2015 Super Rugby Final

2015 Super Rugby Final
Event 2015 Super Rugby season
Date 4 July 2015
Venue Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Referee Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Attendance 36,000

The 2015 Super Rugby Final, was played between the Hurricanes and the Highlanders. It was the 20th final in the Super Rugby competition's history and the fifth under the expanded 15-team format. This was the first Super Rugby final between two New Zealand teams since 2006 when the Hurricanes were beaten by the Crusaders.

The match was won by the Highlanders who beat the Hurricanes by seven points. The Highlanders, the first away team to win the competition, became the first team to win the competition having failed to win a conference. They also became the first team to win the competition having played in the qualifiers round.

In New Zealand 583,620 people tuned in to watch

Road to the Final

2015 Super Rugby standings

Overall standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 New Zealand Hurricanes 16 14 0 2 458 288 +170 58 31 9 1 66
2 Australia Waratahs 16 11 0 5 409 313 +96 50 41 5 3 52
3 South Africa Stormers 16 10 1 5 373 323 +50 32 35 2 1 45
4 New Zealand Highlanders 16 11 0 5 450 333 +117 54 40 6 3 53
5 New Zealand Chiefs 16 10 0 6 372 299 +73 40 27 4 4 48
6 Australia Brumbies 16 9 0 7 369 261 +108 45 21 6 5 47
7 New Zealand Crusaders 16 9 0 7 481 338 +143 56 39 8 2 46
8 South Africa Lions 16 9 1 6 342 364 −22 33 41 2 2 42
9 South Africa Bulls 16 7 0 9 397 388 +9 37 39 4 6 38
10 Australia Rebels 16 7 0 9 319 354 −35 35 42 3 5 36
11 South Africa Sharks 16 7 0 9 338 401 −63 37 43 3 3 34
12 South Africa Cheetahs 16 5 0 11 357 531 −174 44 65 4 2 26
13 Australia Reds 16 4 0 12 247 434 −187 32 53 3 3 22
14 New Zealand Blues 16 3 0 13 282 428 −146 29 50 2 6 20
15 Australia Force 16 3 0 13 245 384 −139 28 43 3 4 19
  1. "Team with "Most Wins" will finish higher in Super Rugby". SANZAR. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
Qualifying finals Semifinals Grand final
                             
  20 June 2015  
3   South Africa Stormers 19  
6   Australia Brumbies 39           27 June 2015      
        1   New Zealand Hurricanes 29    
        6   Australia Brumbies 9     4 July 2015
                New Zealand Hurricanes   14
            27 June 2014       New Zealand Highlanders   21
          2   Australia Waratahs 17    
  20 June 2015         4   New Zealand Highlanders 35    
  4   New Zealand Highlanders 24          
  5   New Zealand Chiefs 14          

Qualifiers

Semi-Finals

The 2015 Super Rugby competition involved fifteen teams, five each from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.[8]

The Hurricanes qualified for the playoffs by finishing top of the New Zealand conference and also topped the overall standings, with fourteen wins and just two losses during the season.


Preceded by
2014 Super Rugby Final
Super Rugby Final
2015
Succeeded by
2016 Super Rugby Final
  1. "Highlanders move on to semi-finals". SANZAR. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. "Match Breakdown: Highlanders vs Chiefs". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "Six-try Brumbies stun the Stormers". SANZAR. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  4. "Match Breakdown: DHL Stormers vs Brumbies". South African Rugby Union. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. "Hurricanes surge into Super Rugby Final". SANZAR. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  6. "Match Breakdown: Hurricanes vs Brumbies". South African Rugby Union. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  7. "Match Breakdown: Waratahs vs Highlanders". South African Rugby Union. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  8. "About Super Rugby". SANZAR. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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