2013 Chiefs (rugby union) season explained

Club:	Chiefs
Season:	2013
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Cup1:	Overall Competition
Cup1 Result:	1st
Cup2:	N.Z. Conference
Cup2 Result:	1st
Cup3:	Play-offs
Cup3 Result:	Champions
Prevseason:	2012
Nextseason:	2014

2013 was a successful year for the Chiefs rugby team winning 12 of their Super rugby games to top the table and then went on to beat Crusaders in the Semi-final and Brumbies in the final. The Chiefs also became the New Zealand Conference winners and take out the BNZ Cup

Standings

The final standings of the 2013 Super Rugby season were:

New Zealand Conference
Pos	Team	Rnd	W	D	L	Bye	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts<	-- Pos	Team	Rnd	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts -->
1		18	12	0	4	2	458	364	+94	50	38	8	2	66
2		18	11	0	5	2	446	307	+139	44	31	5	3	60
3		18	6	0	10	2	347	364	−17	40	36	6	6	44
4		18	6	0	10	2	386	457	−71	41	49	4	5	41
5		18	3	0	13	2	374	496	−122	40	55	4	5	29

Overall Standings
Pos	Team	Rnd	W	D	L	Bye	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts<	-- Pos	Team	Rnd	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts -->
1		18	12	0	4	2	458	364	+94	50	38	8	2	66
2		18	12	0	4	2	448	330	+118	41	34	5	2	63
3		18	10	2	4	2	430	295	+135	43	31	5	3	60
4		18	11	0	5	2	446	307	+139	44	31	5	3	60
5		18	10	2	4	2	321	296	+25	31	23	4	2	58
6		18	10	0	6	2	382	358	+24	38	32	2	4	54
7		18	9	0	7	2	346	292	+54	30	18	1	5	50
8		18	8	0	8	2	384	305	+79	40	31	3	5	48
9		18	8	0	8	2	411	371	+40	45	34	1	4	45
10		18	6	0	10	2	347	364	−17	40	36	6	6	44
11		18	6	0	10	2	386	457	−71	41	49	4	5	41
12		18	5	0	11	2	382	515	−133	44	65	4	5	37
13		18	4	1	11	2	267	366	−99	26	34	0	5	31
14		18	3	0	13	2	374	496	−122	40	55	4	5	29
15		18	3	1	12	2	298	564	−266	27	69	2	0	24

Results

The results of the Chiefs during the 2013 Super Rugby season were:

Squad

The Chiefs squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season were:^[1]

2013 Chiefs squad
Props Ben Afeaki Josh Hohneck Pauliasi Manu Solomona Sakalia Toby Smith Ben Tameifuna Hookers Hika Elliot Mike Kainga Rhys Marshall Mahonri Schwalger Locks Craig Clarke (c) Ross Filipo Michael Fitzgerald Romana Graham Brodie Retallick	Loose forwards Sam Cane Nick Crosswell Tanerau Latimer Fritz Lee Liam Messam (c) Matt Vant Leven Scrum-halves Tawera Kerr-Barlow Brendon Leonard Augustine Pulu Fly-halves Aaron Cruden Andrew Horrell Daniel Waenga	Midfield Bundee Aki Richard Kahui Charlie Ngatai Asaeli Tikoirotuma Savenaca Tokula Wingers Lelia Masaga Tim Nanai-Williams Patrick Osborne Fullbacks Gareth Anscombe Robbie Robinson
(c) denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped.

Player statistics

The Chiefs players' appearance and scoring statistics for the 2013 Super Rugby season are:

Player		Tries
	12	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	14	6	-	-	-	30	1	-
	13	5	30	27	-	166	-	-
	17	2	-	-	-	10	-	-
	14	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	18	2	10	24	-	102	-	-
	16	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	11	1	1	-	-	7	-	-
	4	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	13	1	-	-	-	5	1	-
	18	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	9	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	16	5	-	-	-	25	-	-
	17	2	-	-	-	10	-	-
	12	6	-	-	-	30	-	-
	14	3	-	-	-	15	-	-
	9	2	-	-	-	10	-	-
	16	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	18	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	10	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	17	6	-	-	-	30	1	-
	18	4	-	-	-	20	-	-
	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	9	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	18	54	41	51	-	505	5	-

External links

• Official Chiefs website
• Official Super Rugby website
• Official Facebook page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chiefs 2013 Super Rugby Squad . SuperXV . 30 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160630093920/http://www.superxv.com/chiefs-super-rugby/chiefs-2013-super-rugby-squad . 30 June 2016.