Super Rugby Trans-Tasman | |
Countries: | Australia New Zealand |
Tournament Format: | Round-robin tournament |
Champions: | Blues |
Count: | 1 |
Matches: | 26 |
Tries: | 219 |
Top Point Scorer: | 68 points – Richie Mo'unga (Crusaders) |
Top Try Scorer: | 6 tries – Sevu Reece (Crusaders) |
Website: | Official site |
Super Rugby Trans-Tasman (known as Harvey Norman Super Rugby Trans-Tasman in Australia and Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman in New Zealand) was a professional men's rugby union club competition in Australia and New Zealand. It featured the five Super Rugby AU teams playing the five Super Rugby Aotearoa teams, followed by a final, and ran from 14 May to 19 June 2021.
Announced on 13 November, the competition followed the 2021 Super Rugby AU season and the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season, with the fixtures being confirmed on 14 December. Each team hosted two home games, while the third round was expected to be a 'Super Round', with all the games being played at a single venue.[1] [2] Ahead of the start of the competition, the Super Round was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions, with the matches held at separate venues, although they were still classified as 'neutral venues'.[3] Full venues for Round 3 were announced on 23 April 2021.[4]
Super Rugby Trans-Tasman saw the same law variations that were used in the 2021 Super Rugby AU season used in the competition. Goal-line dropouts and the ability to replace a red carded player after 20 minutes were carried over to this competition as were used in both Super Rugby AU and the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season. The captain's referral and Golden Point extra time used in the 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season though were not used in Super Rugby Trans-Tasman, while the 50/22 kicking law, restart variation and Golden Try extra time used in the 2021 Super Rugby AU season were also not used in the competition.[5]
The table below shows the progression of all teams throughout Super Rugby Trans-Tasman. Each team's tournament points on the standings log is shown for each round, with the overall log position in brackets.
Super Rugby Trans-Tasman team progression | ||||||||||||
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Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Final | ||||||
Blues | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 5 (1st) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 10 (1st) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 15 (1st | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 19 (1st) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 23 (1st) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | Won |
Brumbies | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 1 (7th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 1 (7th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 1 (8th) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 5 (6th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 5 (6th) | style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" | DNQ |
Chiefs | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 4 (5th) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 9 (5th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 10 (5th) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 14 (5th) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 19 (5th) | style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" | DNQ |
Crusaders | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 4 (4th) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 9 (3rd) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 14 (3rd) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 18 (3rd) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 23 (3rd) | style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" | DNQ |
Force | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 1 (6th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 1 (6th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 1 (7th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 1 (8th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 1 (8th) | style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" | DNQ |
