2014 Super Rugby season
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| 2014 Super Rugby season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Waratahs vs. Force | |||
| Countries | Australia (5 teams) New Zealand (5 teams) South Africa (5 teams) | ||
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout | ||
| Champions | Waratahs (1st title) | ||
| Matches played | 125 | ||
| Tries scored | 614 (4.91 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Bernard Foley (252) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Israel Folau / Nemani Nadolo (12) | ||
| Official website | Official site | ||
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The 2014 Super Rugby season is the fourth season of the 15-team format for the Super Rugby competition involving teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. For sponsorship reasons, this competition is known as Asteron Life Super Rugby in Australia, Investec Super Rugby in New Zealand and Vodacom Super Rugby in South Africa. Including its past incarnations as Super 12 and Super 14, this is the 19th season for the Southern Hemisphere's premier transnational club competition. The conference games will take place every weekend from 15 February until 12 July (with a three-week break between rounds 16 and 17 for internationals games), followed by the finals series, culminating in the grand final on 2 August. The winners of the 2014 Super Rugby Season were the New South Wales Waratahs.
Competition format[edit]
Covering 24 weeks, the schedule features a total of 125 matches. The 15 teams are grouped by geography, labelled the Australian Conference, New Zealand Conference and the South African Conference. The regular season consists of two types of matches:[1]
- Internal Conference Matches – Each team plays the other four teams in the same conference twice, home and away.
- Cross Conference Matches – Each team plays four teams of the other two conferences away, and four teams of the other two conferences home, thus missing out on two teams (one from each of the other conferences). Each team plays two home and two away games against teams from each of the other countries, making a total of eight cross conference games for each team. There will be a three-week international break between rounds 15 and 16 of the regular season.
The top team of each conference, plus the next top three teams in table points regardless of conference (wild card teams), will move on to the finals. The top two conference winners, based on table points, receive first-round byes. In the first round of the finals, the third conference winner is the #3 seed and hosts the wild card team with the worst record, and the best wild card team hosts the second-best wild card team. In the semi-finals, the #2 conference winner hosts the higher surviving seed from the first round, and the #1 conference winner hosts the other first-round winner. The final is hosted by the top remaining seed.[2] The two-legged promotion/relegation play-off initially scheduled between the bottom team in the South African Conference and the Southern Kings was abolished following a meeting on 13 February 2014.[3]
Standings[edit]
Conference leaders and wildcard teams qualified to the finals. The top six teams qualified to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the finals. The third-placed team (i.e. the conference winners with the worst overall record) will host the sixth-placed team in the qualifiers, while the fourth-placed team will host the fifth-placed team. The top two teams (i.e. the two conference winners with the best overall record) will qualify directly to the semi-finals, where they will have home advantage against the two qualifier winners, with the top team hosting the qualifier winner with the lower seeding and the second-placed team hosting the qualifier winner with the higher seeding. The two semi-final winners will progress to the final, with the team with the higher seeding having home advantage.
