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List of Super Rugby champions. Twelve time champion Crusaders (red) and three-time champion Bulls competing for a line-out. Super Rugby is the major professional rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere. [1] The competition began as Super 12 in 1996, consisting of 12 teams from Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
The Chiefs and the Crusaders finished first and second, respectively. [4] [5] It was the teams' first encounter in a Super Rugby final.[6]Both finalists had won a Super Rugby title, with the Crusaders being the two-time, back-to-back defending champions and holding the most title victories in the Super Rugby (11), with the Chiefs' last Super Rugby title being in 2013.
The final of Super Rugby Pacific on Saturday had the feeling of a familiar ritual. The Crusaders won the title for the 12th time since the tournament began and for the seventh time in the last ...
Super 14 era: 137, Lions 65–72 Chiefs (19 February 2010) Super Rugby (15) era: 103, Blues 40–63 Sharks (31 March 2018) Super Rugby (18) era: 111, Crusaders 85–26 Rebels (9 July 2016) Super Rugby regional comps era: 112, Waratahs 48–64 Hurricanes (14 May 2021) Super Rugby Pacific (12) era: 99, Blues 71–28 Rebels
Scott Robertson ended his seven-year tenure as Crusaders head coach with a seventh title after his Christchurch-based team beat the Chiefs 25-20 in the final of Super Rugby Pacific on Saturday.
The clash of the Chiefs and Crusaders in the Super Rugby Pacific final in Hamilton on Saturday is both a title decider and finale, an ending and farewell for leading figures in both franchises.
The Crusaders franchise was created as one of five New Zealand teams in the Super 12. Originally named the Canterbury Crusaders, the Crusaders' franchise area encompassed the upper South Island of New Zealand (see Super Rugby franchise areas), and was formed from the Buller, Canterbury, Marlborough, Mid-Canterbury, Nelson Bays, South Canterbury, and West Coast rugby unions.
The 2018 Super Rugby Final was played between the Crusaders of New Zealand and the Lions of South Africa. The match, held at Rugby League Park in Christchurch, was the 23rd final in the Super Rugby competition's history. Both finalists won their respective conferences during the regular season and both had hosted quarterfinal and semifinal ...