2024 Super Rugby Aupiki season
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Tournament format(s)Round-robin
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The 2024 Super Rugby Aupiki season will be the third season of Super Rugby Aupiki. The competition is expected to run from 2 March 2024 to 13 April 2024. Chiefs Manawa and Hurricanes Poua will kick off the season at the FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton.[1][2]

Competition format

The competition will begin with a four-week pre-season that will feature two matches. The season is then expected to officially start on 2 March with six weeks of round robin matches before the final is contested between the top two teams. There will be a mix of standalone fixtures and double-headers with their Super Rugby Pacific counterparts.[1][2]

Standings

The standings at the end of the round-robin of the 2024 Super Rugby Aupiki season:

2024 Super Rugby Aupiki standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Blues Women
2 Chiefs Manawa
3 Hurricanes Poua
4 Matatū
Legend
P = Games played, W = Games won, D = Games drawn, L = Games lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TF = Tries for, TA = Tries against, TB = Try bonus points, LB = Losing bonus points, Pts = Competition points

Source: Sky Super Rugby Aupiki – Team standings[3]

Fixtures

Round 1

2 March 2024 Chiefs Manawa v Hurricanes Poua FMG Stadium, Waikato  
14:05 (GMT +13)
2 March 2024 Matatū v Blues Women Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill  
16:35 PM

Round 2

9 March 2024 Blues Women v Chiefs Manawa TBC  
14:05 (GMT +13)
9 March 2024 Hurricanes Poua v Matatū Sky Stadium, Wellington  
16:35 (GMT +13)

Round 3

16 March 2024 Blues Women v Hurricanes Poua TBC  
14:05 (GMT +13)
16 March 2024 Chiefs Manawa v Matatū FMG Stadium, Waikato  
16:35 (GMT +13)

Round 4

22 March 2024 Hurricanes Poua v Chiefs Manawa CET Arena, Palmerston North  
16:35 (GMT +13)
23 March 2024 Blues Women v Matatū Eden Park, Auckland  
16:35 (GMT +13)

Round 5

29 March 2024 Matatū v Hurricanes Poua Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch  
16:35 (GMT +13)
30 March 2024 Chiefs Manawa v Blues Women TBC  
14:05 (GMT +13)

Round 6

6 April 2024 Hurricanes Poua v Blues Women Levin Domain, Levin  
14:05 (GMT +13)
6 April 2024 Matatū v Chiefs Manawa Ngā Puna Wai, Christchurch  
16:35 (GMT +13)

Final

13 April 2024 TBC v TBC TBC  

Players

Squads

The following squads have been named for the 2024 season.[4][5]

Blues Women squad [6]
Forwards Eloise Blackwell • Dajian Brown • Rebecca Burch • Esther Faiaoga-Tilo • Sophie Fisher • Grace Gago • Aldora Itunu • Paris Mataroa • Charmaine McMenamin • Liana Mikaele-Tu′u • Elizabith Moimoi • Alakoka Po′oi • Maddi Robinson • Maiakawanakaulani Roos • Cheyenne Tuli-Fale • Ma′ama Vaipulu • Chryss Viliko
Backs Kahlia Awa • Sylvia Brunt • Krysten Cottrell • Ruahei Demant • Kerri Johnson • Jaymie Kolose • Patricia Maliepo • Angelica Mekemeke-Vahai • Daynah Nankivell • Mel Puckett • Tara-Leigh Turner • Katelyn Vaha′akolo • Niall Williams-Guthrie
Coach Willie Walker
Chiefs Manawa squad [7]
Forwards Mia Anderson • Chelsea Bremner • Luka Connor • Victoria Edmonds • Ashlee Gaby-Sutherland • Vici-Rose Green • Kate Henwood • Chyna Hohepa • Tanya Kalounivale • Te Urupounamu McGarvey • Krystal Murray • Seina Saito • Kennedy Simon • Charmaine Smith • Bitila Tawake
Backs Reese Anderson • Ariana Bayler • Renee Holmes • Grace Kukutai • Azalleyah Ma′aka • Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu • Apii Nicholls • Merania Paraone • Mererangi Paul • Chelsea Semple • Grace Steinmetz • Georgia Thompson • Hazel Tubic • Ruby Tui • Olive Watherston
Coach Crystal Kaua
Hurricanes Poua squad [8]
Forwards Tamia Edwards • Marilyn Fanoga • Maddie Feaunati • Rhiarna Ferris • Tori Iosefo • Joanah Ngan-Woo • Te Uarangi Olsen-Baker • Jackie Patea-Fereti • Leilani Perese • Elinor Plum-King • Cilia-Marie Po′e-Tofaeono • Rachael Rakatau • Layla Sae • Kahurangi Sturmey • Samantha Taylor • Cristo Tofa
Backs Shakira Baker • Teilah Ferguson • Te Rauoriwa Gapper • Leilani Hakiwai • Iritana Hohaia • Harmony Kautai • Hannah King • Paige Lush • Holly-Rae Mete • Rangimarie Sturmey • Monica Tagoai • Kalyn Takitimu-Cook • Isabella Waterman
Coach Ngatai Walker
Matatū squad [9]
Forwards Laura Bayfield • Alana Bremner (c) • Emma Dermody • Eilis Doyle • Tegan Hollows • Lucy Jenkins • Atlanta Lolohea • Pip Love • Leah Miles • Stacey Niao • Kaipo Olsen-Baker • Mo′omo′oga Ashley Palu • Marcelle Parkes • Georgia Ponsonby • Kendra Reynolds • Amy Rule • Fiaali′i′i Solomona • Holly Wratt-Groeneweg
Backs Grace Brooker • Georgia Cormick • Cheyenne Cunningham • Amy du Plessis • Di Hiini • Maia Joseph • Rosie Kelly • Martha Mataele • Liv McGoverne • Winnie Palamo • Chey Robins-Reti • Charlotte Woodham
Coach Whitney Hansen

References

  1. 1 2 "Sky Super Rugby Aupiki 2024 format confirmed". superrugby.co.nz. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. 1 2 "Action filled afternoons set for Sky Super Rugby Aupiki". superrugby.co.nz. 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. ↑ "Sky Super Rugby Aupiki – Team Standings". superrugby.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  4. ↑ "Super Rugby Aupiki: Squads announced for the extended 2024 competition". Stuff. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  5. ↑ "Sky Super Rugby Aupiki squads locked in for 2024". superrugby.co.nz. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  6. ↑ "nib BLUES 2024 SQUAD". Blues Rugby. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  7. ↑ "Chiefs Manawa squad announced for 2024". Chiefs. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  8. ↑ "Hurricanes Poua 2024 Sky Super Rugby Aupiki Squad". www.hurricanes.co.nz. 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  9. ↑ "Matatū Confirm Squad for Title Defence in 2024". Matatū. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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