The 2018 Super Rugby season is the 23rd season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. After two seasons in which 18 teams participated, the 2018 season reverted to a 15-team competition, consisting of three geographical conferences.
The South African Rugby Union announced that the Cheetahs and Southern Kings would be dropped for the 2018 season, while the Australian Rugby Union, now known as Rugby Australia, announced the exclusion of the Force.
Video 2018 Super Rugby season
Competition format
The 15 participating teams are 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).
In the group stages, there are 18 rounds of matches, with each team playing 16 matches and having two rounds of byes, resulting in a total of 120 matches. Teams play eight inter-conference matches and eight cross-conference matches; they 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 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 advance to the final.
Maps 2018 Super Rugby season
Standings
The current standings for the 2018 Super Rugby season are:
Round-by-round
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:
Matches
The fixtures for the 2018 Super Rugby competition were released on 21 September 2017. The following matches will be played during the regular season:
Finals
Qualifiers
Semifinals
Final
Players
Squads
The following 2018 Super Rugby squads have been named:
Top scorers
The top ten try and point scorers during the 2018 Super Rugby season are:
Referees
The following refereeing panel was appointed by SANZAAR for the 2018 Super Rugby season:
References
External links
- Super Rugby websites:
- Official Super Rugby website
- Australia Super Rugby website
- New Zealand Super Rugby website
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