2016 Super Rugby Final

The 2016 Super Rugby Final was played between the Hurricanes and the Lions. It was the 21st final in the Super Rugby competition's history and the first under the expanded 18-team format. The Hurricanes had qualified in first place of the log standings during the regular season, while the Lions had qualified in second place. Both teams hosted quarter-final and semi-final matches. In the quarter-finals the Hurricanes beat the Sharks while the Lions beat the record Super rugby winners Crusaders. For the semi-finals it was the Hurricanes defeating fellow New Zealand team Chiefs in Wellington and the Lions defeating New Zealand team Highlanders in Johannesburg. Because of being the higher placed team in the regular season log standings, the final was held in Wellington.

2016 Super Rugby Final
Event2016 Super Rugby season
Hurricanes Lions
20 3
Date6 August 2016
VenueWestpac Stadium, Wellington
RefereeGlen Jackson (New Zealand)
Attendance39,000

The Final attracted a crowd attendance of 39,000.[1]

Road to the Final
Finals Series qualifying teams
Pos Team W D L PD BP Pts
1 Hurricanes 1104+144953
2 Lions 1104+186852
3 Stormers 1014+166951
4 Brumbies 1005+99343
Wildcard teams
5 Highlanders 1104+149852
6 Chiefs 1104+150751
7 Crusaders 1104+170650
8 Sharks 915+91543
Source: SANZAAR [2][3]
Main article: 2016 Super Rugby season

The 2016 Super Rugby competition involved an expanded 18-team format. The 18 teams were grouped geographically in two regional groups, each consisting of two conferences: the Australasian Group, with five teams in the Australian Conference and five teams in the New Zealand Conference and the South African Group, with six South African teams, one Argentinean team and one Japanese team split into a four-team Africa 1 Conference and a four-team Africa 2 Conference.[4] The four conference winners qualified for the Quarter Finals, where they had home ground advantage against the four wildcard teams, made up of the third to fifth placed teams in the Australasian Group and the third placed team in the South African Group.

In the quarter-finals, there were wins for Highlanders over the Brumbies, Hurricanes beat Sharks while keeping them with no points, Lions beat Crusaders and Chiefs triumphing over Stormers. In the semi-finals, the Hurricanes defeated Chiefs in Wellington and the Lions defeated Highlanders in Johannesburg. The Hurricanes won their first title by defeating Lions.

The play-off fixtures were as follows:

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 July – Wellington
 
 
Hurricanes41
 
30 July – Wellington
 
Sharks0
 
Hurricanes25
 
23 July – Cape Town
 
Chiefs9
 
Stormers21
 
6 August – Wellington
 
Chiefs60
 
Hurricanes20
 
23 July – Johannesburg
 
Lions3
 
Lions42
 
30 July – Johannesburg
 
Crusaders25
 
Lions42
 
22 July – Canberra
 
Highlanders30
 
Brumbies9
 
 
Highlanders15
 

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Summary

The Hurricanes won their first Super Rugby title with a dominant 20-3 win over the Lions in Wellington with tries from Cory Jane and man-of-the-match Beauden Barrett. Victor Vito celebrated his 100th and final match for the Wellington-based side in style. Tries were difficult to get with the wet, cold and windy weather conditions with both tries scored off Lions mistakes and Barrett chipped in with 10 points from the boot with two conversions and two penalties to spark tumultuous scenes in the packed stadium. The Lions were unable to find a way to unlock the Hurricanes defence, while Elton Jantjies had a forgettable night in front of goal, scoring only one of his three kicks. The match began with Jantjies missing an early penalty and Jane had a try disallowed in the 6th minute after the TMO ruled correctly that Brad Shields had knocked-on in the build-up. The veteran winger was not to be denied for long, in the 22nd minute when the Hurricanes defence again proved its worth causing Jantjies to throw a wild pass under pressure in his own 22, forcing Lionel Mapoe to make a clearing kick, but the ball went straight to Jane, who raced in to score at the corner. Barrett slotted the conversion to add to the earlier 11th-minute penalty to give the Hurricanes a 10-0 lead. Jantjies reduced the deficit with a penalty three minutes later.[18][19]

Barrett extended his side's lead to 13-3 with another penalty midway through the second half. The match was effectively ended as a contest 11 minutes from full-time when the Lions botched a lineout clearance close to their own line. Replacement hooker Ricky Riccitelli hacked the ball on and the fly-half pounced on it inside the Lions in-goal area for his side's second try making Hurricanes to become the fifth New Zealand side to be crowned Super champions having previously lost both the 2006 and 2015 finals as well as being five times beaten semi-finalists.[20]

Details
6 August 2016
19:35
Hurricanes 20–3 Lions
Try: Cory Jane  22'
Beauden Barrett  69'
Con: Beauden Barrett  23', 70' (2/2)
Pen: Beauden Barrett  12', 52' (2/2)
Drop: Beauden Barrett (0/1)
James Marshall (0/1)
 Report
Scoreboard[21]		 Pen: Elton Jantjies  26' (1/3)
Hurricanes
Lions
Hurricanes:
FB15James Marshall
RW14Cory Jane
OC13Matt Proctor
IC12Willis Halaholo 50'
LW11Jason Woodward 70'
FH10Beauden Barrett
SH9TJ Perenara 77'
N88Victor Vito
OF7Ardie Savea
BF6Brad Shields 74'
LL5Michael Fatialofa 74'
RL4Vaea Fifita
TP3Ben May 52'
HK2Dane Coles (c) 43' 57' 60'
LP1Loni Uhila 76'
Substitutes:
HK16Ricky Riccitelli 43' 57' 60'
PR17Chris Eves 52'
PR18Mike Kainga 76'
LK19Mark Abbott 74'
FL20Callum Gibbins 74'
FL21Jamison Gibson-Park 77'
SH22Vince Aso 50'
WG23Julian Savea 70'
Coach:
Chris Boyd
Lions:
FB15Andries Coetzee 70'
RW14Ruan Combrinck
OC13Lionel Mapoe
IC12Rohan Janse van Rensburg 57' 65' 74'
LW11Courtnall Skosan
FH10Elton Jantjies
SH9Faf de Klerk 68'
N88Warren Whiteley (c) 70'
BF7Warwick Tecklenburg
OF6Jaco Kriel
LL5Franco Mostert
RL4Andries Ferreira 74'
TP3Julian Redelinghuys 74'
HK2Malcolm Marx 70'
LP1Dylan Smith 70'
Substitutes:
HK16Akker van der Merwe 70'
PR17Corné Fourie 70'
PR18Jacques van Rooyen 74'
LK19Lourens Erasmus 74'
FL20Ruan Ackermann 70'
SH21Ross Cronjé 68'
FH22Howard Mnisi 57' 65' 74'
WG23Jaco van der Walt  | 70'
Coach:
Johan Ackermann

Man of the Match:
Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes)

Assistant Referees:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

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Preceded by
2015 Super Rugby Final		 Super Rugby Final
2016		 Succeeded by
2017 Super Rugby Final
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