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Super Rugby Aotearoa

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Super Rugby Aotearoa
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season
Official Logo
SportRugby Union
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
First season2020
Ceased2021
Owner(s)SANZAAR
CEOGreg Peters
DivisionsNew Zealand
No. of teams5
CountryNew Zealand
Last
champion(s)
Crusaders (2nd title)
(2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season)
Most titlesCrusaders (2 titles)
TV partner(s)Digicel
ESPN
ESPN International
Nine Network
RugbyPass
Sky Sport
Stan Sport
SuperSport
Telefónica
Wowow
Sponsor(s)Sky
Related
competitions
Super Rugby
Super Rugby AU
Super Rugby Unlocked
Mitre 10 Cup
Official websiteSuperRugby.com

Super Rugby Aotearoa named the Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa for sponsorship purposes[1] was a professional men's rugby union national club competition in New Zealand. Originally created to supplement the 2020 Super Rugby season, which was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament continued in 2021, with a competition being confirmed later that year, including 12 teams in a brand new competition named Super Rugby Pacific.

In its first season, the tournament was a 10-week round robin tournament played by the five New Zealand–based teams of Super Rugby.[2] However, for 2021, the tournament had an additional final between the two highest placed teams in the tournament, with a finals system being used by the similarly created Super Rugby AU tournament in Australia.[3]

Law adaptions

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On 2 June, New Zealand Rugby announced that it would implement two optional law trials being offered by World Rugby,[4] including a golden point format for extra time, and that players who receive a red card can be substituted after 20 minutes. It was also stated that referees would be stricter in applying laws for breakdowns to increase the pace of play.[5]

Broadcasters

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Super Rugby Aotearoa is shown by the following broadcasters:

Broadcaster Country(ies)
Digicel  Cook Islands
 Fiji
 Papua New Guinea
 Samoa
 Solomon Islands
 Tonga
 Tuvalu
 Vanuatu
ESPN
ESPN International
 Argentina
 Bolivia
 Brazil
 Canada
 Chile
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Guyana
 Paraguay
 Peru
 Suriname
 United States
 Uruguay
 Venezuela
Nine Network
Stan Sport
 Australia
RugbyPass  Afghanistan
 Albania
 Alderney
 Andorra
 Armenia
 Austria
 Azerbaijan
 Bahrain
 Bangladesh
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Bhutan
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Brunei
 Bulgaria
 Cambodia
 China
 Croatia
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 England
 Estonia
 Federated States of Micronesia
 Finland
 France
 Gaza Strip
 Georgia
 Germany
 Greece
 Guam
 Guernsey
 Herm
 Hong Kong
 Hungary
 Iceland
 India
 Indonesia
 Iran
 Iraq
 Ireland
 Isle of Man
 Israel
 Italy
 Jersey
 Jordan
 Kazakhstan
 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 Kiribati
 Kosovo
 Kuwait
 Kyrgyzstan
 Laos
 Latvia
 Lebanon
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Macau
 Malaysia
 Maldives
 Malta
 Marshall Islands
 Moldova
 Monaco
 Mongolia
 Montenegro
 Myanmar
   Nepal
 Netherlands
 North Korea
 North Macedonia
 Northern Ireland
 Northern Marianas
 Norway
 Oman
 Pakistan
 Palau
 Palestine
 Philippines
 Poland
 Portugal
 Qatar
Switzerland Romandy
 Romania
 Russia
 San Marino
 Sark
 Scotland
 Serbia
 Singapore
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 South Korea
 Sri Lanka
 Sweden
 Taiwan
 Tajikistan
 Thailand
 Ticino
 Timor-Leste
 Turkey
 Ukraine
 United Arab Emirates
 Vatican City
 Vietnam
 Wales
 West Bank
 Yemen
Sky Sport  New Zealand
SuperSport  South Africa
Telefónica  Spain
Wowow  Japan

Corporate relations

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Sponsorship

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The 2020 tournament was run by Rugby New Zealand with the sponsorship of Foxtel which provided television coverage on its Fox Sports channels with Sky (New Zealand) being the naming rights sponsor. Gilbert is the official supplier of all rugby balls.

Merchandising

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Official match-day attire together with other club merchandise is sold through the Super Rugby Aotearoa's stores and website as well as through the clubs and some retailers.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa Draw Announced". NZ Rugby. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Super Rugby Aotearoa draw and 'experimental' rules". Otago Daily Times. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa draw announced". Super Rugby NZ. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ^ "World Rugby creates access to optional domestic law trials to further reduce COVID-19 risk". World Rugby. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Golden point, red card replacements introduced in Super Rugby Aotearoa". www.rugby.com.au. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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