2010 Super 14 season

The 2010 Super 14 season kicked off in February 2010 with pre-season matches held from mid-January. It finished on 29 May. The 2010 season was the fifth and last season of the expanded Super 14 format. The schedule, which covers 3½ months, featured a total of 94 matches, with each team playing one full round-robin against the 13 other teams, two semi-finals and a final. Every team received one bye over the 14 rounds.

2010 Super 14
Countries Australia
 South Africa
 New Zealand
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Champions Bulls (3rd title)
Matches played94
Attendance1,964,908 (20,903 per match)
Tries scored538 (5.72 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Morné Steyn (263)
(Bulls)
Top try scorer(s) Josevata Rokocoko (9)
(Blues)
Drew Mitchell (9)
(Waratahs)
2009 (Previous) (Next) 2011

Table

Key to colours
     Top four teams advance to playoffs.
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Bulls 131003436345+91747
2 Stormers 13904365171+194844
3 Waratahs 13904385288+97743
4 Crusaders 13814388295+93741
5 Reds 13805366308+58739
6 Brumbies 13805358291+67537
7 Blues 13706376333+43937
8 Hurricanes 13715358323+35737
9 Sharks 137062972992533
10 Chiefs 1341834041878826
11 Cheetahs 1351731539378426
12 Highlanders 133010297397100719
13 Force 13409258364106319
14 Lions 13001327058531555

Referees

The referees for this tournament came from all three of the participating nations. Referees are ranked by Merit and Reserve Panels. They can be promoted or demoted to another panel. At least eighty Percent of the Super 14 games will be refereed by the Merit Panel Referees.

Australian Referees

  • Stuart Dickinson (Merit Panel)
  • Steve Walsh (Reserve Panel)
  • Ian Smith (Reserve Panel)
  • Nathan Pearce (Reserve Panel)
  • Paul Marks (Reserve Panel)- Stood down from panel, following reviews of his performances at the end of Week 4. He was re-included on the reserve panel for Round 14.[1]

New Zealand Referees

  • Bryce Lawrence (Merit Panel)
  • Chris Pollock (Merit Panel)
  • Keith Brown (Merit Panel)
  • Garratt Williamson (Reserve Panel)
  • Jonathan White (Reserve Panel)
  • Vinny Munro (Reserve Panel)

South African Referees

Results

Round 1

A Super Rugby record was set when the Hurricanes kicked 9 penalty goals in total throughout the match, 5 to Willie Ripia and 4 to Piri Weepu.[2]

Stirling Mortlock became the first player in Super Rugby to score over 1,000 points in this match.

Round 2

This match set several new Super Rugby records including the highest aggregate score in a single match (137 points), highest score by an away side (72) and the most tries scored in a Super Rugby match (18).

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

In this match, Dan Carter became the all-time leading points scorer in Super Rugby history.

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

As a result of this match, the Stormers became the first South African team to beat every New Zealand based team in the regular Super 12/14 season.

Round 13

Round 14

As a result of this match, the Lion holds the record for most losses in one season, with 13 straight losses. They also became the second team in Super Rugby history to lose all their round robin matches, joining the Bulls side of 2002.

Finals

Semi-finals

Final

The Final of the 2010 Super 14 season took place on 29 May 2010 at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. The Bulls, based in Pretoria, hosted the Stormers, from Cape Town, in the second all-South African final. The defending champion Bulls won 25–17 to claim their second consecutive title and third in four years.[51] This was the last Super 14 final, as the Melbourne Rebels joined the Super Rugby competition in the 2011 season to create a new Super Rugby competition.

The Bulls' normal home, Loftus Versfeld, was unavailable because it was used as a venue for the 2010 FIFA World Cup being held in South Africa beginning 11 June. Under FIFA rules, all World Cup venues must be handed over to the local organisers no later than 15 days before the opening match of the competition. Orlando Stadium was the largest, suitable, stadium in the Bulls' home province of Gauteng that was not being used for the World Cup.