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 four or more tries in a match.
Classification: Teams standings are calculated as follows:[4] Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked in the top three), Log points, Number of games won, Overall points difference, Number of tries scored, Overall try difference
Key:
- Qualified to the Semi-finals with home advantage
- Qualified to the Qualifying final with home advantage
- Qualified to the Qualifying final
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Waratahs (C) | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 481 | 272 | +209 | 55 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 58 |
| 2 |  Crusaders | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 445 | 322 | +123 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 51 |
| 3 |  Sharks | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 406 | 293 | +113 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 50 |
| 4 | Brumbies | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 412 | 378 | +34 | 49 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
| 5 | Chiefs | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 384 | 378 | +6 | 44 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | Highlanders | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 401 | 442 | −41 | 39 | 52 | 5 | 5 | 42 |
| 7 | Hurricanes | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 439 | 374 | +65 | 49 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 41 |
| 8 | Western Force | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 343 | 393 | −50 | 37 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Bulls | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 365 | 335 | +30 | 28 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 38 |
| 10 | Blues | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 419 | 395 | +24 | 46 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 37 |
| 11 | Stormers | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 290 | 326 | −36 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Lions | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 367 | 413 | −46 | 31 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Reds | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 374 | 493 | −119 | 42 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 14 | Cheetahs | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 372 | 527 | −155 | 38 | 59 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
| 15 | Rebels | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 303 | 460 | −157 | 29 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
Round-by-round[edit]
| Team progression – 2014 Super Rugby season | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | R16 | R17 | R18 | R19 |
| Waratahs | — | 5 (2nd) | 10 (1st) | 10 (2nd) | 11 (5th) | 16 (5th) | 16 (5th) | 20 (4th) | 20 (5th) | 24 (4th) | 24 (6th) | 29 (4th) | 29 (8th) | 34 (4th) | 39 (2nd) | 43 (2nd) | 48 (1st) | 53 (1st) | 58 (1st) |
| Crusaders | — | 0 (11th) | 0 (14th) | 4 (14th) | 8 (9th) | 8 (11th) | 9 (13th) | 13 (12th) | 18 (7th) | 22 (6th) | 22 (8th) | 26 (6th) | 31 (4th) | 32 (6th) | 37 (3rd) | 41 (3rd) | 42 (3rd) | 46 (2nd) | 51 (2nd) |
| Sharks | 5 (1st) | 9 (1st) | 9 (2nd) | 14 (1st) | 18 (1st) | 19 (1st) | 23 (1st) | 23 (1st) | 27 (1st) | 31 (1st) | 31 (1st) | 35 (1st) | 36 (1st) | 40 (1st) | 44 (1st) | 45 (1st) | 45 (2nd) | 46 (3rd) | 50 (3rd) |
