With just over 18 months to go, World Rugby and New Zealand Rugby have today marked another exciting milestone on the road to Rugby World Cup 2021 (RWC 2021) with the announcement of the tournament dates and the unveiling of the tournament brand in front of a special gathering at the venue for the final, Auckland’s Eden Park.
The opening round of the 25th season of Investec Super Rugby kicks off on Friday 31 January at the new time of 7.05pm when the Blues host the Chiefs at Eden Park.
The Rugby World Cup New Zealand 2021 (RWC 2021) Organising Committee has been appointed by the New Zealand Rugby (NZR) Board and the members are: Dame Julie Christie (Chair), Brent Impey (NZR), Dr Farah Palmer (NZR), Shaun Nixon (NZR), Steve Armitage (ATEED), Sandra Boardman (Whangarei District Council), Wendy Thompson (Independent) and Nicola O’Rourke (Independent).
From the top metre eaters to the leading tacklers and supreme ball winners in the line-out, we’ve delved through the statistics to bring you the leading players from the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup season.
We’ve come to the end of a brilliant Farah Palmer Cup season, which has seen Canterbury and Otago go through the year unbeaten in the Premiership and Championship respectively.
Tasman completed an unbeaten sweep through the Mitre 10 Cup to claim their first national provincial championship premiership title when beating Wellington 31–14 at Trafalgar Park in Nelson on Saturday.
Canterbury completed a hat-trick of victories when claiming the Mitre 10 Farah Cup Final when beating Auckland 30-20 at Rugby Park in Christchurch on Saturday while Otago won promotion when taking out the championship on Sunday.
After an enthralling eight weeks of Farah Palmer Cup action, we have made it to the finals. Canterbury, Auckland, Otago and Hawke’s Bay will fight it out for their respective titles, with Premiership promotion on the line for the Spirit and Tui.