2019 Super Rugby final explained

2019 Super Rugby Final
Event:2019 Super Rugby season
Team1:Crusaders
Team1association:
Team1score:19
Team2:Jaguares
Team2association:
Team2score:3
Date:6 July 2019
Stadium:Rugby League Park
City:Christchurch
Referee:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Attendance: 18,000[1]
Previous:2018
Next:2022

The 2019 Super Rugby Final was played between the Crusaders of New Zealand and the Jaguares of Argentina. It was the 24th final in the Super Rugby competition's history. The Crusaders had qualified in first place on the regular season standings, while the Jaguares had qualified in second place. Both teams hosted quarter-final and semi-final matches.

The final was won by the Crusaders who beat the Jaguares by sixteen points. The Crusaders stretched their record number of Super Rugby wins to ten and completed what is called a three-peat by winning the tournament three times consecutively in what was the competition's lowest scoring final.[2]

Road to the final

Conference leaders
Team
1 11 3 2 240 8 58
2 11 0 5 109 7 51
3 10 0 6 64 8 48
Wildcard teams
4 12 1 3 87 3 53
5 8 2 6 41 5 41
6 71 8 8 7 37
7 72 7 -14 4 36
8 6 3 7 49 6 36
Source: [3]
The 2019 season was a 15-team competition, consisting of three geographical conferences. Each conference leader at the end of the regular season, the from New Zealand, from Argentina and from Australia gained home berths in the quarterfinals, as did the top-ranked wildcard team, the from New Zealand's conference. Their four wildcard opponents in the quarterfinals were the next best teams as ranked at the end of the regular season.

In the quarter-finals the Crusaders beat fellow New Zealand team the Highlanders while the Jaguares beat the Chiefs. For the semi-finals it was the Crusaders defeating the Hurricanes in Christchurch and the Jaguares defeating the Brumbies in Buenos Aires. Because of being the higher placed team in the regular season log standings, the final was held in Christchurch.

Final

Details

FB15David Havili
RW14Sevu Reece
OC13
IC12Jack Goodhue
LW11George Bridge
FH10
SH9
N88Kieran Read
OF7Matt Todd
BF6
LL5Sam Whitelock (c)
RL4
TP3
HK2
LP1
Substitutes:
HK16
PR17
PR18
LK19
FL20
SH21
IC22
FB23
Coach:
Scott Robertson
FB 15Emiliano Boffelli
RW14Matías Moroni
OC13Matías Orlando
IC12Jerónimo de la Fuente (c)
LW11
FH10
SH9
N88
OF7Marcos Kremer
BF6Pablo Matera
LL5
RL4Guido Petti
TP3
HK2
LP1
Substitutes:
HK16
PR17
PR18
FL19
FL20
SH21
FH22
WG23
Coach:
Gonzalo Quesada
Man of the Match:
Pablo Matera[4]

Assistant referees:
Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Super Rugby: Finals footy crowds dwindle with Sanzaar overdue to crank up contest . Stuff . 8 July 2019 . 18 June 2020 . 18 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200618004038/https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/114073922/super-rugby-finals-footy-crowds-dwindle-with-sanzaar-overdue-to-crank-up-the-contest . live .
  2. Web site: Crusaders clinch Super Rugby three-peat with win over Jaguares. www.rugby.com.au. en. 15 April 2020. 3 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200803152531/https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/07/06/super-rugby-crusaders-jaguares-match. live.
  3. Web site: 2019 Super Rugby - Sanzar. super.rugby. 15 April 2020. 23 December 2019. https://archive.today/20191223030246/https://super.rugby/superrugby/fixtures/archives/2019-super-rugby/. live.
  4. News: Crusaders suffocate Jaguares to win Super Rugby Final . Americas Rugby News . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706220656/http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2019/07/06/crusaders-suffocate-jaguares-to-win-super-rugby-final/ . 6 July 2019.