2021 Super Rugby AU season

The 2021 Super Rugby AU season is an upcoming professional club rugby union tournament organised by Rugby Australia. Announced on 11 November 2020, the tournament will be the second season of Super Rugby AU, featuring the same 5 teams from the inaugural 2020 season, and will run from 19 February to 8 May 2021.[1]

2021 Super Rugby AU season
CountriesAustralia
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Matches played22
Official websiteOfficial site
← 2020 (Previous)

The tournament will run parallel to New Zealand's 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season, and Super Rugby Trans-Tasman will follow the conclusion of both seasons, a crossover tournament featuring each Australian team playing each New Zealand team once, followed by a final.[2]

Law variations

The 2021 season of Super Rugby AU will see changes to kick-offs and restarts, with a free kick awarded if the a kickoff has not taken place 30 seconds following the opposition scoring, a restart is kicked out on the full or if teammates of the kicker are not behind the ball. The free kick will take place at half way. These rules are similar to those that are currently used in Rugby sevens. Also the 'Golden point' law brought in during the 2020 season is tweaked so that full-time will only occur after a try is scored, rather than any form of points. Penalties and drop goals will still count towards the score during extra time, but will not end the game, with play only ending if a try is scored or the 10-minute extra time period ends. All other law changes from the 2020 season will also occur in the 2021 season.[3]

Standings
Table
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Brumbies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Rebels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Waratahs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Points allocation

  • 4 points to the winning team
  • 2 points to each team if neither team scores during extra time
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point to any team scoring three tries or more than the opposition

Matches

Round 1
19 February 2021
Reds v Waratahs
19 February 2021
Force v Brumbies
Bye/s: Rebels

Round 2
26 February 2021
Reds v Rebels
27 February 2021
Brumbies v Waratahs
Bye/s: Force

Round 3
5 March 2021
Waratahs v Force
6 March 2021
Rebels v Brumbies
Bye/s: Reds

Round 4
12 March 2021
Force v Rebels
13 March 2021
Brumbies v Reds
Bye/s: Waratahs

Round 5
19 March 2021
Rebels v Waratahs
20 March 2021
Reds v Force
Bye/s: Brumbies

Round 6
26 March 2021
Brumbies v Force
27 March 2021
Waratahs v Reds
Bye/s: Rebels

Round 7
2 April 2021
Waratahs v Brumbies
3 April 2021
Rebels v Reds
Bye/s: Force

Round 8
9 April 2021
Rebels v Force
10 April 2021
Reds v Brumbies
Bye/s: Waratahs

Round 9
16 April 2021
Brumbies v Rebels
17 April 2021
Force v Waratahs
Bye/s: Reds

Round 10
23 April 2021
Force v Reds
24 April 2021
Waratahs v Rebels
Bye/s: Brumbies

Qualifying final
1 May 2021
2nd Seed v 3rd Seed

Final
8 May 2021
1st Seed v Winner of qualifying final

Players

Squads

The following 2021 Super Rugby AU squads have been named:

References
  1. "Revealed: Rugby Australia announce 2021 Super Rugby AU draw". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. "2021 set for thrilling Trans-Tasman crossover". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. "Super Rugby Innovative Law Variations to continue". SANZAAR. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. "Plus500 Brumbies Finalise 2020 Super Rugby Squad" (Press release). Brumbies. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. "2021 Queensland Reds Squad announced" (Press release). Queensland Reds. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. "NSW Waratahs confirm full roster ahead of Super Rugby AU" (Press release). NSW Waratahs. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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