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Super W
Recent season
2018 Super W season
SportRugby union
Inaugural season2018
ChampionsNew South Wales (2018)
Broadcast partnerFox Sports

The Super W competition is a women's rugby union competition held in Australasia. The inaugural competition was held in 2018 featuring only Australian teams.[1] This was won by the New South Wales Waratahs.[2]

History

Champions

Year Final
Winner Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place No. of teams
2018 Australia New South Wales Waratahs Australia Queensland Reds Australia Western Force Australia ACT Brumbies 5

Venues

Below are the venues that will be used during the 2018 Super W season.

Main article: List of Australian rugby union stadiums by capacity
Stadium/Ground City Host club(s) Capacity
AAMI Park Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne Rebels 10,000
Allianz Stadium Sydney, New South Wales New South Wales Waratahs 12,000
Ballymore Stadium Brisbane, Queensland Queensland Reds 5,000
Box Hill Rugby Club Box Hill, Victoria Melbourne Rebels 17,500
GIO Stadium Canberra, Australian Capital Territory ACT Brumbies 24,568
Harvey Field Western Australia Western Force 8,000
Kingsway Reserve Western Australia Western Force 22,000
Pittwater Park Sydney, New South Wales New South Wales Waratahs 3,000
Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Queensland Queensland Reds 60,000

Media coverage

Television

In its inaugural season all matches will be televised live by affiliate partners the Fox Sports.[3]

Online

The official internet/mobile broadcast partner of the Super W is Foxtel Now and Foxtel Go part of Foxtel. The company hosts the league website as well as those of each of the eight participation clubs. The Super W has retained digital broadcast rights to matches in the league's inaugural season and will stream all matches live and free on the league website and mobile app.[4]

Corporate relations

Sponsorship

Buildcorp is the league's current and inaugural naming rights partner.[5] Gilbert is the official supplier of all rugby balls.

Merchandising

Official match day attire together with other club merchandise is sold through the Super W's stores and website as well through the clubs and through some retailers.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Women's Super W rugby union competition to start without pay for players". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Buildcorp Super W Final: NSW press conference". Rugby Australia. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ^ https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/03/10/how-to-watch-and-live-stream-super-w-2018-full-fixture-and-tv-guide/
  4. ^ https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/03/10/how-to-watch-and-live-stream-super-w-2018-full-fixture-and-tv-guide/
  5. ^ https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/buildcorp-in-talks-to-sponsor-super-w-20180226-p4z1sf.html

External links

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