Super Rugby Ladder

The Super Rugby standings is derived from the three geographic Super Rugby Conferences. In alphabetical order the Australian Super Rugby Conference, the New Zealand Super Rugby Conference and the South African Super Rugby Conference. 

The leaders of these three geographic conferences occupy the top three places on the top of the overall Super Rugby ladder.

The fourth placed team is the next best team and is the highest ranked wild card team. Positions five to eight earn are the next best wild card teams based on points.

Please note that a bonus point is awarded to a team for scoring three tries more than the opponent. The four try bonus point rule has fallen away and no longer applies.

In addition points differential is secondary to Number of Wins.

Australian Super Rugby ladder

#	Teams	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	BP T	BP -7	BP	Ttl
	Waratahs	6	1	5	0	104	214	-110	1	0	1	5
	Reds	7	2	5	0	219	176	43	2	3	5	13
	Rebels	6	3	3	0	166	160	6	1	0	1	13
	Sunwolves	6	1	5	0	101	292	-191	0	0	0	4
	Brumbies	6	5	1	0	208	115	93	2	1	3	23

New Zealand Super Rugby ladder

#	Teams	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	BP T	BP -7	BP	Ttl
	Hurricanes	6	4	2	0	168	135	32	1	0	1	17
	Highlanders	5	1	4	1	91	163	-72	0	1	1	7
	Crusaders	6	5	1	0	189	105	84	3	0	3	23
	Chiefs	6	4	2	0	194	128	66	2	1	3	19
	Blues	7	5	2	0	192	134	58	2	0	2	22

South African Super Rugby ladder

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Overall Super Rugby ladder

Team	Pos.	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	BP T	BP -7	BP	Ttl
Blues	4	7	5	2	0	192	134	58	2	0	2	22
Brumbies	2	6	5	1	0	208	115	93	2	1	3	23
Bulls	11	6	1	5	0	115	152	-37	1	1	2	6
Chiefs	5	6	4	2	0	194	128	66	2	1	2	19
Crusaders	3	6	5	1	0	189	105	84	3	0	3	23
Highlanders	13	5	1	4	1	91	163	-72	0	1	1	7
Hurricanes	7	6	4	2	0	168	135	33	1	0	1	17
Jaguares	8	6	3	3	1	169	135	34	2	1	3	17
Rebels	9	6	3	3	0	166	160	6	1	0	1	13
Reds	10	7	2	5	0	219	176	43	2	3	5	13
Sharks	1	7	6	1	0	213	153	60	0	0	0	24
Stormers	6	6	4	2	0	118	94	24	0	1	1	17
Sunwolves	15	5	1	4	0	87	243	-156	0	0	0	4
Waratahs	14	6	1	5	0	104	214	-110	1	0	1	5
Lions	12	6	1	5	0	109	200	-91	0	1	1	5

Tip : The Super Rugby ladder is interactive. For example clicking on “Ttl” will re-arrange the order of the teams on points alone and without conference rules.

AC1 – Australian Conference Leader,
NZ C1 – New Zealand Conference Leader
SA1 –  South African Conference Leader
WC – Wild Card

Points are awarded as follows.

Win = 4 points
Draw = 2 Points
Loss = 1 point for loss within 7 points or less of the winning team
Loss =  0 points for loss of more than 7 points
Bonus Point = 1 point for scoring three more tries than the opponent.

The Four Conference leaders occupy positions 1 to 3. The fourth position is the top Wild card (next best) team. Positions 5 to 8 are occupied by the wildcard teams in order of their ranking based on points earned through the season. 

The play offs

Quarter-finals

Team 1 v Team 8
Team 2 v Team 7
Team 3 v Team 6
Team 4 v Team 5

Semi-finals

The semi-final host teams will be the highest ranked winners from the respective quarter-finals.

Semi-final 1: Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 4
Semi-final 2: Winner QF 2 v Winner QF 3

The Grand Final

The highest ranked Semi-final winner will host the final and will play the other semi-final winner.

semi-final host teams will be the highest ranked winners from the respective quarter-finals.

Grand final : Winner SF1 v Winner SF2