Highlanders | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 5 (2nd) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 9 (4th) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 13 (4th) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 18 (2nd) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 23 (2nd) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | Lost |
Hurricanes | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 5 (3rd) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 10 (2nd) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 15 (2nd) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 16 (4th) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 21 (4th) | style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" | DNQ |
Rebels | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (10th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (10th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (10th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (9th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (9th) | style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" | DNQ |
Reds | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (9th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (9th) | style="background:#E8FFD8" | 4 (6th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 5 (7th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 5 (7th) | style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" | DNQ |
Waratahs | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (8th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (8th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (9th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (10th) | style="background:#FFCCCC;padding:0" | 0 (10th) | style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" | DNQ |
Key: | Win | Draw | Loss | DNQ |
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Man of the Match: Hoskins Sotutu (Blues)[6] Assistant referees: |
No. | Player | Team | Points | Average | Details | |
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1 | 68 | 17.00 | 4, 24, 0, 0 | |||
2 | 62 | 10.33 | 0, 19, 8, 0 | |||
3 | 59 | 9.83 | 0, 22, 5, 0 | |||
4 | 56 | 11.20 | 2, 20, 2, 0 | |||
5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0, 8, 6, 0 | |||
6 | 30 | 7.50 | 6, 0, 0, 0 | |||
7 | 25 | 25.00 | 5, 0, 0, 0 | |||
8 | 24 | 4.80 | 1, 5, 3, 0 | |||
9 | 23 | 7.67 | 1, 6, 2, 0 | |||
10 | 11 players | 20 | 11 players |
No. | Player | Team | Tries | Average |
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1 | 6 | 1.50 | ||
2 | 5 | 5.00 | ||
3 | 4 | 1.00 | ||
4 | 0.67 | |||
4 | 0.67 | |||
4 | 1.00 | |||
4 | 1.00 | |||
4 | 0.67 | |||
4 | 1.00 | |||
4 | 0.80 | |||
4 | 0.67 | |||
4 | 1.00 |
Player | Team | Red | Yellow | Round (vs. opponent) | |
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Luke Jacobson | 1 | 0 | Round 1 (vs. Force) | ||
Damian McKenzie | 1 | 0 | Round 3 (vs. Reds) | ||
Lachlan Swinton | 1 | 0 | Round 5 (vs. Chiefs) | ||
Will Jordan | 0 | 2 | Round 2 (vs. Reds) Round 5 (vs. Rebels) | ||
Lachlan Boshier | 0 | 1 | Round 5 (vs. Waratahs) | ||
Adrian Choat | 0 | 1 | Round 1 (vs. Rebels) | ||
Steve Cummins | 0 | 1 | Round 5 (vs. Crusaders) | ||
Filipo Daugunu | 0 | 1 | Round 5 (vs. Hurricanes) | ||
Ash Dixon | 0 | 1 | Final (vs. Blues) | ||
Cabous Eloff | 0 | 1 | Round 2 (vs. Hurricanes) | ||
Ere Enari | 0 | 1 | Round 1 (vs. Brumbies) | ||
Folau Fainga'a | 0 | 1 | Round 3 (vs. Blues) | ||
Bryn Hall | 0 | 1 | Round 5 (vs. Rebels) | ||
Billy Harmon | 0 | 1 | Round 3 (vs. Rebels) | ||
David Havili | 0 | 1 | Round 3 (vs. Waratahs) | ||
Bryce Hegarty | 0 | 1 | Round 5 (vs. Hurricanes) | ||
Greg Holmes | 0 | 1 | Round 2 (vs. Highlanders) | ||
Harry Hoopert | 0 | 1 | Round 2 (vs. Crusaders) | ||
Oliver Jager | 0 | 1 | Round 3 (vs. Waratahs) | ||
Harry Johnson-Holmes | 0 | 1 | Round 2 (vs. Blues) | ||
Du'Plessis Kirifi | 0 | 1 | Round 4 (vs. Brumbies) | ||
Tyrel Lomax | 0 | 1 | Round 5 (vs. Reds) | ||
