2011 Super Rugby season

2011 Super Rugby
2011 Super Rugby
Countries	Australia; South Africa; New Zealand
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
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The 2011 Super Rugby season will kick off in February 2011 with pre-season matches held from mid-January. It will finish in early July to allow players a recovery period for the 2011 Rugby World Cup to be held in September and October; in future non-World Cup years, the competition will extend into August. The 2011 season will be the first season of the expanded Super Rugby format, also introducing the Melbourne Rebels from Australia after entry by the Southern Kings from South Africa were denied. The Southern Kings, could however replace one of South Africa's previous teams, the Lions could be the unlucky team as they ended up bottom of the log in the last Super 14 season. The schedule, which covers 21 weeks, will feature a total of 125 matches. Starting with three groups of five teams, these groups will be the Australian Conference, New Zealand Conference and the South African Conference. With the new format, the regular season will consist of two types of matches :

Internal Conference Matches - Each team will play the other four teams in the same conference twice, home and away. (See table below for conferences)
Cross Conference Matches - Each team will play four teams of the other two conferences away, and four teams of the other two conferences home, thus missing out on two teams (one from each of the other conferences).

The top team of each conference, plus the next top three teams in table points regardless of conference (wild card teams), will move on to the finals.^[1]^[2] The top two conference winners, based on table points, receive first-round byes. In the first round of the finals, the third conference winner will be the #3 seed and will host the wild card team with the worst record, and the best wild card team will host the second-best wild card team. In the semi-finals, the #2 conference winner will host the higher surviving seed from the first round, and the #1 conference winner will host the other first-round winner. The final will be hosted by the top remaining seed.^[3]

Standings

Australian Conference

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP1	Pts
1	Waratahs	1	1	0	43	0	+43	1	5
2	Brumbies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Force	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Reds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Rebels	1	0	1	0	43	-43	0	0

New Zealand Conference

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP2	Pts
1	Highlanders	1	1	0	14	9	+5	0	4
2	Hurricanes	1	0	1	9	14	-5	1	1
3	Blues	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chiefs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Crusaders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

South African Conference

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cheetahs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Stormers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Overall ladder

Key to colours
	Three conference leaders - automatically qualify for playoffs.
	Next three teams ranked by overall points - automatically qualify for playoffs.

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP1	BP2	Pts
1	Waratahs	1	1	0	43	0	+43	1	0	5
2	Highlanders	1	1	0	14	9	+5	0	0	4
3	Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hurricanes	1	0	1	9	14	-5	0	1	1
5	Blues	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Cheetahs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Chiefs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Crusaders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Force	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Brumbies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Reds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Stormers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Rebels	1	0	1	0	43	-43	0	0	0

Fixtures

Round 1

	18 February 2011	Hurricanes	9 - 14	Highlanders	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	19:35	Pen: Aaron Cruden (3)		Try: Lima Sopoaga (1) Pen: Lima Sopoaga (2), Robbie Robinson (1)	Attendance: 11,091

