Teams will play eight domestic matches and eight away matches for a total of 16 round-robin games.
A winner from each conference will be determined from the results. Each conference will have one winner and therefore Australia, South Africa and New Zealand will each be gauranteed to have one team participating in the finals. Where these teams finish will determine home advantage for the play offs.
In week 1 of the finals the two conference winners with the highest points will be rewarded with a week off. The conference winner with the lowest points or the third placed team will enter a sudden death play off with the sixth placed team.
Also in week 1 the team placed fourth at the end of the regular season will play the fifth placed team. The winners of the first week of play offs then go through to face the first and second placed team who had just had the week off in the semi-finals.
QF1.) Team 3 vs Team 6
QF2.) Team 4 vs Team 5
The first placed team from the regular season will play the team who won the match between the fourth and fifth placed teams in week 1 of the play offs.
The second placed team from the regular season plays the team that won the match between the third and sixth placed team.
SF1.) Team 1 vs Winner QF 2.
SF2.) Team 2 v Winner QF 1.
The final will be made up by the teams who won the semi-finals.
Final Winner SF1 v SF2
Home advantage will be given to the team that finished highest on the overall table in the regular season.
In an ordinary year (not a world cup year) the tournament will take a break in June (not in 2011) when the All Blacks, Springboks and Wallabies will host tours from international teams - historically from the Northern Hemisphere - these are usually known as the June tours. Once the June tours are complete, the Super 15 resumes and the finals start.
NOTE: Due to 2011 being a Rugby World Cup year the June Internationals have been suspended across the board. From 2012 the June internationals as we now know them will become the June tours. In 2012, England will tour South Africa in 2012, Ireland will tour New Zealand and Wales will tour Australia.
Fixtures to follow.
