2024 Super Rugby Pacific Season
Countries Australia (5 teams)
 Fiji (1 team)
 New Zealand (5 teams)
Pacific Islands (1 team)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Matches played24
Tries scored170 (7.08 per match)
Top point scorer(s)New Zealand Damian McKenzie, Chiefs (56)
Top try scorer(s)Australia Matt Faessler, Reds
New Zealand Hoskins Sotutu, Blues
Australia Corey Toole, Brumbies (all 5)
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The 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season (known as Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific in Fiji and DHL Super Rugby Pacific in New Zealand) is the 29th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and a combined team from Samoa, Tonga and other Pacific Island nations. The defending champions are the Crusaders, who won their twelfth title in 2023.[1][2] The season is scheduled to run from Friday 23 February 2024, culminating in a final expected to be played on Saturday 22 June, before the start of the 2024 mid-year international window.

Format

The competition format continues on from the previous season, with the fixture list being the only change. Twelve teams play in a round-robin format, with seven matches at home and seven away, although the second round (called "Super Round") will be played at AAMI Park, Melbourne. The fourteen games include eleven regular round-robin matches against the other participating teams and three additional "rivalry" games, in which they play another team for the second time in a home-and-away format. Each team will also have one bye week, making a total of fifteen rounds.[3]

At the conclusion of the fifteenth round, the eight highest ranked teams on the competition table will advance to the quarter-finals, in which the first-ranked team plays the eighth-ranked team, the second-ranked team plays the seventh-ranked, the third-ranked plays the sixth-ranked and the fourth-ranked team plays the fifth-ranked. The quarter-final winners progress to the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-finals advance to the final. The higher ranked team will host each play-off match.[4]

The rankings on the competition table are determined by the number of competition points earned during the regular season. Competition points can be gained in the following way: four points are awarded to the winning team, two points to each team for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams can also receive a singular bonus point if they score at least three tries more than the opponent in a match, or lose by seven points or less.[4]

Standings

The current standings for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season are:

2024 Super Rugby Pacific standings
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Hurricanes 4 4 0 0 125 78 +47 18 11 1 0 17 Super Rugby Pacific quarter-finals
2 Reds 4 3 0 1 151 105 +46 22 15 2 1 15
3 Chiefs 4 3 0 1 144 95 +49 17 13 1 1 14
4 Blues 4 3 0 1 104 78 +26 16 11 1 0 13
5 Brumbies 4 3 0 1 91 89 +2 12 11 1 0 13
6 Highlanders 4 2 0 2 108 106 +2 14 12 1 1 10
7 Rebels 4 2 0 2 106 140 −34 16 18 2 0 10
8 Moana Pasifika 4 2 0 2 105 114 −9 12 17 0 1 9
9 Waratahs 4 1 0 3 90 99 −9 10 14 0 2 6
10 Drua 4 1 0 3 95 129 −34 12 18 0 1 5
11 Crusaders 4 0 0 4 73 104 −31 10 11 0 2 2
12 Force 4 0 0 4 81 136 −55 11 19 0 1 1
Updated to match(es) played on Saturday 16 March 2024. Source: Super Rugby

Round-by-round

The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:

Team Progression
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 QF SF Final
Blues 5
(3rd)
9
(3rd)
9
(5th)
13
(4th)
Bye
Brumbies 5
(2nd)
5
(6th)
9
(7th)
13
(5th)
Bye
Chiefs 4
(6th)
9
(1st)
10
(2nd)
14
(3rd)
Bye
Crusaders 1
(7th)
1
(10th)
1
(11th)
2
(11th)
Bye
Drua 0
(10th)
1
(11th)
5
(10th)
5
(10th)
Bye
Force 0
(12th)
0
(12th)
1
(12th)
1
(12th)
Bye
Highlanders 5
(5th)
5
(5th)
9
(6th)
10
(6th)
Bye
Hurricanes 5
(1st)
9
(2nd)
13
(1st)
17
(1st)
Bye
Moana Pasifika 0
(8th)
4
(9th)
5
(9th)
9
(8th)
Bye
Rebels 0
(11th)
5
(7th)
10
(4th)
10
(7th)
Bye
Reds 5
(4th)
6
(4th)
10
(3rd)
15
(2nd)
Bye
Waratahs 0
(9th)
4
(8th)
5
(8th)
6
(9th)
Bye
Key: win draw loss bye DNQ = did not qualify

