| 2020 Rapid Rugby Season | |
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| Color Text: | white |
| Sport: | Rugby |
| League: | Global Rapid Rugby |
| Duration: | Season cancelled after one round |
| No Of Teams: | 6 |
| League Champ Name: | Winner |
| Prevseason Year: | 2019 |
| Prevseason Link: | 2019 Global Rapid Rugby season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2021 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2021 Global Rapid Rugby season |
The 2020 season of Global Rapid Rugby ended after only one round of competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was not continued. The season was launched in February 2020 as the first full home and away Rapid Rugby tournament, following the shorter showcase series held the previous year.
It featured six teams from across the Asia-Pacific region competing for A$1 million in prize money. On 15 March 2020 the competition was suspended due to travel, quarantine and public health restrictions, before being cancelled on 7 April 2020.
The following six teams were announced for the Rapid Rugby season in 2020:[1]
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Head coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Lions | Rotorua Taupō Adelaide | Rotorua International Stadium Owen Delany Park Coopers Stadium | 34,000 20,000 16,500 | Mike Rogers[2] | |
| Fijian Latui | Suva | ANZ Stadium Albert Park | 15,000 3,000 | Senirusi Seruvakula | |
| Lautoka Nausori | Churchill Park Ratu Cakobau Park | 9,500 8,000 | |||
| Manuma Samoa | Apia | 12,000 | Brian Lima[3] | ||
| Kuala Lumpur Subang | Bukit Jalil National Stadium Stadium TUDM | 87,411 6,000 | Rudy Joubert | ||
 South China Tigers | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Stadium Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground Aberdeen Sports Ground | 40,000 11,981 9,000 < | -- 6,769--> | Craig Hammond |
 Western Force | Perth | HBF Park | 20,500 | Tim Sampson |
The top two teams in the standings after the completion of the regular season were scheduled to meet in a grand final match on 6 June to decide the championship title. A modified version of the rugby bonus points system was used.
One bonus point was awarded for each of the following in a game:[4]
Four points were awarded for a win and none for a loss. Two points were awarded to each team for a draw.
| Team | < | -- comment out | --> | < | -- | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts --> | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Force | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | --> +37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | South China Tigers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | --> +25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | China Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | --> +7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Fijian Latui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | --> −7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Manuma Samoa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | --> −25 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Malaysia Valke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | --> −37 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
The schedule was announced in February 2020.[1]
The remaining nine rounds of competition matches and the final were cancelled.
