2017 Super Rugby Final

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2017 Super Rugby Final
Event2017 Super Rugby season
Date5 August 2017
VenueEllis Park, Johannesburg
RefereeJaco Peyper (South Africa)
Attendance62,000
2016
2018

The 2017 Super Rugby Final was played between the Lions and the Crusaders. The match, held at Ellis Park in Johannesburg was the 22nd final in the Super Rugby competition's history, and attracted a record crowd attendance of 62,000.[1]

The Crusaders won the final, defeating the Lions by eight points, and stretched their record number of Super Rugby title wins to eight. A strong Crusaders defence, several errors committed by the Lions and a red card were the losers' downfall in the highly anticipated Super Rugby final held on South African soil for the first time since 2010.

Both finalists had won their respective conferences in the regular season. The Lions, as the top-placed team in 2017 season standings, played all their matches in the finals series at home in Johannesburg. They beat fellow South African side the Sharks in a closely matched quarterfinal, before defeating the previous year's champion the Hurricanes in their semifinal match.

The Crusaders had comfortably beat local New Zealand rivals the Highlanders and Chiefs in their respective quarterfinal and semifinal playoffs at home in Christchurch before travelling to Johannesburg for the final.

Road to the final[]

Finals Series qualifying teams
Conference leaders
Pos Team W D L PD BP Pts
1 South Africa Lions 14 0 1 +322 9 65
2 New Zealand Crusaders 14 0 1 +241 7 63
3 South Africa Stormers 10 0 5 +54 3 43
4 Australia Brumbies 6 0 9 +36 10 34
Wildcard teams
5 New Zealand Hurricanes 12 0 3 +324 10 58
6 New Zealand Chiefs 12 1 2 +141 7 57
7 New Zealand Highlanders 11 0 4 +180 7 51
8 South Africa Sharks 9 1 5 +69 4 42
Source: SANZAAR [2]

The 18 teams were split geographically into two groups with two conferences in each group. The Australasian Group included five teams in the Australian Conference and five teams in the New Zealand Conference. The South African Group, with six South African teams, one Argentinean team and one Japanese team was split into a four-team Africa 1 Conference and a four-team Africa 2 Conference.[3]

The four conference winners qualified for the quarterfinals with a home ground advantage against four wildcard teams, made up of the third to fifth placed teams in the Australasian Group and the third placed team in the South African Group.

The quarterfinals featured away wins for the Hurricanes over the Brumbies, and Chiefs over the Stormers. The Crusaders beat Highlanders, keeping them scoreless, and the Lions beat the Sharks. For the semifinals, the Crusaders defeated the Chiefs in Christchurch and the Lions defeated the Hurricanes in Johannesburg.

The play-off fixtures were as follows:

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 July – Cape Town
 
 
South Africa Stormers11
 
29 July – Christchurch
 
New Zealand Chiefs17
 
New Zealand Crusaders27
 
22 July – Christchurch
 
New Zealand Chiefs13
 
New Zealand Crusaders17
 
5 August – Johannesburg
 
New Zealand Highlanders0
 
South Africa Lions17
 
22 July – Johannesburg
 
New Zealand Crusaders25
 
South Africa Lions23
 
29 July – Johannesburg
 
South Africa Sharks21
 
South Africa Lions44
 
21 July – Canberra
 
New Zealand Hurricanes29
 
Australia Brumbies16
 
 
New Zealand Hurricanes35
 

Quarter-finals[]

21 July 2017 Brumbies 16–35 Hurricanes GIO Stadium, Canberra  
19:35 Try: James Dargaville rugby ball 3'
Josh Mann-Rea rugby ball 16'
Con: Wharenui Hawera rugby goalposts icon (0/2)
Pen: Wharenui Hawera rugby goalposts icon 11'29' (2/3)
Try: Wes Goosen rugby ball 7'75'
Jordie Barrett rugby ball 25'
TJ Perenara rugby ball 69'
Con: Jordie Barrett rugby goalposts icon 26'70'77' (3/4)
Pen: Jordie Barrett rugby goalposts icon 39'48'65' (3/3)
Cards: Jeff Toomaga-Allen Yellow card 41'
22 July 2017 Crusaders 17–0 Highlanders AMI Stadium, Christchurch  
19:35 Try: Joe Moody rugby ball 32'
Codie Taylor rugby ball 40'
Con: Richie Mo'unga rugby goalposts icon 34'41' (2/2)
Pen: Richie Mo'unga rugby goalposts icon 5' (1/4)
Cards: Liam Squire Yellow card 5'
22 July 2017 Lions 23–21 Sharks Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
2:30 Try: Franco Mostert rugby ball 47'
Jaco Kriel rugby ball 51'
Lionel Mapoe rugby ball 61'
Con: Elton Jantjies rugby goalposts icon 61' (1/3)
Pen: Elton Jantjies rugby goalposts icon 10' (1/3)
Cards: Franco Mostert Yellow card 64'
Try: Kobus van Wyk rugby ball 11'
Dan du Preez rugby ball 66'
Con: Curwin Bosch rugby goalposts icon 67' (1/2)
Pen: Curwin Bosch rugby goalposts icon 35'39' (2/2)
Drop: Curwin Bosch rugby goalposts icon 17' (1/1)
Cards: Stephan Lewies Yellow card 45'
22 July 2017 Stormers 11–17 Chiefs Newlands Stadium, Cape Town  
17:00 Try: Siya Kolisi rugby ball 45'
Con: SP Marais rugby goalposts icon (0/1)
Pen: SP Marais rugby goalposts icon 23'62' (2/3)
Try: Shaun Stevenson rugby ball 75'
Con: Damian McKenzie rugby goalposts icon (0/1)
Pen: Damian McKenzie rugby goalposts icon 29'32'38'51' (4/4)
Cards: Sam Cane Yellow card 60'