Matches

Further information: List of 2024 Super Rugby Pacific matches

Home \ Away BLU BRU CHI CRU DRU FOR HIG HUR MOA REB RED WAR
Blues 20 Apr 1 Jun 23 Mar 34–10 5 Apr 18 May 11 May
Brumbies 18 May 4 May 22–19 27 Apr 22 Mar 24 May 6 Apr
Chiefs 46–12 33–29 46–29 4 May 23 Mar 24 May 6 Apr
Crusaders 25 May 29 Mar 10–14 31 May 26 Apr 4 May 24–37
Drua 20–10 30 Mar 19 Apr 27 Apr 1 Jun 18 May 23 Mar
Force 1 Jun 20 Apr 11 May 14–44 14–22 23 Mar 18 May
Highlanders 29–37 21–27 11 May 26 May 27 Apr 30 Mar 35–21
Hurricanes 29–21 13 Apr 1 Jun 17 May 22 Mar 38–33 3 May
Moana Pasifika 30 Mar 10 May 39–36 4 May 23–29 12 Apr 25 May
Rebels 3 May 3–30 17 May 5 Apr 48–34 13 Apr 26–53
Reds 27 Apr 30 Mar 25–19 25 May 19 Apr 10 May 40–22
Waratahs 10–12 11 May 26 Apr 12 Apr 21–23 29 Mar 31 May
Updated to match(es) played on Saturday 16 March 2024. Source: Super Rugby
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

The finals fixtures are as follows:

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
TBD
 
 
1st
 
TBD
 
8th
 
 
 
TBD
 
 
 
4th
 
TBD
 
5th
 
 
 
TBD
 
 
 
3rd
 
TBD
 
6th
 
 
 
TBD
 
 
 
2nd
 
 
7th
 

Statistics

As of 16 March 2024

Leading point scorers

No. Player Team Points Average Details
1 New Zealand Damian McKenzie New Zealand Chiefs 56 14.00 1 T, 12 C, 9 P, 0 D
2 New Zealand Sam Gilbert New Zealand Highlanders 41 10.25 1 T, 9 C, 6 P, 0 D
3 Australia Tane Edmed Australia Waratahs 40 10.00 0 T, 8 C, 8 P, 0 D
4 Tonga William Havili New Zealand Moana Pasifika 38 9.50 0 T, 7 C, 8 P, 0 D
5 New Zealand Brett Cameron New Zealand Hurricanes 35 8.75 0 T, 13 C, 3 P, 0 D
6 Fiji Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula Fiji Drua 33 8.25 0 T, 9 C, 5 P, 0 D
7 Australia Noah Lolesio Australia Brumbies 31 7.75 0 T, 8 C, 5 P, 0 D
8 Australia Carter Gordon Australia Rebels 27 6.75 2 T, 7 C, 1 P, 0 D
9 Australia Ben Donaldson Australia Force 26 6.50 0 T, 10 C, 2 P, 0 D
10 3 players 25

Source: Points

Leading try scorers

No. Player Team Tries Average
1 Australia Matt Faessler Australia Reds 5 1.25
New Zealand Hoskins Sotutu New Zealand Blues 5 1.25
Australia Corey Toole Australia Brumbies 5 1.25
4 Australia Josh Flook Australia Reds 4 1.00
Australia Andrew Kellaway Australia Rebels 4 1.00
New Zealand Sevu Reece New Zealand Crusaders 4 1.00
7 6 players 3