	18 February 2011	Rebels	0 - 43	Waratahs	AAMI Park, Melbourne
	19:40

	19 February 2011	Blues	v	Crusaders	Eden Park, Auckland
	19:35

	19 February 2011	Brumbies	v	Chiefs	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	19:40

	19 February 2011	Sharks	v	Cheetahs	Mr Price Kings Park, Durban
	17:05

	19 February 2011	Lions	v	Bulls	Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg
	19:10

	20 February 2011	Reds	v	Western Force	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	16:40

Round 2

	25 February 2011	Highlanders	v	Chiefs	Carisbrook, Dunedin
	19:35

	25 February 2011	Rebels	v	Brumbies	AAMI Park, Melbourne
	19:40

	25 February 2011	Cheetahs	v	Bulls	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
	19:10

	26 February 2011	Hurricanes	v	Crusaders	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	19:35

	26 February 2011	Waratahs	v	Reds	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
	19:40

	26 February 2011	Sharks	v	Blues	Mr Price Kings Park, Durban
	17:05

	26 February 2011	Stormers	v	Lions	DHL Newlands, Cape Town
	19:10

Round 3

	4 March 2011	Crusaders	v	Waratahs
	19:35

	4 March 2011	Lions	v	Blues
	19:10

	5 March 2011	Chiefs	v	Rebels
	19:35

	5 March 2011	Brumbies	v	Reds
	19:40

	5 March 2011	Western Force	v	Sharks
	19:05

	5 March 2011	Stormers	v	Cheetahs
	17:05

	5 March 2011	Bulls	v	Highlanders
	19:10

Round 4

	11 March 2011	Crusaders	v	Brumbies
	19:35

	11 March 2011	Rebels	v	Sharks
	19:40

	11 March 2011	Stormers	v	Highlanders
	19:10

	12 March 2011	Hurricanes	v	Chiefs
	19:35

	12 March 2011	Western Force	v	Blues
	19:05

	12 March 2011	Cheetahs	v	Lions
	17:05

Round 5

	18 March 2011	Chiefs	v	Sharks
	19:35

	18 March 2011	Reds	v	Rebels
	19:40

	19 March 2011	Highlanders	v	Crusaders
	17:30

	19 March 2011	Blues	v	Hurricanes
	19:35

	19 March 2011	Waratahs	v	Cheetahs
	19:40

	19 March 2011	Lions	v	Western Force
	17:05

	19 March 2011	Bulls	v	Stormers
	19:10

Round 6

	25 March 2011	Crusaders	v	Sharks
	19:35

	25 March 2011	Rebels	v	Hurricanes
	19:40

	26 March 2011	Reds	v	Cheetahs
	14:40

	26 March 2011	Chiefs	v	Blues
	19:35

	26 March 2011	Brumbies	v	Waratahs
	19:40

	26 March 2011	Stormers	v	Western Force
	15:00

	26 March 2011	Bulls	v	Lions
	17:05

Round 7

	1 April 2011	Highlanders	v	Brumbies
	19:35

	1 April 2011	Waratahs	v	Chiefs
	19:40

	2 April 2011	Blues	v	Cheetahs
	17:30

	2 April 2011	Hurricanes	v	Bulls
	19:35

	2 April 2011	Western Force	v	Rebels
	19:05

	2 April 2011	Lions	v	Reds
	15:00

	2 April 2011	Sharks	v	Stormers
	17:05

Round 8

	8 April 2011	Highlanders	v	Cheetahs
	19:35

	9 April 2011	Crusaders	v	Bulls
	19:35

	9 April 2011	Brumbies	v	Hurricanes
	19:40

	9 April 2011	Western Force	v	Waratahs
	20:05

	9 April 2011	Stormers	v	Reds
	17:05

	9 April 2011	Sharks	v	Lions
	19:10

Round 9

	15 April 2011	Chiefs	v	Crusaders
	19:35

	15 April 2011	Rebels	v	Highlanders
	19:40

	16 April 2011	Blues	v	Waratahs
	19:35

	16 April 2011	Reds	v	Bulls
	19:40

	16 April 2011	Lions	v	Stormers
	17:05

	16 April 2011	Cheetahs	v	Hurricanes
	19:10

	17 April 2011	Brumbies	v	Western Force
	16:10

Round 10

	22 April 2011	Blues	v	Rebels
	19:35

	23 April 2011	Crusaders	v	Highlanders
	19:35

	23 April 2011	Reds	v	Waratahs
	19:40

	23 April 2011	Western Force	v	Bulls
	20:05

	23 April 2011	Sharks	v	Hurricanes
	17:05

	23 April 2011	Lions	v	Chiefs
	19:10

Round 11

	29 April 2011	Highlanders	v	Blues
	19:35

	30 April 2011	Hurricanes	v	Reds
	19:35

	30 April 2011	Waratahs	v	Rebels
	19:40