| Brumbies | — | 0 (12th) | 4 (10th) | 9 (5th) | 13 (3rd) | 17 (2nd) | 17 (2nd) | 21 (2nd) | 25 (2nd) | 25 (2nd) | 30 (2nd) | 30 (2nd) | 34 (3rd) | 35 (2nd) | 35 (7th) | 40 (4th) | 40 (6th) | 40 (6th) | 45 (4th) |
| Chiefs | — | 4 (7th) | 8 (3rd) | 8 (3rd) | 13 (2nd) | 14 (3rd) | 17 (3rd) | 20 (3rd) | 24 (3rd) | 25 (3rd) | 25 (5th) | 30 (3rd) | 35 (2nd) | 35 (3rd) | 35 (8th) | 35 (8th) | 36 (9th) | 40 (8th) | 44 (5th) |
| Highlanders | — | 5 (3rd) | 6 (5th) | 6 (8th) | 7 (10th) | 11 (9th) | 11 (11th) | 15 (10th) | 19 (6th) | 19 (8th) | 24 (7th) | 26 (8th) | 30 (7th) | 34 (5th) | 36 (6th) | 38 (5th) | 42 (4th) | 42 (4th) | 42 (6th) |
| Hurricanes | — | 0 (13th) | 1 (13th) | 1 (15th) | 6 (12th) | 7 (12th) | 12 (10th) | 16 (8th) | 16 (10th) | 21 (7th) | 26 (3rd) | 26 (7th) | 30 (6th) | 31 (8th) | 36 (5th) | 37 (6th) | 41 (5th) | 41 (5th) | 41 (7th) |
| Western Force | — | 0 (14th) | 0 (15th) | 5 (10th) | 10 (7th) | 14 (7th) | 14 (8th) | 18 (5th) | 22 (4th) | 23 (5th) | 27 (4th) | 27 (5th) | 31 (5th) | 31 (7th) | 36 (4th) | 36 (7th) | 36 (7th) | 40 (7th) | 40 (8th) |
| Bulls | 0 (15th) | 1 (8th) | 5 (8th) | 10 (4th) | 10 (6th) | 14 (6th) | 16 (7th) | 17 (6th) | 18 (8th) | 19 (9th) | 20 (10th) | 24 (10th) | 28 (9th) | 28 (9th) | 33 (9th) | 33 (9th) | 33 (10th) | 33 (10th) | 38 (9th) |
| Blues | — | 0 (10th) | 5 (7th) | 5 (11th) | 7 (11th) | 12 (8th) | 16 (6th) | 16 (9th) | 16 (11th) | 16 (11th) | 20 (9th) | 25 (9th) | 25 (10th) | 25 (10th) | 26 (10th) | 31 (10th) | 36 (8th) | 36 (9th) | 37 (10th) |
| Stormers | — | 0 (15th) | 4 (12th) | 5 (12th) | 5 (14th) | 5 (14th) | 6 (14th) | 6 (15th) | 6 (15th) | 10 (14th) | 10 (15th) | 15 (14th) | 15 (15th) | 19 (13th) | 24 (11th) | 28 (11th) | 28 (11th) | 32 (11th) | 32 (11th) |
| Lions | 4 (4th) | 8 (4th) | 8 (4th) | 8 (7th) | 12 (4th) | 16 (4th) | 16 (4th) | 16 (7th) | 16 (9th) | 16 (10th) | 16 (11th) | 16 (12th) | 18 (11th) | 18 (14th) | 18 (14th) | 22 (13th) | 22 (13th) | 26 (13th) | 31 (12th) |
| Reds | — | 4 (6th) | 4 (11th) | 9 (6th) | 9 (8th) | 10 (10th) | 14 (9th) | 15 (11th) | 16 (12th) | 16 (12th) | 16 (13th) | 16 (13th) | 17 (13th) | 18 (15th) | 18 (15th) | 23 (12th) | 28 (12th) | 28 (12th) | 28 (13th) |
| Cheetahs | 1 (5th) | 5 (5th) | 5 (9th) | 5 (13th) | 5 (15th) | 5 (15th) | 5 (15th) | 8 (14th) | 9 (14th) | 9 (15th) | 14 (14th) | 15 (15th) | 16 (14th) | 20 (12th) | 20 (13th) | 20 (15th) | 20 (15th) | 24 (14th) | 24 (14th) |
| Rebels | — | 0 (9th) | 5 (6th) | 5 (9th) | 6 (13th) | 6 (13th) | 10 (12th) | 11 (13th) | 12 (13th) | 16 (13th) | 16 (12th) | 17 (11th) | 17 (12th) | 21 (11th) | 21 (12th) | 21 (14th) | 21 (14th) | 21 (15th) | 21 (15th) |
The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets. Note: Due to the schedule of the 2014 mid-year rugby union tests, only South African teams played in Round 1 and only Australian and New Zealand teams in Round 17. Also, unlike previous seasons, teams did not get points for byes during the season. Therefore, some teams were in an artificially higher position due to the fixture schedule. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Key: | win | draw | loss | bye | |||||||||||||||
Fixtures[edit]
The following fixtures were released 7 October 2013.[7]
Round 1[edit]
| 15 February 2014 | Cheetahs | 20–21 | Lions | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | ||
| 17:05 | Try:
Con: Johan Goosen  25', 51' (2/2)Pen:
Cards: Jean Cook  61' to 72' | Report[8] Scoreboard[9][10] | Pen: Marnitz Boshoff 16', 30', 40', 58', 62', 75' (6/6) Drop: Marnitz Boshoff 79' (1/3) | Attendance: 17,682 Referee: Craig Joubert |