Source: Tries

Discipline

Player Team Red Yellow Round (vs. Opponent)
Samoa Nigel Ah Wong New Zealand Moana Pasifika 1 0 Round 2 (vs. Drua)
New Zealand Jordie Barrett New Zealand Hurricanes 1 0 Round 2 (vs. Reds)
New Zealand Jared Proffit New Zealand Chiefs 1 0 Round 2 (vs. Brumbies)
Australia Harry Potter Australia Force 0 2 Round 1 (vs. Hurricanes)
Round 3 (vs. Brumbies)
Fiji Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula Fiji Drua 0 1 Round 1 (vs. Blues)
Australia Josh Canham Australia Rebels 0 1 Round 2 (vs. Force)
New Zealand Finlay Christie New Zealand Blues 0 1 Round 1 (vs. Drua)
New Zealand Allan Craig New Zealand Moana Pasifika 0 1 Round 3 (vs. Waratahs)
Australia Filipo Daugunu Australia Rebels 0 1 Round 1 (vs. Brumbies)
New Zealand Chay Fihaki New Zealand Crusaders 0 1 Round 2 (vs. Waratahs)
New Zealand Owen Franks New Zealand Crusaders 0 1 Round 4 (vs. Hurricanes)
New Zealand Dominic Gardiner New Zealand Crusaders 0 1 Round 2 (vs. Waratahs)
New Zealand Jamie Hannah New Zealand Crusaders 0 1 Round 4 (vs. Hurricanes)
Netherlands Fabian Holland New Zealand Highlanders 0 1 Round 1 (vs. Moana Pasifika)
Australia Len Ikitau Australia Brumbies 0 1 Round 1 (vs. Rebels)
Australia Harry Johnson-Holmes Australia Waratahs 0 1 Round 2 (vs. Crusaders)
Australia Max Jorgensen Australia Waratahs 0 1 Round 1 (vs. Reds)
Australia Sekope Kepu New Zealand Moana Pasifika 0 1 Round 2 (vs. Drua)
New Zealand Sam Nock New Zealand Blues 0 1 Round 2 (vs. Highlanders)
New Zealand Jacob Norris New Zealand Moana Pasifika 0 1 Round 3 (vs. Waratahs)
New Zealand Ollie Norris New Zealand Chiefs 0 1 Round 4 (vs. Drua)
Australia Marley Pearce Australia Force 0 1 Round 1 (vs. Hurricanes)
New Zealand Billy Proctor New Zealand Hurricanes 0 1 Round 1 (vs. Force)
New Zealand Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens New Zealand Highlanders 0 1 Round 2 (vs. Blues)
Fiji Selestino Ravutaumada Fiji Drua 0 1 Round 2 (vs. Moana Pasifika)
Australia Carlo Tizzano Australia Force 0 1 Round 4 (vs. Moana Pasifika)

Players

Squads

The following squads have been named. Players listed in italics denote non-original squad members:

Blues squad[5]
Forwards Josh BeehreAdrian ChoatSam DarryKurt EklundJosh FusituaAkira IoaneJordan LayLaghlan McWhannellDalton PapaliiMarcel RenataRicky RiccitelliRob RushAnton SegnerPJ SheckHoskins SotutuCameron SuafoaPatrick TuipulotuAngus TaʻavaoJames ThompsonOfa TuʻungafasiSoane Vikena
Backs Kade BanksLucas CashmoreFinlay ChristieCaleb ClarkeCorey EvansCole ForbesTaufa FunakiMeihana GrindlayBryce HeemRieko IoaneAJ LamSam NockStephen PerofetaHarry PlummerZarn SullivanCaleb TangitauMark Telea
Coach Vern Cotter
Brumbies squad[6]
Forwards Allan Ala'alatoaJahrome BrownCharlie CaleNick FrostTom HooperFred KaiheaSefo KautaiEd KennedyLachlan LonerganConnal McInerneyCadeyrn NevilleBilly PollardLuke ReimerBlake SchouppRory ScottLachlan ShawJames SlipperDarcy SwainRob ValetiniRhys van Nek • Harry Vella
Backs Austin AndersonHudson CreightonJack DebreczeniHarrison GoddardLen IkitauNoah LolesioRyan LonerganDeclan MeredithAndy MuirheadBen O'DonnellOllie SapsfordKlayton ThornCorey TooleTamati TuaTom Wright
Coach Stephen Larkham
Chiefs squad[7]
Forwards Naitoa Ah KuoiSione AhioKaylum BoshierGeorge DyerSamipeni FinauTom FlorenceLuke JacobsonKauvaka KaivelataJosh LordOllie NorrisReuben O'NeillSimon ParkerJared ProffitAidan RossManaaki Selby-RickitWallace SititiBradley SlaterSamisoni Taukei'ahoTyrone ThompsonJimmy TupouTupou Vaa'iMalachi Wrampling-Alec
Backs Liam Coombes-FablingJosh IoaneJosh JacombAnton Lienert-BrownPeniasi MalimaliDamian McKenzieEtene Nanai-SeturoEmoni NarawaRameka PoihipiCortez RatimaXavier RoeDaniel RonaShaun StevensonTe Toiroa TahuriorangiKaleb TraskQuinn TupaeaGideon Wrampling
Coach Clayton McMillan
Crusaders squad[8]
Forwards Scott BarrettGeorge BellEthan BlackadderGeorge BowerFinlay BrewisTahlor CahillSeb CalderTom ChristieOwen FranksZach GallagherDominic GardinerCullen GraceJamie HannahCorey KellowChristian Lio-WillieQuentin MacDonaldBrodie McAlisterIoane MoananuJoe MoodyFletcher NewellQuinten StrangeKershawl Sykes-MartinCodie TaylorTamaiti Williams
Backs Toby ArnoldLevi AumuaFergus BurkeRyan CrottyMitchell DrummondChay FihakiLeigh HalfpennyDavid HaviliWilli HeinzRiley HohepaNoah HothamWill JordanTaha KemaraManasa MataeleDallas McLeodJohnny McNichollHeremaia MurraySevu ReeceRivez ReihanaJone RovaMacca Springer
Coach Rob Penney
Drua squad[9]
Forwards Elia CanakaivataTe Ahiwaru CirikidavetaMeli DerenalagiMesake DogeMesu DolokotoHaereiti HetetTevita IkanivereJone KoroiduaduaVilive MiramiraMotikai MurrayIsoa NasilasilaLivai NataveRatu Leone RotuisoliaKitione Salawa Jr.Samu TawakeZuriel TogiatamaMeli TuniEmosi Tuqiri • Sailosi Vakalokalo • Mesake VocevoceEtonia Waqa
Backs Isaiah Armstrong-RavulaPhilip BaselalaIlaisa DroaseseSimione KuruvoliFrank LomaniIosefo MasiRatu Peni MatawaluEpeli MomoCaleb MuntzMichael NaitokaniWaqa NalagaIsikeli RabituTaniela RakuroJunior RatuvaSelestino RavutaumadaTuidraki SamusamuvodreKemu ValetiniApisalome Vota
Coach Mick Byrne
Force squad[10]
Forwards Siosifa AmoneTim AnsteeJosh BartlettOllie CallanRyan CoxonLopeti FaifuaTom FranklinBen FunnellCharlie HancockWill HarrisHarry HoopertTom HortonFeleti Kaitu'uFelix KalapuSantiago MedranoAtu MoliTiti NofoagatotoaMarley PearceReed PrinsepIzack Rodda • Papillon Sevele • Tiaan TauakipuluCarlo TizzanoAngus WagnerMichael WellsJeremy Williams
Backs Max Burey • Ollie Cummins • Ben DonaldsonIssak Fines-LeleiwasaNikolai FoliakiBayley Kuenzle • Henry O'Donnell • Campbell ParataReesjan PasitoaGeorge PoolmanHarry PotterIan PriorSam SpinkHamish StewartChase TiatiaNic White
Coach Simon Cron
Highlanders squad[11]
Forwards Jermaine AinsleyHenry BellNikora BroughtonEthan de GrootMitchell DunsheaOliver HaigBilly HarmonMax HicksFabian HollandRicky JacksonAyden JohnstoneDaniel Lienert-BrownSaula Ma'uHayden MichaelsPari Pari ParkinsonHugh RentonTom SandersWill StodartJack TaylorWill TuckerRohan WinghamSean Withy