Semi-finals[]

29 July 2017 Crusaders 27–13 Chiefs AMI Stadium, Christchurch  
19:35 Try: Bryn Hall rugby ball 16'
Israel Dagg rugby ball 49'
Seta Tamanivalu rugby ball 58'72'
Con: Richie Mo'unga rugby goalposts icon 18'59' (2/4)
Pen: Richie Mo'unga rugby goalposts icon 13' (1/1)
Try: Brodie Retallick rugby ball 77'
Con: Damian McKenzie rugby goalposts icon 78' (1/1)
Pen: Damian McKenzie rugby goalposts icon 26'38' (2/2)
29 July 2017 Lions 44–29 Hurricanes Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
2:10 Try: Jacques van Rooyen rugby ball 39'
Ross Cronjé rugby ball 44'
Malcolm Marx rugby ball 52'
Harold Vorster rugby ball 61'
Elton Jantjies rugby ball 69'
Kwagga Smith rugby ball 74'
Con: Elton Jantjies rugby goalposts icon 40'45'63'69' (4/6)
Pen: Elton Jantjies rugby goalposts icon 5'58' (2/2)
Try: TJ Perenara rugby ball 7'
Wes Goosen rugby ball 10'
Ardie Savea rugby ball 30'
Ngani Laumape rugby ball 55'
Con: Jordie Barrett rugby goalposts icon 11'57' (2/3)
Beauden Barrett rugby goalposts icon 31' (1/1)
Pen: Jordie Barrett rugby goalposts icon 19' (1/2)
Cards: Beauden Barrett Yellow card 58'

Final[]

Summary[]

Details[]

5 August 2017
Lions 17–25 Crusaders
Try: Malcolm Marx rugby ball 64' Corné Fourie rugby ball 72'
Con: Elton Jantjies rugby goalposts icon 65'73' (2/2)
Pen: Elton Jantjies rugby goalposts icon 26' (1/1)
Try: Seta Tamanivalu rugby ball 7'
Jack Goodhue rugby ball 11'
Kieran Read rugby ball 43'
Con: Richie Mo'unga rugby goalposts icon 8'44' (2/3)
Pen: Richie Mo'unga rugby goalposts icon 41'52' (2/2)
Lions
Crusaders
Lions:
FB 15 Andries Coetzee
RW 14 Ruan Combrinck
OC 13 Lionel Mapoe
IC 12 Harold Vorster
LW 11 Courtnall Skosan
FH 10 Elton Jantjies
SH 9 Ross Cronjé
N8 8 Ruan Ackermann
OF 7 Kwagga Smith Red card 38'
BF 6 Jaco Kriel
LL 5 Franco Mostert
RL 4 Andries Ferreira
TP 3 Ruan Dreyer
HK 2 Malcolm Marx
LP 1 Jacques van Rooyen
Substitutes:
HK 16 Akker van der Merwe
PR 17 Corné Fourie
PR 18 Johannes Jonker
LK 19 Lourens Erasmus
FL 20 Cyle Brink
SH 21 Faf de Klerk
IC 22 Rohan Janse van Rensburg
FB 23 Sylvian Mahuza
Coach:
South Africa Johan Ackermann
Crusaders:
FB 15 David Havili
RW 14 Israel Dagg
CE 13 Jack Goodhue
SF 12 Ryan Crotty
LW 11 Seta Tamanivalu
FH 10 Richie Mo'unga
SH 9 Bryn Hall
N8 8 Kieran Read
OF 7 Matt Todd
BF 6 Jordan Taufua
LL 5 Sam Whitelock
RL 4 Scott Barrett
TP 3 Owen Franks
HK 2 Codie Taylor
LP 1 Joe Moody
Substitutes:
HK 16 Ben Funnell
PR 17 Wyatt Crockett
PR 18 Michael Ala'alatoa
LK 19 Luke Romano
FL 20 Pete Samu
SH 21 Mitchell Drummond
FH 22 Mitchell Hunt
WG 23 George Bridge
Coach:
New Zealand Scott Robertson

Man of the Match: Ryan Crotty

Assistant Referees:

References[]

  1. ^ "Mistakes cost the Lions their first Super Rugby trophy". Randburg Sun. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Log – 2017 Vodacom Super Rugby". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Outline of the Super Rugby competition structure" (PDF). All Blacks. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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