| 15 February 2014 | Sharks | 31–16 | Bulls | Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban | ||
| 19:10 | Try:
Con: Patrick Lambie 40' (1/4)Pen:
Cards: Jean Deysel 66' to 77' | Report[11] Scoreboard[12][13] | Try: Jono Ross  72'Con: Handré Pollard 73' (1/1)Pen: Louis Fouché 15', 37' (2/5)Drop:
Cards: Bjorn Basson 79' | Attendance: 34,062 Referee: Jaco Peyper |
| Bye/s: Blues, Brumbies, Chiefs, Crusaders, Western Force, Highlanders, Hurricanes, Rebels, Reds, Stormers, Waratahs |
Round 2[edit]
| 21 February 2014 | Crusaders | 10–18 | Chiefs | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | ||
| 19:35 | Try: Sam Whitelock 49' Con: Tom Taylor 50' (1/1)Pen:
Cards:
| Report[14][15] Scoreboard[16][17] | Try:
Con: Aaron Cruden 80' (1/2)Pen: Aaron Cruden 39', 45' (2/2)Cards: Ben Tameifuna 40' to 50' | Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Chris Pollock |
| 21 February 2014 | Cheetahs | 15–9 | Bulls | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | ||
| 19:10 | Pen: Johan Goosen 6', 25', 29', 61' (4/5) Drop:
| Report[18] Scoreboard[19][20] | Pen:
| Attendance: 17,616 Referee: Stuart Berry |
| 22 February 2014 | Highlanders | 29–21 | Blues | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Lima Sopoaga 11', 14', 40' (3/4)Pen: Lima Sopoaga 18' (1/3) | Report[21] Scoreboard[22][23] | Try:
Con: Chris Noakes 42', 65', 70' (3/3)Pen: Chris Noakes (0/3) | Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Garratt Williamson |
| 22 February 2014 | Brumbies | 17–27 | Reds | GIO Stadium, Canberra | ||
| 19:40 | Try: Jesse Mogg 54' Con: Jesse Mogg (0/1) Pen:
| Report[24] Scoreboard[25][26] | Try:
Con: Quade Cooper 18', 23', 79' (3/3)Pen: Quade Cooper 33', 50' (2/5)Cards: Greg Holmes 53' to 63' | Attendance: 13,670 Referee: James Leckie |
| 22 February 2014 | Sharks | 27–9 | Hurricanes | Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban | ||
| 17:05 | Try:
Con: Patrick Lambie 21' (1/2)Pen: Patrick Lambie 6', 43', 58', 78', 81' (5/5) | Report[27] Scoreboard[28][29] | Pen:
Cards: Adam Hill 72' | Attendance: 23,722 Referee: Andrew Lees |
| 22 February 2014 | Lions | 34–10 | Stormers | Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg | ||
| 19:10 | Try: Stefan Watermeyer 2' Con: Marnitz Boshoff 3' (1/1)Pen: Marnitz Boshoff 15', 20', 35', 51', 72', 80' (6/6)Drop: Marnitz Boshoff 5', 9', 66' (3/4)Cards:
| Report[30] Scoreboard[31][32] | Try: Scarra Ntubeni 23' Con: Demetri Catrakilis 24' (1/1)Pen: Demetri Catrakilis 40' (1/2) | Attendance: 38,265 Referee: Jaco Peyper |
| 23 February 2014 | Waratahs | 43–21 | Western Force | Allianz Stadium, Sydney | ||
| 16:05 | Try:
Con: Bernard Foley 24', 40', 58', 67', 72' (5/6)Pen: Bernard Foley 16' (1/2)Cards: Paddy Ryan 44' to 55' | Report[34] Scoreboard[35][36] | Try:
Con: Zack Holmes 64' (1/2)Pen: Zack Holmes 10', 26', 52' (3/4) | Attendance: 16,091[33] Referee: Rohan Hoffmann |
| Bye/s: Rebels |
Round 3[edit]
| 28 February 2014 | Blues | 35–24 | Crusaders | Eden Park, Auckland | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Simon Hickey 35', 43', 48' (3/4)Pen: Simon Hickey 19', 55', 80' (3/3)Cards: Steven Luatua 67' to 77' | Report[37] Scoreboard[38] | Try:
Con: Tom Taylor 16', 32', 73' (3/3)Pen: Tom Taylor 21' (1/3) | Attendance: 26,211 Referee: Mike Fraser |
| 28 February 2014 | Rebels | 35–14 | Cheetahs | AAMI Park, Melbourne | ||
| 19:40 | Try:
Con:
Pen:
Drop: Angus Roberts 76' (1/1)Cards: Scott Fuglistaller 51' to 61' | Report[39] Scoreboard[40] | Try:
Con: Johan Goosen 46', 71' (2/2)Pen: Johan Goosen (0/2) | Attendance: 10,792 Referee: Angus Gardner |
| 28 February 2014 | Stormers | 19–18 | Hurricanes | DHL Newlands, Cape Town | ||