Backs James ArscottMartín BogadoFolau FakatavaAjay FaleafagaConnor Garden-BachopSam GilbertNathan HastieJonah LoweCam MillarJona NarekiRhys PatchellJacob Ratumaitavuki-KneepkensTimoci TavatavanawaiJake Te HiwiTanielu TeleʻaJosh TimuMatt Whaanga
Coach Clarke Dermody
Hurricanes squad[12]
Forwards Asafo AumuaCaleb DelanyJacob DeveryDevan FlandersBen GrantTK HowdenBrayden IoseDu'Plessis KirifiPeter LakaiVeveni LasaqaSiale LauakiTyrel LomaxTevita MafileoXavier NumiaJames O'ReillyPouri Rakete-StonesJustin SangsterBrad ShieldsJosh TaulaPasilio TosiJames TuckerIsaia Walker-Leawere
Backs Jordie BarrettBrett CameronHarry GodfreyRiley HigginsRichard JuddRuben LoveJosh MoorbyAidan MorganKini NaholoTJ PerenaraBilly ProctorNgane PunivaiSalesi RayasiCam RoigardDaniel SinkinsonBailyn SullivanPeter Umaga-JensenJordi Viljoen
Coach Clark Laidlaw
Moana Pasifika squad[13]
Forwards Suetena AsomuaDonald BrighouseAllan CraigMiracle FaiʻilagiSolomone FunakiSione Havili TalituiLotu InisiSekope KepuSateki LatuJames LaySione MafileoThomas MakaSama MaloloSam MoliAlamanda MotugaViliami Napa'aJacob NorrisSemisi PaeaIrie PapuniAbraham PoleTom SavageSam SladeOfa TauatevaluOla Tauelangi
Backs Nigel Ah WongEre EnariViliami FineNeria FomaiAisea HaloWilliam HaviliFine InisiLalomilo LalomiloChristian Leali'ifanoD'Angelo LeuilaMelani MatavaoOtumaka MausiaPepesana PatafiloJulian SaveaHenry TaefuJonathan TaumateineKyren TaumoefolauDanny ToalaAnzelo Tuitavuki
Coach Tana Umaga
Rebels squad[14]
Forwards Isaac Aedo KaileaJosh CanhamEthan DobbinsVaiolini EkuasiCabous EloffPone Fa'amausiliMatt Gibbon • Zac Hough • Josh KemenyRob LeotaAlex MafiDaniel MaiavaMaciu NabolakasiLukhan Salakaia-LotoAngelo SmithSam TalakaiTuaina Taii TualimaTaniela TupouJordan UeleseBrad Wilkin
Backs Lachie AndersonFilipo DaugunuDavid FeliuaiCarter Gordon • Mason Gordon • Nick JoosteAndrew KellawayDarby LancasterRyan LouwrensJack Maunder • Lebron Naea • Divad Palu • Joe PincusMatt ProctorLukas RipleyJake StrachanJames Tuttle • David Vaihu • Glen Vaihu
Coach Kevin Foote
Reds squad[15]
Forwards Connor AndersonRichie AsiataGeorge BlakeAngus BlythJoe BrialJohn Bryant • Max Craig • Cormac Daly • Massimo de Lutiis • Sef Fa'agaseMatt FaesslerAlex HodgmanFraser McReightJosh NasserZane NonggorrPeni Ravai • Taine Roiri • Ryan SmithJeffery Toomaga-AllenSeru UruConnor VestHarry WilsonLiam Wright
Backs Taj Annan • Floyd Aubrey • Jock CampbellLawson CreightonJosh Flook • Frankie Goldsbrough • Mac GrealyIsaac HenryTom LynaghTate McDermottHarry McLaughlin-PhillipsJames O'ConnorHunter PaisamiJordan PetaiaTim RyanKalani ThomasSuliasi Vunivalu • Louis Werchon
Coach Les Kiss
Waratahs squad[16]
Forwards Miles AmatoseroAngus BellDaniel BothaJay FonokalafiTheo FourieCharlie GambleLangi GleesonNed HaniganJulian HeavenJed HollowayArcher HolzHarry Johnson-HolmesMesu KunavulaTom LambertFergus Lee-WarnerDave PoreckiTom RossHugh Sinclair • Ned Slack-Smith • Lachlan SwintonHayden Thompson-StringerSam ThomsonMahe Vailanu
Backs Jack BowenTane EdmedLalakai FoketiJake GordonJack GrantWill HarrisonMax JorgensenVuate KarawalevuMark NawaqanitawaseIzaia PereseDylan PietschTriston ReillyMosese TuipulotuJoey WaltonHarry WilsonTeddy Wilson
Coach Darren Coleman

Referees

The following referees were selected to officiate the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season:[17][18][19][20]

2024 Super Rugby Pacific referees
Australia Nic BerryGraham CooperAngus GardnerDamon MurphyJordan Way
New Zealand James DolemanAngus MabeyBen O'KeeffeBrendon PickerillDan WaengaPaul Williams

References

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