	30 April 2011	Western Force	v	Crusaders
	20:05

	30 April 2011	Cheetahs	v	Brumbies
	15:00

	30 April 2011	Bulls	v	Chiefs
	17:05

	30 April 2011	Stormers	v	Sharks
	19:10

Round 12

	6 May 2011	Hurricanes	v	Blues
	19:35

	6 May 2011	Rebels	v	Reds
	19:40

	6 May 2011	Lions	v	Cheetahs
	19:10

	7 May 2011	Chiefs	v	Highlanders
	19:35

	7 May 2011	Waratahs	v	Western Force
	19:40

	7 May 2011	Stormers	v	Crusaders
	17:05

	7 May 2011	Sharks	v	Brumbies
	19:10

Round 13

	13 May 2011	Highlanders	v	Hurricanes
	19:35

	13 May 2011	Reds	v	Blues
	17:00

	14 May 2011	Chiefs	v	Stormers
	19:35

	14 May 2011	Brumbies	v	Lions
	19:40

	14 May 2011	Bulls	v	Rebels
	17:05

	14 May 2011	Cheetahs	v	Crusaders
	19:10

Round 14

	20 May 2011	Blues	v	Stormers
	19:35

	21 May 2011	Crusaders	v	Chiefs
	19:35

	21 May 2011	Waratahs	v	Lions
	19:40

	21 May 2011	Western Force	v	Brumbies
	10:05

	21 May 2011	Cheetahs	v	Rebels
	17:05

	21 May 2011	Sharks	v	Bulls
	19:10

Round 15

	27 May 2011	Hurricanes	v	Western Force
	19:35

	28 May 2011	Highlanders	v	Lions
	19:35

	28 May 2011	Brumbies	v	Stormers
	19:40

	28 May 2011	Sharks	v	Waratahs
	17:05

	28 May 2011	Bulls	v	Cheetahs
	19:10

	29 May 2011	Reds	v	Crusaders
	16:10

Round 16

	3 June 2011	Highlanders	v	Western Force
	19:35

	3 June 2011	Rebels	v	Stormers
	19:40

	3 June 2011	Bulls	v	Waratahs
	19:10

	4 June 2011	Hurricanes	v	Lions
	17:30

	4 June 2011	Blues	v	Chiefs
	19:35

	4 June 2011	Reds	v	Brumbies
	19:40

	4 June 2011	Cheetahs	v	Sharks
	17:05

Round 17

	10 June 2011	Chiefs	v	Hurricanes
	19:35

	10 June 2011	Brumbies	v	Rebels
	19:40

	11 June 2011	Crusaders	v	Blues
	19:35

	11 June 2011	Waratahs	v	Highlanders
	19:40

	11 June 2011	Western Force	v	Reds
	20:05

	11 June 2011	Lions	v	Sharks
	16:05

	11 June 2011	Stormers	v	Bulls
	18:10

Round 18

	17 June 2011	Blues	v	Highlanders
	19:35

	17 June 2011	Rebels	v	Western Force
	19:40

	18 June 2011	Chiefs	v	Reds
	17:30

	18 June 2011	Crusaders	v	Hurricanes
	19:35

	18 June 2011	Waratahs	v	Brumbies
	19:40

	18 June 2011	Bulls	v	Sharks
	17:05

	18 June 2011	Cheetahs	v	Stormers
	19:10

Finals

Template:Super rugby finals

Qualifiers

Qualifier 1

	25 June 2011	Team 3	v	Team 6
	TBC

Qualifier 2

	26 June 2011	Team 4	v	Team 5
	TBC

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

	1 July 2011	Team 1	v	Lowest Ranked Qualified winner
	TBC

Semi Final 2

	2 July 2011	Team 2	v	Highest Ranked Qualified winner
	TBC

Final

	9 July 2011	Winner of Semi Final 1	v	Winner of Semi Final 2
	TBC

References

^ "Super Rugby: Conferences". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
^ Smith, Wayne (29 January 2011). "Warming to sound of Supe". Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
^ "Super Rugby: Finals Format". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 2010-09-13.

External links

"Super XV.com". superxv.com. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
"Official Site of New Zealand Super Rugby". superrugby.co.nz. NZRU. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
"Official Australia home of Super Rugby". www.superrugby.com. ARU. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[1] "Super Rugby: Conferences". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 2010-09-13.

[2] Smith, Wayne (29 January 2011). "Warming to sound of Supe". Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 2011-01-31.

[3] "Super Rugby: Finals Format". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 2010-09-13.

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