2019 Super W season

The 2019 Super W season was the second year of the women's Super W rugby union competition held in Australia.[1] A change to the finals format was made in 2019 with an additional playoff match added for the teams which finished second and third in regular season.[1] Queensland, as winner of that match over the Brumbies, travelled to Sydney to play in the competition decider against the NSW Waratahs,[2] who were hosts of the final due to finishing top of the ladder in the regular season. The 2019 Super W title was won by NSW Waratahs, defeating Queensland by 8–5 in the final.

2019 Super W
CountriesAustralia (5 teams)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
ChampionsNSW Waratahs (2nd title)
Matches played12
2018 (Previous) (Next) 2020

Teams

Five women's teams again played in the Super W competition. Western Australia's team was rebranded as the RugbyWA Women for 2019,[3][4] having been named the Western Force Women in 2018.[3][5]

Team name Location Coach Captain Ref
Brumbies Women Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Adam Butt Shellie Milward [6]
NSW Waratahs Women Sydney, New South Wales Matt Evrard Ashleigh Hewson [7]
Queensland Women Brisbane, Queensland Moana Virtue Kiri Lingman [8]
Melbourne Rebels Women Melbourne Victoria Alana Thomas Jayne Kareroa [9]
RugbyWA Women Perth, Western Australia Shannon Symon Mhicca Carter [10][11]

Regular season

Standings

Completed standings after all rounds:

2019 Super W – Regular season
# Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 NSW Waratahs 440013824+1143019
2 Queensland 430116418+1462115
3 Brumbies 42028650+36109
4 RugbyWA 41035386−33106
5 Melbourne Rebels 400422285−263000
Updated: 24 March 2019
Source: rugbyarchive.net

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Finals

Teams finishing second and third after the round-robin stage met in a playoff to determine which side would progress to the grand final against the first-placed team from the regular season.[2] The grand final winner became the Super W champion.

Playoff

Grand final

See also

References

  1. Newman, Beth (4 February 2019). "Super W: Finals, broadcast expanded in second season". Rugby.com.au.
  2. Newman, Beth (5 April 2019). "Super W: Queensland take 2018 lessons into competition decider". Rugby.com.au.
  3. "RugbyWA Women". Rugby.com.au. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. "Super W rugby returns to Wanneroo rugby home". Wanneroo Times. 20 March 2019.
  5. "RugbyWA Women". RugbyWA. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. "Four changes for Brumbies Women". 5 March 2019.
  7. "Waratahs to defend Super W crown". The women's game. 25 March 2019.
  8. "St.George Queensland Women's XV name side for Super W Grand Fina". 4 April 2019.
  9. "Rebels Women name inaugural team for season opener". 9 March 2019.
  10. "Super W: WA make two changes for Rebels clash". Rugby.com.au. 7 March 2019.
  11. "Super W captains call for longer season". Rugby.com.au. 5 February 2019.
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