Anton Lienert-Brown | 0 | 1 | Round 1 (vs. Force) | ||
Ray Niuia | 0 | 1 | Round 5 (vs. Force) | ||
Jordan Olowofela | 0 | 1 | Round 1 (vs. Chiefs) | ||
Brandon Paenga-Amosa | 0 | 1 | Round 4 (vs. Blues) | ||
Darcy Swain | 0 | 1 | Round 2 (vs. Chiefs) | ||
Chase Tiatia | 0 | 1 | Round 3 (vs. Reds) | ||
Jordan Uelese | 0 | 1 | Round 3 (vs. Highlanders) | ||
Tupou Vaa'i | 0 | 1 | Round 5 (vs. Waratahs) | ||
Nathan Vella | 0 | 1 | Round 3 (vs. Waratahs) | ||
Jack Whetton | 0 | 1 | Round 3 (vs. Crusaders) |
The following squads have been named. Players listed in italics denote non-original squad members.
Forwards | Adrian Choat • Gerard Cowley-Tuioti • Sam Darry • Kurt Eklund • Blake Gibson • Josh Goodhue • Alex Hodgman • Dillon Hunt • Akira Ioane • Nepo Laulala • James Lay • Ray Niuia • Dalton Papalii • Jacob Pierce • Taine Plumtree • Marcel Renata • Tom Robinson • Hoskins Sotutu • Karl Tu'inukuafe • Patrick Tuipulotu • Ofa Tu'ungafasi • Soane Vikena | |
Backs | Otere Black • Finlay Christie • Caleb Clarke • TJ Faiane • Bryce Heem • Rieko Ioane • AJ Lam • Jone Macilai-Tori • Emoni Narawa • Sam Nock • Stephen Perofeta • Harry Plummer • Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens • Jonathan Ruru • Zarn Sullivan • Mark Tele'a • Tanielu Teleʻa | |
Coach | Leon MacDonald |
Forwards | Allan Alaalatoa • Jahrome Brown • Tom Cusack • Folau Fainga'a • Nick Frost • Archer Holz • Tom Hooper • Sefo Kautai • Harry Lloyd • Lachlan Lonergan • Connal McInerney • Will Miller • Cadeyrn Neville • Billy Pollard • Luke Reimer • Tom Ross • Pete Samu • Rory Scott • Scott Sio • James Slipper • Darcy Swain • Henry Stowers • James Tucker • Rob Valetini | |
Backs | Lachlan Albert • Tom Banks • Issak Fines • Mack Hansen • Len Ikitau • Solomone Kata • Bayley Kuenzle • Noah Lolesio • Ryan Lonergan • Andy Muirhead • Reesjan Pasitoa • Irae Simone • Reece Tapine • Nic White • Tom Wright | |
Coach | Dan McKellar |
Forwards | Naitoa Ah Kuoi • Joe Apikotoa • Kaylum Boshier • Lachlan Boshier • Mitchell Brown • Sam Cane • Tom Florence • Nathan Harris • Luke Jacobson • Zane Kapeli • Mitchell Karpik • Josh Lord • Sione Mafileo • Laghlan McWhannell • Liam Messam • Atu Moli • Ollie Norris • Reuben O'Neill • Simon Parker • Aidan Ross • Bradley Slater • Pita Gus Sowakula • Angus Ta'avao • Samisoni Taukei'aho • Viliami Taulani • Tupou Vaa'i | |
Backs | Bryn Gatland • Anton Lienert-Brown • Jonah Lowe • Damian McKenzie • Etene Nanai-Seturo • Alex Nankivell • Rameka Poihipi • Rivez Reihana • Xavier Roe • Shaun Stevenson • Bailyn Sullivan • Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi • Chase Tiatia • Kaleb Trask • Quinn Tupaea • Sean Wainui • Brad Weber | |
Coach | Clayton McMillan |
Forwards | Michael Alaalatoa • Liam Allen • Scott Barrett • Ethan Blackadder • George Bower • Tom Christie • Whetu Douglas • Mitchell Dunshea • Cullen Grace • Sione Havili • Oliver Jager • Quentin MacDonald • Andrew Makalio • Brodie McAlister • Joe Moody • Fletcher Newell • Brendon O'Connor • Luke Romano • Tom Sanders • Quinten Strange • Codie Taylor • Isi Tu'ungafasi • Nathan Vella • Sam Whitelock • Tamaiti Williams | |
Backs | George Bridge • Fergus Burke • Brett Cameron • Mitchell Drummond • Ere Enari • Braydon Ennor • Leicester Fainga'anuku • Chay Fihaki • Jack Goodhue • Bryn Hall • David Havili • Will Jordan • Manasa Mataele • Josh McKay • Dallas McLeod • Richie Mo'unga • Isaiah Punivai • Sevu Reece | |
Coach | Scott Robertson |
Forwards | Bo Abra • Tim Anstee • Ollie Callan • Victor Harris • Chris Heiberg • Greg Holmes • Feleti Kaitu'u • Kane Koteka • Fergus Lee-Warner • Tomás Lezana • Kieran Longbottom • Ryan McCauley • Santiago Medrano • Jackson Pugh • Andrew Ready • Tom Robertson • Brynard Stander • Jeremy Thrush • Sitaleki Timani • Angus Wagner • Jack Winchester | |
Backs | Marcel Brache • Tomás Cubelli • Kyle Godwin • Richard Kahui • Rob Kearney • Tevita Kuridrani • Brad Lacey • Jono Lance • Grason Makara • Michael McDonald • Jack McGregor • Jake McIntyre • Domingo Miotti • Jordan Olowofela • Jonah Placid • Ian Prior • Toni Pulu • Byron Ralston • Jake Strachan • Henry Taefu | |
Coach | Tim Sampson |