| 19:10 | Try: Deon Fourie 77' Con: Demetri Catrakilis 78' (1/1)Pen: Demetri Catrakilis 8', 21', 49', 64' (4/4) | Report[41] Scoreboard[42] | Try:
Con: Beauden Barrett 35' (1/2)Pen: Beauden Barrett 60', 68' (2/2) | Attendance: 31,814 Referee: Steve Walsh |
| 1 March 2014 | Chiefs | 21–19 | Highlanders | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Aaron Cruden 11', 49', 69' (3/3)Pen: Aaron Cruden (0/2) | Report[43] Scoreboard[44] | Try: John Hardie 32' Con: Lima Sopoaga 33' (1/1)Pen: Lima Sopoaga 3', 20', 38', 58' (4/4) | Attendance: 14,120 Referee: Rohan Hoffmann |
| 1 March 2014 | Waratahs | 32–5 | Reds | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | ||
| 19:40 | Try:
Con: Bernard Foley 26', 35', 48' (3/4)Pen: Bernard Foley 61', 79' (2/2)Cards: Israel Folau 40' to 49' | Report[46] Scoreboard[47] | Try: Lachlan Turner 40' Con: Quade Cooper (0/1) | Attendance: 17,580[45] Referee: Glen Jackson |
| 1 March 2014 | Western Force | 14–27 | Brumbies | nib Stadium, Perth | ||
| 19:00 | Try:
Con: Sias Ebersohn 78', 83' (2/2) | Report[48] Scoreboard[49] | Try:
Con: Nic White 10', 16', 24' (3/3)Pen: Nic White 40', 55' (2/3)Cards: Jesse Mogg 29' to 39' | Attendance: 10,589 Referee: Nick Briant |
| 1 March 2014 | Bulls | 25–17 | Lions | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||
| 17:05 | Try: Jan Serfontein 24' Con: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 25' (1/1)Pen: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 9', 12', 39', 62', 75' (5/7)Drop: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 36' (1/2) | Report[50] Scoreboard[51] | Try:
Con: Marnitz Boshoff 14', 78' (2/2)Pen: Marnitz Boshoff 34' (1/2) | Attendance: 29,238 Referee: Chris Pollock |
| Bye/s: Sharks |
Round 4[edit]
| 7 March 2014 | Hurricanes | 21–29 | Brumbies | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Beauden Barrett 33' (1/2)Pen: Beauden Barrett 8', 20', 56' (3/3) | Report[52] Scoreboard[53] | Try:
Con: Nic White 37', 44', 73' (3/4)Pen: Nic White 31' (1/1) | Attendance: 8,066 Referee: Craig Joubert |
| 7 March 2014 | Reds | 43–33 | Cheetahs | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | ||
| 18:40 | Try:
Con: Quade Cooper 3', 12', 40' (3/5)Pen: Quade Cooper 22', 65', 70', 82' (4/5)Drop: Mike Harris (0/1) | Report[54] Scoreboard[55] | Try:
Con:
Pen: Johan Goosen 26', 40', 50', 59' (4/6)Cards: Rayno Benjamin 2' to 13' | Attendance: 27,670 Referee: Garratt Williamson |
| 8 March 2014 | Crusaders | 14–13 | Stormers | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | ||
| 19:35 | Try: Kieron Fonotia 69' Con: Tom Taylor (0/1) Pen: Tom Taylor 5', 62', 75' (3/3) | Report[56] Scoreboard[57] | Try: Damian de Allende 51' Con: Demetri Catrakilis 52' (1/1)Pen: Demetri Catrakilis 35', 46' (2/2) | Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Rohan Hoffmann |
| 8 March 2014 | Western Force | 32–7 | Rebels | nib Stadium, Perth | ||
| 16:40 | Try:
Con: Sias Ebersohn 3', 11', 25' (3/4)Pen: Sias Ebersohn 17', 22' (2/4) | Report[58] Scoreboard[59] | Try: Telusa Veainu 80' Con: Bryce Hegarty 81' (1/1) | Attendance: 9,895 Referee: Nick Briant |
| 8 March 2014 | Bulls | 38–22 | Blues | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||
| 17:05 | Try:
Con:
Pen: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 20', 47', 67' (3/4)Drop: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 12' (1/2) | Report[60] Scoreboard[61] | Try: Pita Ahki 57' Con: Simon Hickey 58' (1/1)Pen: Simon Hickey 10', 15', 23', 32', 62' (5/5) | Attendance: 17,936 Referee: Andrew Lees |
| 8 March 2014 | Sharks | 37–23 | Lions | Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban | ||
| 19:10 | Try:
Con: François Steyn 9', 39', 51', 81' (4/4)Pen: François Steyn 21', 24', 34' (3/3)Cards: Ryan Kankowski 64' to 74' | Report[62] Scoreboard[63] | Try:
