2019 Super Rugby final

2019 Super Rugby Final

Event	2019 Super Rugby season
Crusaders Jaguares 19 3
Date	6 July 2019
Venue	Rugby League Park, Christchurch
Referee	Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Attendance	c. 18,000

The 2019 Super Rugby Final was played between the Crusaders of New Zealand and the Jaguares of Argentina. It was the 24th final in the Super Rugby competition's history. The Crusaders had qualified in first place on the regular season standings, while the Jaguares had qualified in second place. Both teams hosted quarter-final and semi-final matches.

The final was won by the Crusaders who beat the Jaguares by sixteen points. The Crusaders stretched their record number of Super Rugby wins to ten and completed what is called a three-peat by winning the tournament three times consecutively in what was the competition's lowest scoring final.

Road to the final

Finals Series qualifying teams

Conference leaders
Pos	Team	W	D	L	PD	BP	Pts
1	Crusaders	11	3	2	240	8	58
2	Jaguares	11	0	5	109	7	51
3	Brumbies	10	0	6	64	8	48
Wildcard teams
4	Hurricanes	12	1	3	87	3	53
5	Bulls	8	2	6	41	5	41
6	Sharks	7	1	8	8	7	37
7	Chiefs	7	2	7	-14	4	36
8	Highlanders	6	3	7	49	6	36
Source:

The 2019 season was a 15-team competition, consisting of three geographical conferences. Each conference leader at the end of the regular season, the Crusaders from New Zealand, Jaguares from Argentina and Brumbies from Australia gained home berths in the quarterfinals, as did the top-ranked wildcard team, the Hurricanes from New Zealand's conference. Their four wildcard opponents in the quarterfinals were the next best teams as ranked at the end of the regular season.

In the quarter-finals the Crusaders beat fellow New Zealand team the Highlanders while the Jaguares beat the Chiefs. For the semi-finals it was the Crusaders defeating the Hurricanes in Christchurch and the Jaguares defeating the Brumbies in Buenos Aires. Because of being the higher placed team in the regular season log standings, the final was held in Christchurch.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals
	21 June – Christchurch
	Crusaders	38
					29 June – Christchurch
	Highlanders	14
					Crusaders	30
					Hurricanes	26
					28 June – Buenos Aires
					Jaguares	39
	21 June – Buenos Aires
					ACT Brumbies	7
	Jaguares	21
	Chiefs	16

Final

Details

6 July 2019 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

Crusaders	19–3	Jaguares
Try: Taylor 25' c Con: Mo'unga (1/1) 26' Pen: Mo'unga (4/4) 40', 54', 59', 75'	Report Scoreboard	Pen: Díaz Bonilla (1/1) 16'

Rugby League Park, Christchurch Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Crusaders

Jaguares

FB 15 David Havili RW 14 Sevu Reece OC 13 Braydon Ennor  72' IC 12 Jack Goodhue LW 11 George Bridge FH 10 Richie Mo'unga  76' SH 9 Bryn Hall  53' N8 8 Kieran Read OF 7 Matt Todd BF 6 Whetukamokamo Douglas  53' LL 5 Sam Whitelock (c) RL 4 Mitchell Dunshea  62' TP 3 Owen Franks  57' HK 2 Codie Taylor  62' LP 1 Joe Moody  54' Substitutes: HK 16 Andrew Makalio  62' PR 17 George Bower  54' PR 18 Michael Alaalatoa  57' LK 19 Luke Romano  62' FL 20 Jordan Taufua  53' SH 21 Mitchell Drummond  53' IC 22 Mitchell Hunt  76' FB 23 Will Jordan  72' Coach: Scott Robertson

FB 15 Emiliano Boffelli RW 14 Matías Moroni OC 13 Matías Orlando IC 12 Jerónimo de la Fuente (c) LW 11 Ramiro Moyano  72' FH 10 Joaquín Díaz Bonilla  62' SH 9 Tomás Cubelli  62' N8 8 Javier Ortega Desio  69' OF 7 Marcos Kremer BF 6 Pablo Matera LL 5 Tomás Lavanini  63' RL 4 Guido Petti TP 3 Santiago Medrano  54' HK 2 Agustín Creevy  54' LP 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro  57' Substitutes: HK 16 Julián Montoya  54' PR 17 Mayco Vivas  57' PR 18 Enrique Pieretto  54' FL 19 Juan Manuel Leguizamón  69' FL 20 Tomás Lezana  63' SH 21 Felipe Ezcurra  62' FH 22 Domingo Miotti  62' WG 23 Sebastián Cancelliere  72' Coach: Gonzalo Quesada

Man of the Match: Pablo Matera  Assistant referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand) Paul Williams (New Zealand) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)