Forwards | Jermaine Ainsley • Teariki Ben-Nicholas • Liam Coltman • Ethan de Groot • Josh Dickson • Ash Dixon • Bryn Evans • Shannon Frizell • Billy Harmon • Kazuki Himeno • Josh Hohneck • Ricky Jackson • Ayden Johnstone • James Lentjes • Daniel Lienert-Brown • Marino Mikaele-Tu'u • Sione Misiloi • Pari Pari Parkinson • Hugh Renton • Manaaki Selby-Rickit • Liam Squire • Jeff Thwaites • Siate Tokolahi | |
Backs | Solomon Alaimalo • James Arscott • Michael Collins • Folau Fakatava • Connor Garden-Bachop • Sam Gilbert • Scott Gregory • Kayne Hammington • Mitchell Hunt • Josh Ioane • Vilimoni Koroi • Nehe Milner-Skudder • Josh Moorby • Jona Nareki • Tim O'Malley • Fetuli Paea • Ngane Punivai • Aaron Smith • Josh Timu • Sio Tomkinson • Thomas Umaga-Jensen | |
Coach | Clarke Dermody |
Forwards | Fraser Armstrong • Asafo Aumua • James Blackwell • Dane Coles • Gareth Evans • Alex Fidow • Vaea Fifita • Devan Flanders • Brayden Iose • Du'Plessis Kirifi • Kane Le'aupepe • Tyrel Lomax • Tevita Mafileo • Liam Mitchell • Xavier Numia • Reed Prinsep • Pouri Rakete-Stones • Ricky Riccitelli • Ardie Savea • Scott Scrafton • Isaia Walker-Leawere | |
Backs | Vince Aso • Jordie Barrett • Jamie Booth • Luke Campbell • Jackson Garden-Bachop • Wes Goosen • Simon Hickey • Ngani Laumape • Orbyn Leger • Ruben Love • Pepesana Patafilo • Billy Proctor • Salesi Rayasi • Cameron Roigard • Julian Savea • Jonathan Taumateine • Danny Toala • Peter Umaga-Jensen • Lolagi Visinia | |
Coach | Jason Holland |
Forwards | Albert Anae • Ignacio Calas • Ed Craig • Steve Cummins • Cabous Eloff • Pone Fa'amausili • Matt Gibbon • James Hanson • Richard Hardwick • Ross Haylett-Petty • Trevor Hosea • Michael Icely • Isaac Aedo Kailea • Josh Kemeny • Rob Leota • Isi Naisarani • Cameron Orr • Jeral Skelton • Lucio Sordoni • Jordan Uelese • Rhys van Nek • Michael Wells • Brad Wilkin | |
Backs | Lachie Anderson • Carter Gordon • Dane Haylett-Petty • Reece Hodge • Lewis Holland • Stacey Ili • Andrew Kellaway • Marika Koroibete • Frank Lomani • Campbell Magnay • Tom Pincus • Joe Powell • Theo Strang • Matt To'omua • James Tuttle • Glen Vaihu • Ilikena Vudogo • Young Tonumaipea • George Worth | |
Coach | Kevin Foote |
Forwards | Richie Asiata • Angus Blyth • Matt Faessler • Feao Fotuaika • Ben Grant • Harry Hoopert • Alex Mafi • Fraser McReight • Josh Nasser • Zane Nonggorr • Brandon Paenga-Amosa • Lukhan Salakaia-Loto • Angus Scott-Young • Ryan Smith • Tuaina Taii Tualima • Taniela Tupou • Seru Uru • Sam Wallis • Harry Wilson • Liam Wright • Dane Zander | |
Backs | Jock Campbell • Hudson Creighton • Lawson Creighton • Filipo Daugunu • Ilaisa Droasese • Josh Flook • Mac Grealy • Bryce Hegarty • Isaac Henry • Tate McDermott • James O'Connor • Hunter Paisami • Jordan Petaia • Moses Sorovi • Hamish Stewart • Kalani Thomas • Suliasi Vunivalu | |
Coach | Brad Thorn |
Forwards | Robbie Abel • Angus Bell • Darcy Breen • Sam Caird • Joe Cotton • Pekahou Cowan • Jack Dempsey • Max Douglas • Tetera Faulkner • Vunipola Fifita • Charlie Gamble • Will Harris • Tom Horton • Harry Johnson-Holmes • Dave Porecki • Hugh Sinclair • Lachlan Swinton • Chris Talakai • Alefosio Tatola • Tiaan Tauakipulu • Carlo Tizzano • Andrew Tuala • Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco • Jack Whetton • Jeremy Williams • Sam Wykes | |
Backs | Ben Donaldson • Tane Edmed • Lalakai Foketi • Jake Gordon • Jack Grant • Will Harrison • Jack Maddocks • Tepai Moeroa • Mark Nawaqanitawase • Alex Newsome • Izaia Perese • James Ramm • Triston Reilly • Henry Robertson • James Turner • Joey Walton | |
Coach | Jason Gilmore • Chris Whitaker |
The following referees were selected to officiate Super Rugby Trans-Tasman:[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Australia | Nic Berry • Graham Cooper • Angus Gardner • Damon Murphy • Amy Perrett • Jordan Way | |
New Zealand | James Doleman • Mike Fraser • Ben O'Keeffe • Brendon Pickerill • Paul Williams |
In Australia, all games were broadcast live on streaming service Stan Sport, with a select game each round simulcast live free-to-air on the Nine Network.[19] Sky Sport aired the competition in New Zealand.
Overseas, the following broadcasters showed Super Rugby Trans-Tasman:[20]