Con: Marnitz Boshoff 65', 69' (2/2)Pen: Marnitz Boshoff 12', 16', 37' (3/3)Cards: Corné Fourie 74' | Attendance: 28,158 Referee: Jaco Peyper |
| Bye/s: Chiefs, Highlanders, Waratahs |
Round 5[edit]
| 14 March 2014 | Chiefs | 36–20 | Stormers | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Aaron Cruden 17', 40', 42', 78' (4/4) Tanerau Latimer (0/1) Pen: Aaron Cruden 5' (1/2) | Report[65] Scoreboard[66] | Try:
Con: Peter Grant 63', 76' (2/2)Pen: Demetri Catrakilis 2', 20' (2/3) | Attendance: 14,088[64] Referee: Craig Joubert |
| 14 March 2014 | Rebels | 19–25 | Crusaders | AAMI Park, Melbourne | ||
| 19:40 | Try: Scott Fuglistaller 78' Con: Bryce Hegarty 79' (1/1)Pen:
| Report[67] Scoreboard[68] | Try: Ben Funnell 56' Con: Tom Taylor 57' (1/1)Pen: Tom Taylor 8', 13', 22', 28', 42', 70' (6/6) | Attendance: 13,942 Referee: James Leckie |
| 15 March 2014 | Hurricanes | 60–27 | Cheetahs | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | ||
| 16:35 | Try:
Con:
Pen: Beauden Barrett 25' (1/2) | Report[69] Scoreboard[70] | Try:
Con: Johan Goosen 11', 28', 53' (3/3)Pen: Johan Goosen 13', 17' (2/3)Cards: Willie le Roux 44' to 55' | Attendance: 7,666 Referee: Angus Gardner |
| 15 March 2014 | Highlanders | 29–31 | Western Force | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Lima Sopoaga 33' (1/2) Hayden Parker (0/1) Pen: Lima Sopoaga 10', 15', 18', 68' (4/5) | Report[71] Scoreboard[72] | Try:
Con: Sias Ebersohn 5', 27', 40', 57' (4/4)Pen: Sias Ebersohn 45' (1/1)Cards:
| Attendance: 9,501 Referee: Glen Jackson |
| 15 March 2014 | Brumbies | 28–23 | Waratahs | GIO Stadium, Canberra | ||
| 19:40 | Try:
Con: Nic White 16', 19' (2/3)Pen: Nic White 6', 40', 80' (3/3)Drop: Nic White (0/1) Cards:
| Report[74] Scoreboard[75] | Try:
Con: Bernard Foley 64', 75' (2/2)Pen: Bernard Foley 4', 11', 27' (3/4) | Attendance: 17,016[73] Referee: Jaco Peyper |
| 15 March 2014 | Lions | 39–36 | Blues | Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg | ||
| 15:00 | Try:
Con: Marnitz Boshoff 35', 40', 61' (3/3)Pen: Marnitz Boshoff 52', 68', 75', 78' (4/5)Drop: Marnitz Boshoff 39', 42' (2/2) | Report[76] Scoreboard[77] | Try:
Con:
Pen: Chris Noakes 46' (1/1)Cards:
| Attendance: 17,824 Referee: Stuart Berry |
| 15 March 2014 | Sharks | 35–20 | Reds | Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban | ||
| 17:05 | Try:
Con: Patrick Lambie 28', 78' (2/2)Pen:
| Report[78] Scoreboard[79] | Try:
Con: Quade Cooper 55', 64' (2/2)Pen: Quade Cooper 3', 15' (2/2)Cards: Beau Robinson 67' to 78' | Attendance: 26,824 Referee: Lourens van der Merwe |
| Bye/s: Bulls |
Round 6[edit]
| 21 March 2014 | Highlanders | 35–31 | Hurricanes | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Lima Sopoaga 51', 57' (2/2)Pen: Lima Sopoaga 8', 15', 18', 24', 26', 36', 55' (7/8)Cards: Jarrad Hoeata 69' to 79' | Report[80] Scoreboard[81] | Try:
Con: Beauden Barrett 64', 74' (2/3)Pen: Beauden Barrett 9', 22', 30', 46' (4/4) | Attendance: 11,259 Referee: Nick Briant |
| 21 March 2014 | Waratahs | 32–8 | Rebels | Allianz Stadium, Sydney | ||
| 19:40 | Try:
Con: Bernard Foley 44', 50', 75' (3/4)Pen: Bernard Foley 30', 37' (2/2) | Report[83] Scoreboard[84] | Try: Scott Higginbotham 28' Con: Bryce Hegarty (0/1) Pen: Bryce Hegarty 35' (1/2)Cards: Angus Roberts 54' to 64' | Attendance: 16,606[82] Referee: Jaco Peyper |
| 22 March 2014 | Blues | 40–30 | Cheetahs | Eden Park, Auckland | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Simon Hickey 17', 31', 33', 66' (4/4)Pen: Simon Hickey 8', 11', 29', 72' (4/5) | Report[85] Scoreboard[86] | Try:
Con:
Pen:
