2015 Super Rugby Final


The 2015 Super Rugby Final, was played between the Hurricanes and the Highlanders. It was the 20th final in the Super Rugby competition's history and the fifth under the expanded 15-team format. This was the first Super Rugby final between two New Zealand teams since 2006 when the Hurricanes were beaten by the Crusaders.
The match was won by the Highlanders who beat the Hurricanes by seven points. The Highlanders, became the first team to win the competition having failed to win a conference. They also became the first team to win the competition having played in the qualifiers round.
In New Zealand 583,620 people tuned in to watch

Road to the Final

The 2015 Super Rugby competition involved fifteen teams, five each from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The 2015 season was the fifth year of an expanded 15 team format.
The competition began on 13 February with the regular season consisting of 120 matches over eighteen weeks. Each team played the others from their own conference, plus four out of five teams from the other two countries. The top six teams after the regular season advanced to the finals.
The Hurricanes finished top of the New Zealand conference and topped the overall standings, with fourteen wins and just two losses during the season. The South African conference winner was the Stormers, and the three wildcard teams making the playoffs were the Highlanders, Chiefs, and Brumbies.
The play-off fixtures were as follows:

Qualifiers

Semi-Finals

Highlanders won