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Super Rugby Aotearoa

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Super Rugby Aotearoa
BERJAYA
Official Logo
SportRugby Union
Founded2020; 6 years ago (2020)
First season2020
Folded2021
OwnerSANZAAR
CEOGreg Peters
DivisionsNew Zealand
No. of teams5
CountryNew Zealand
Last champion
Crusaders (2nd title)
(2021)
Most titlesCrusaders (2 titles)
BroadcastersDigicel
ESPN
ESPN International
Nine Network
RugbyPass
Sky Sport
Stan Sport
SuperSport
Telefónica
Wowow
SponsorSky
Related
competitions		Super Rugby
Super Rugby AU
Super Rugby Unlocked
Mitre 10 Cup
WebsiteSuperRugby.com

Super Rugby Aotearoa named the Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa for sponsorship purposes[1] was a professional men's rugby union national club competition in New Zealand. Originally created to supplement the 2020 Super Rugby season, which was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament continued in 2021, with a competition being confirmed later that year, including 12 teams in a brand new competition named Super Rugby Pacific.

In its first season, the tournament was a 10-week round robin tournament played by the five New Zealand–based teams of Super Rugby.[2] However, for 2021, the tournament had an additional final between the two highest placed teams in the tournament, with a finals system being used by the similarly created Super Rugby AU tournament in Australia.[3]

Law adaptions

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On 2 June, New Zealand Rugby announced that it would implement two optional law trials being offered by World Rugby,[4] including a golden point format for extra time, and that players who receive a red card can be substituted after 20 minutes. It was also stated that referees would be stricter in applying laws for breakdowns to increase the pace of play.[5]

Broadcasters

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Super Rugby Aotearoa is shown by the following broadcasters:

Broadcaster Country(ies)
Digicel BERJAYA Cook Islands
BERJAYA Fiji
BERJAYA Papua New Guinea
BERJAYA Samoa
BERJAYA Solomon Islands
BERJAYA Tonga
BERJAYA Tuvalu
BERJAYA Vanuatu
ESPN
ESPN International		 BERJAYA Argentina
BERJAYA Bolivia
BERJAYA Brazil
BERJAYA Canada
BERJAYA Chile
BERJAYA Colombia
BERJAYA Ecuador
BERJAYA Guyana
BERJAYA Paraguay
BERJAYA Peru
BERJAYA Suriname
BERJAYA United States
BERJAYA Uruguay
BERJAYA Venezuela
Nine Network
Stan Sport		 BERJAYA Australia
RugbyPass All other countries
Sky Sport BERJAYA New Zealand
SuperSport BERJAYA South Africa
Telefónica BERJAYA Spain
Wowow BERJAYA Japan

Corporate relations

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Sponsorship

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The 2020 tournament was run by Rugby New Zealand with the sponsorship of Foxtel which provided television coverage on its Fox Sports channels with Sky (New Zealand) being the naming rights sponsor. Gilbert is the official supplier of all rugby balls.

Merchandising

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Official match-day attire together with other club merchandise is sold through the Super Rugby Aotearoa's stores and website as well as through the clubs and some retailers.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa Draw Announced". NZ Rugby. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Super Rugby Aotearoa draw and 'experimental' rules". Otago Daily Times. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa draw announced". Super Rugby NZ. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "World Rugby creates access to optional domestic law trials to further reduce COVID-19 risk". World Rugby. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Golden point, red card replacements introduced in Super Rugby Aotearoa". www.rugby.com.au. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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