The game was surrounded in controversy after Schalk Burger claimed that the referee Craig Joubert was inconsistent at the breakdowns, "coaching the Bulls, but penalising the Stormers". This sparked an outcry over the handling of the game by Joubert, and internet blogs were buzzing due to the alleged incompetency of Joubert. André Watson, the head of South Africa's Rugby Referees, released a statement in which he defended Joubert's performance.[52]

Bulls:
FB15Zane Kirchner
RW14Gerhard van den Heever
CT13Jaco Pretorius
SF12Wynand Olivier
LW11Francois Hougaard
FF10Morné Steyn
HB9Fourie du Preez
N88Pierre Spies
OF7Dewald Potgieter
BF6Deon Stegmann
RL5Victor Matfield (Cpt)
LL4Danie Rossouw
TP3Werner Kruger
HK2Gary Botha
LP1Gurthro Steenkamp
Substitutes:
HK16Bandise Maku
LP17Bees Roux
N818Flip van der Merwe
LF19Derick Kuun
HB20Jacques-Louis Potgieter
FF21Jaco van der Westhuyzen
RW22Pedrie Wannenburg
Coach:
Frans Ludeke
Stormers:
FB15Joe Pietersen
RW14Gio Aplon
CT13Jaque Fourie
CT12Juan de Jongh
LW11Bryan Habana
FH10Peter Grant
SH9Dewaldt Duvenhage
N88Duane Vermeulen
OF7Francois Louw
BF6Schalk Burger (Cpt)
RL5Andries Bekker
LL4Adriaan Fondse
TP3Brok Harris
HK2Tiaan Liebenberg
LP1Wicus Blaauw
Substitutions:
HK16Deon Fourie
LP17JC Kritzinger
RL18Anton van Zyl
LF19Pieter Louw
SH20Ricky Januarie
FH21Willem de Waal
CT22Tim Whitehead
Coach:
Allister Coetzee

Touch judges:
Cobus Wessels
Christie du Preez
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman

Player statistics

Leading try scorers

Top try scorers
Pos Name Tries Team
=1 Joe Rokocoko 9 Blues
=1 Drew Mitchell 9 Waratahs
3 Gerhard van den Heever 8 Bulls
=4 Jaque Fourie 7 Stormers
=4 Sean Maitland 7 Crusaders
=4 Rene Ranger 7 Blues
=4 Ben Alexander 7 Brumbies
=4 David Smith 7 Hurricanes
=4 Bryan Habana 7 Stormers
=10 Zac Guildford 6 Crusaders
=10 Alby Mathewson 6 Blues
=10 Ma'a Nonu 6 Hurricanes
=10 Lachlan Turner 6 Waratahs
=10 Michael Killian 6 Lions
=10 Pierre Spies 6 Bulls
=15 Richard Kahui 5 Chiefs
=15 Kahn Fotuali'i 5 Crusaders
=15 Morné Steyn 5 Bulls
=15 Wynand Olivier 5 Bulls
=19 13 Players 4

Leading point scorers

Top 10 overall point scorers
Pos Name Points Team
1 Morné Steyn 263 Bulls
2 Quade Cooper 169 Reds
3 Dan Carter 153 Crusaders
=4 Stephen Brett 141 Blues
=4 Peter Grant 141 Stormers
6 Matt Giteau 136 Brumbies
7 Stephen Donald 126 Chiefs
8 Naas Olivier 114 Cheetahs
9 Israel Dagg 111 Highlanders
10 Ruan Pienaar 104 Sharks

Attendances

TeamMain StadiumCapacityTotal AttendanceAverage Attendance% Capacity
BluesEden Park50,000106,90017,81638%
ChiefsWaikato Stadium25,80081,40011,62846%
HurricanesWestpac Stadium34,50089,72614,95443%
CrusadersJade Stadium36,500151,45021,63559%
HighlandersCarisbrook29,00035,0605,84322%
RedsSuncorp Stadium52,500159,78722,82643%
BrumbiesCanberra Stadium25,011106,79715,25661%
Western Forcenib Stadium20,500102,12117,02083%
WaratahsSydney Football Stadium44,000145,22724,20447%
SharksABSA Stadium52,000154,00225,66749%
BullsLoftus Versfeld51,762318,56935,39672%
LionsEllis Park62,56766,83511,13917%
CheetahsFree State Stadium46,000100,38414,34035%
StormersNewlands Stadium51,900346,65043,33183%

See also

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