Cards: Boom Prinsloo 25' to 37' | Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina) |
| 22 March 2014 | Brumbies | 25–15 | Stormers | GIO Stadium, Canberra | ||
| 19:40 | Try:
Con: Nic White 10', 81' (2/3)Pen: Nic White 32', 39' (2/4) | Report[87] Scoreboard[88] | Try:
Con: Peter Grant 23' (1/2)Pen: Peter Grant 7' (1/3)Cards: Tiaan Liebenberg 31' to 42' | Attendance: 11,275 Referee: Glen Jackson |
| 22 March 2014 | Western Force | 18–15 | Chiefs | nib Stadium, Perth | ||
| 19:00 | Try: Matt Hodgson 13', 46' Con: Sias Ebersohn 47' (1/2)Pen: Sias Ebersohn 26', 58' (2/3) | Report[89] Scoreboard[90] | Pen:
Cards: Michael Fitzgerald 36' to 47' | Attendance: 16,380 Referee: Lourens van der Merwe |
| 22 March 2014 | Lions | 23–20 | Reds | Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg | ||
| 17:05 | Try:
Con: Marnitz Boshoff 66', 78' (2/2)Pen: Marnitz Boshoff 14', 40', 53' (3/3)Drop: Marnitz Boshoff (0/1) | Report[91] Scoreboard[92] | Try: Quade Cooper 6', 32' Con: Quade Cooper 7', 33' (2/2)Pen: Quade Cooper 3', 17' (2/2)Cards:
| Attendance: 20,758 Referee: Stuart Berry |
| 22 March 2014 | Bulls | 23–19 | Sharks | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||
| 19:10 | Try:
Con: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 49', 54' (2/2)Pen:
Drop:
| Report[93] Scoreboard[94] | Try: Willem Alberts 8' Con: Tim Swiel 9' (1/1)Pen: François Steyn 37', 40', 67', 70' (4/5)Drop: François Steyn (0/2) | Attendance: 48,728 Referee: Mike Fraser |
| Bye/s: Crusaders |
Round 7[edit]
| 28 March 2014 | Crusaders | 26–29 | Hurricanes | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Tom Taylor 26' (1/3)Pen: Tom Taylor 18', 40', 65' (3/4) | Report[95] Scoreboard[96] | Try:
Con: Beauden Barrett 10', 21', 44' (3/4)Pen: Beauden Barrett 6' (1/3) | Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Nick Briant |
| 28 March 2014 | Rebels | 32–24 | Brumbies | AAMI Park, Melbourne | ||
| 19:40 | Try:
Con: Jason Woodward 60', 71' (2/2)Pen: Jason Woodward 6', 44', 51', 56', 67', 80' (6/6) | Report[97] Scoreboard[98] | Try:
Con:
Pen: Nic White 11' (1/1)Cards: Scott Fardy 65' to 75' | Attendance: 10,726 Referee: Jaco Peyper |
| 29 March 2014 | Blues | 30–12 | Highlanders | Eden Park, Auckland | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Simon Hickey 12', 37', 50' (3/3)Pen: Simon Hickey 32', 45', 59' (3/5) | Report[99] Scoreboard[100] | Pen: Lima Sopoaga 14', 24', 28', 47' (4/4) | Attendance: 16,700 Referee: Steve Walsh |
| 29 March 2014 | Reds | 22–17 | Stormers | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | ||
| 18:40 | Try: Rob Simmons 25' Con: Quade Cooper 26' (1/1)Pen: Quade Cooper 20', 36', 57', 71' (4/6)Drop: Quade Cooper 67' (1/1) | Report[101] Scoreboard[102] | Try:
Con:
Pen: Peter Grant 38' (1/2) | Attendance: 28,060 Referee: Chris Pollock |
| 29 March 2014 | Bulls | 34–34 | Chiefs | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||
| 15:00 | Try:
Con: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 46', 50' (2/3)Pen: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 10', 23', 40', 55', 75' (5/5)Drop: Jacques-Louis Potgieter (0/1) | Report[103] Scoreboard[104] | Try:
Con:
Pen: Aaron Cruden 37' (1/3)Cards: Matt Symons 46' to 56' | Attendance: 24,164 Referee: Craig Joubert |
| 29 March 2014 | Sharks | 32–10 | Waratahs | Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban | ||
| 17:05 | Try:
Con: Fred Zeilinga 51', 73' (2/2)Pen:
| Report[106] Scoreboard[107] | Try: Bernard Foley 78' Con: Bernard Foley 79' (1/1)Pen: Bernard Foley 4' (1/3)Cards: Dave Dennis 49' to 59' | Attendance: 31,829[105] Referee: Mike Fraser |
| Bye/s: Cheetahs, Western Force, Lions |
Round 8[edit]
