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Style of Play[edit]

The Brumbies are traditionally known for their strong tactical kicking, set piece play, ball retention, and pressuring of opponents in their own half.[1]

Competition Performance[edit]

The Brumbies are one of only two Super Rugby teams to win 200 games.[2]

While the Brumbies have won the second-most games of Super Rugby, they have also missed the finals eleven times in twenty-five years. Between 1996 and 2019, thirty-five teams missed the finals due to tiebreakers, with seven (20 per cent) of those being the Brumbies. This is partly due to the Brumbies' historically bad record of acquiring bonus points. The Brumbies

The Brumbies are also one of only two teams to have a positive points differential in 80% of their seasons.

2021 NPC Standings[edit]

Premiership Division
# Team abbr GP W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB PTS
1 Canterbury CAN 10 8 0 2 397 219 +178 50 25 7 1 40
2 Taranaki TAR 10 7 1 2 338 259 +79 41 30 5 2 37
3 Tasman TAS 10 7 1 2 306 234 +72 30 24 3 1 34
4 Counties Manukau CMK 10 6 0 4 284 234 +50 34 25 6 4 34
5 Waikato WAI 10 5 1 4 269 259 +10 31 26 6 2 30
6 Auckland AKL 10 5 0 5 335 302 +33 40 37 7 3 30
7 Hawke's Bay HBY 10 2 0 8 253 385 -132 31 47 4 3 15
Championship Division
# Team abbr GP W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB PTS
1 Otago OTG 10 7 0 3 290 267 +23 34 32 5 1 34
2 Wellington WEL 10 6 0 4 302 298 +4 40 40 6 2 32
3 North Harbour NHR 10 5 1 4 262 263 -1 31 30 3 1 26
4 Bay of Plenty BOP 10 3 0 7 302 316 –14 43 41 7 4 23
5 Manawatu MAN 10 4 0 6 259 266 -7 32 31 4 3 23
6 Southland SLD 10 2 0 8 201 396 -195 20 52 2 1 11
7 Northland NLD 10 1 0 9 280 378 -98 30 47 4 2 10
Tasman Cup Elimination Final Tasman Cup Qualification Final
Auckland 14
Hawke's Bay 20 Wellington 17
Wellington 27

Legend:

Qualified for 2021 Tasman Cup.
Qualified for 2021 Tasman Cup Qualification final.
Qualified for 2021 Tasman Cup Elimination final
Ranfurly Shield holders.

Points breakdown:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring three tries more than the opposition

Tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Competition points earned
  2. Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
  3. Points difference in head-to-head matches
  4. Try differential in head-to-head matches
  5. Points difference in all matches
  6. Try differential in all matches
  7. Points scored in all matches
  8. Tries scored in all matches
  9. Fewer matches forfeited
  10. Classification in the previous NPC season

2021 NRC Standings[edit]

National Rugby Championship
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 . Brisbane City HL 8 8 0 0 400 174 +226 6 0 38
2 . Canberra Vikings 8 7 0 1 375 176 +199 6 1 35
3 . Melbourne Rising 8 5 0 3 220 251 −31 0 0 20
4 . Sydney Stars 8 4 0 4 241 314 −73 2 2 20
5 . NSW Country Eagles 8 4 0 4 225 260 −35 1 2 19
6 . Perth Spirit 8 3 0 5 276 271 +5 2 2 16
7 . North Harbour Rays 8 2 0 6 275 339 −64 1 2 11
8 . Queensland Country 8 2 0 6 230 336 –106 0 1 9
9 . Greater Sydney Rams 8 1 0 7 242 363 −121 0 3 7
Updated: 18 October 2015

Source: rugbyarchive.net
 • Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the preliminary competition rounds qualify for the Title play-offs.
HL denotes the holder of the Horan-Little Shield.

Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye.
One bonus point for the winning team scoring three or more tries than their opponent (TB), one bonus point for losing by eight or fewer (LB).
If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
 • Difference between points for and against
 • Match result between tied teams
 • Total number of tries scored in the competition

  1. ^ Reuters (19 September 2020). "Rugby-Brumbies hang on to win Super Rugby AU title over Reds". National Post. Retrieved 21 September 2020. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Smith, Wayne (18 July 2020). "Super Rugby AU: NSW Waratahs go down in glory despite ACT Brumbies 24-23 win". The Australian. Retrieved 20 September 2020.