2019 Super W season

2019 Super W
Countries	Australia (5 teams)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	NSW Waratahs (2nd title)
Matches played	12
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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.

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	4	4	0	0	138	24	+114	3	0	19
2	Queensland	4	3	0	1	164	18	+146	2	1	15
3	Brumbies	4	2	0	2	86	50	+36	1	0	9
4	RugbyWA	4	1	0	3	53	86	−33	1	0	6
5	Melbourne Rebels	4	0	0	4	22	285	−263	0	0	0
Updated: 24 March 2019 Source: rugbyarchive.net

Results

Round 1

	23 February 2019	Brumbies	0–26	NSW Waratahs	GIO Stadium, Canberra
	17:00		Report	Try: Naiqama 10' Murphy 26' Hamilton 19', 52' Con: Hewson 11', 20', 53' Cards: O'Neil	Referee: Amy Perrett

	24 February 2019	Melbourne Rebels	0–112	Queensland	Box Hill Rugby Club, Victoria
	15:00		Report	Try: Gould 2' Sekona 9', 42' Smith 17', 36' Lefau-Fakaosilea 20', 64', 72' Wong 27', 60', 70' Elisaia 33', 39', 75' Cramer 45' Morgan 51' Lingman 56' Con: Cramer 21', 29', 34', 37', 40', 46', 52', 57', 65', 71', 73', 76' Pen: Cramer 31'	Referee: Amber Mclachlan

Round 2

	2 March 2019	Queensland	28–3	RugbyWA	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	17:00	Try: Elisaia 33' Smith 50' Lefau-Fakaosilea 64' Wong 72' Con: Cramer 65' Pen: Cramer 20', 60'	Report	Pen: Cope 17'	Referee: Lara West

	3 March 2019	Brumbies	69–0	Melbourne Rebels	Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan
	17:00	Try: Stanford 6', 19', 22' Crothers 9', 54' Penalty Try 13' Wilton 34', 47' Perry 58' Read 78' Con: Wood 7', 10', 20', 35', 48' McDonald 59'	Report		Referee: Brodie Ingram

Round 3

	8 March 2019	Melbourne Rebels	10–38	RugbyWA	AAMI Park, Melbourne
	17:10	Try: Fagalilo 69' Con: Marsters 71' Pen: Landkauf 14'	Report	Try: Carter 9', 31' Kareopa 22' Hira-Herangi 25' Mason 37', 73' Con: Pomare 26', 32', 39', 74' Cards: Mason 58' to 68'	Referee: Amber Mclachlan

	10 March 2019	NSW Waratahs	15–12	Queensland	Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt
	15:00	Try: Stewart 14' Parker 21' Con: Hewson 22' Pen: Hewson 36'	Report	Try: Elisaia 6' Wong 65' Con: Cramer 7' Cards: Sekona 30' to 40'	Referee: Amy Perrett

Round 4

	16 March 2019	Queensland	12–0	Brumbies	Ballymore, Brisbane
	16:00	Try: Smith 22', 66' Con: Gould 24'	Report		Referee: Lara West

	17 March 2019	RugbyWA	0–31	NSW Waratahs	Curtin University, Bentley
	18:30		Report	Try: Leaupepe 8' Leaupepe 8' Parker 40' Leaupepe 43' Maguire 67' Con: Hewson 10', 40+1', 68'	Referee: Amber Mclachlan

Round 5

	24 March 2019	NSW Waratahs	66–12	Melbourne Rebels	Anne Ashwood Park, Bathurst
	15:00	Try: Stewart 1' Horomia 7' McKenzie 9' Hewson 24' Parker 26', 29', 54', 58' Fatu 44', 71' Con: Hewson 8', 10', 25', 28', 30', 45', 54', 72'	Report	Try: Boysen 18' Tupou 39' Con: Landkauf 19'	Referee: Madeline Putz

	24 March 2019	RugbyWA	12–17	Brumbies	Kingsway Reserve, Madeley
	17:00	Try: Nielson 1' Mason 76' Con: Cope 77'	Report	Try: O'Neill 9' Wilton 13' Stanford 40+2' Con: Wood 11'	Referee: Tyler Miller

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

	31 March 2019	Queensland	39–10	Brumbies	Ballymore, Brisbane
	15:30	Try: Cramer 13' Wong 32' Elisaia 47' Ngaha 61' Boyle 68' Turner 74' Con: Gould 14' Cramer 62', 76' Pen: Cramer 53'	Report	Try: Dawa 38' Con: Wood 40' Pen: Wood 56'	Referee: Amber Mclachlan

Grand final

	7 April 2019	NSW Waratahs	8–5	Queensland	Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt
	16:30	Try: Hamilton 54' Pen: Hewson 4'	Report	Try: Elisaia 17'	Referee: Amy Perrett

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