| 4 April 2014 | Highlanders | 33–30 | Rebels | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Lima Sopoaga 16', 19', 54' (3/3)Pen: Lima Sopoaga 10', 33', 48', 65' (4/6) | Report[109] Scoreboard[110] | Try:
Con: Jason Woodward 8', 46', 78' (3/3)Pen: Jason Woodward 17', 37', 59' (3/3) | Attendance: 9,501[108] Referee: Chris Pollock |
| 4 April 2014 | Brumbies | 26–9 | Blues | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | ||
| 19:40 | Try:
Con: Nic White 8' (1/3)Pen:
| Report[111] Scoreboard[112] | Pen: Simon Hickey 10', 40', 44' (3/4) | Attendance: 7,129 Referee: Rohan Hoffmann |
| 5 April 2014 | Hurricanes | 25–20 | Bulls | McLean Park, Napier | ||
| 19:35 | Try: Andre Taylor 16' Con: Beauden Barrett 17' (1/1)Pen: Beauden Barrett 10', 22', 34', 65', 73', 82' (6/6) | Report[113] Scoreboard[114] | Try:
Con:
Pen:
Drop: Jurgen Visser (0/1) | Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Steve Walsh |
| 5 April 2014 | Reds | 29–32 | Western Force | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | ||
| 18:40 | Try:
Con: Quade Cooper 26', 34' (2/2)Pen:
Drop: Quade Cooper (0/1) | Report[115] Scoreboard[116] | Try:
Con:
Pen: Sias Ebersohn 10', 15', 18', 21' (4/6)Drop: Sias Ebersohn 69' (1/1)Cards: Angus Cottrell 24' to 34' | Attendance: 27,024 Referee: Garratt Williamson |
| 5 April 2014 | Cheetahs | 43–43 | Chiefs | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | ||
| 15:00 | Try:
Con: Johan Goosen 8', 16', 36', 39' (4/4)Pen: Johan Goosen 19', 30', 55', 72', 78' (5/7)Drop: Johan Goosen (0/1) | Report[117] Scoreboard[118] | Try:
Con: Aaron Cruden 28', 53', 64', 70', 83' (5/6)Pen:
| Attendance: 14,993 Referee: Craig Joubert |
| 5 April 2014 | Lions | 7–28 | Crusaders | Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg | ||
| 17:05 | Try: Lionel Mapoe 51' Con: Marnitz Boshoff 52' (1/1)Pen: Marnitz Boshoff (0/1) Drop: Marnitz Boshoff (0/1) | Report[119] Scoreboard[120] | Try:
Con:
Pen:
| Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen |
| 5 April 2014 | Stormers | 11–22 | Waratahs | DHL Newlands, Cape Town | ||
| 19:10 | Try: Kobus van Wyk 21' Con: Peter Grant (0/1) Pen:
| Report[122] Scoreboard[123] | Try: Nick Phipps 14' Con: Bernard Foley 15' (1/1)Pen:
| Attendance: 25,284[121] Referee: Glen Jackson |
| Bye/s: Sharks |
Round 9[edit]
| 11 April 2014 | Highlanders | 27–20 | Bulls | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin | ||
| 19:35 | Try:
Con: Lima Sopoaga 34', 46', 55' (3/3)Pen: Lima Sopoaga 20', 37' (2/2) | Report[125] Scoreboard[126] | Try:
Con: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 23', 82' (2/2)Pen: Jacques-Louis Potgieter 4', 12' (2/2) | Attendance: 10,090[124] Referee: Rohan Hoffmann |
| 11 April 2014 | Reds | 20–23 | Brumbies | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | ||
| 19:40 | Try:
Con: Quade Cooper 34', 64' (2/2)Pen: Quade Cooper 12', 69' (2/2) | Report[127] Scoreboard[128] | Try:
Con: Nic White 10', 31' (2/2)Pen: Nic White 15', 23', 44' (3/4) | Attendance: 30,004 Referee: Steve Walsh |
| 12 April 2014 | Chiefs | 22–16 | Rebels | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton | ||
| 19:35 | Try: Michael Fitzgerald 15' Con: Gareth Anscombe 16' (1/1)Pen: Gareth Anscombe 3', 8', 12', 25', 58' (5/5)Cards: Pauliasi Manu 76' | Report[129] Scoreboard[130] | Try: Shota Horie 44' Con: Jason Woodward 45' (1/1)Pen: Jason Woodward 28', 40', 65' (3/4)Cards: Scott Higginbotham 55' to 66' | Attendance: 11,845 Referee: Matt O'Brien |
| 12 April 2014 | Western Force | 28–16 | Waratahs | nib Stadium, Perth | ||
| 17:40 | Try: Nick Cummins 26', 50', 61' Con: Sias Ebersohn 27', 62' (2/3)Pen: Sias Ebersohn 16', 40', 76' (3/3) | Report[132] Scoreboard[133] | Try: Kurtley Beale 66' Con: Bernard Foley 67' (1/1)Pen: |