2022 Super Rugby Pacific season

The 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season (known as Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific in Australia and DHL Super Rugby Pacific in New Zealand) is the 27th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the previous seasons were replaced with Super Rugby Unlocked, Super Rugby Aotearoa and Super Rugby AU in 2020, and Super Rugby Aotearoa, Super Rugby AU, and Super Rugby Trans-Tasman in 2021. The 2022 edition will revert to a 12-team competition, with a single pool replacing the geographical conference system, as well as introducing a new name for the reformatted competition.^[1][2] The season is expected to run from 18 February, with the final to be played on 18 June - culminating before the start of the mid-year international window.^[3]

2022 Super Rugby Pacific season
Countries	Australia (5 teams)  Fiji (1 team)  New Zealand (5 teams) Pacific Islands (1 team)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Crusaders (11th title)
Matches played	91
Tries scored	626 (6.88 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Stephen Perofeta, Blues (129)
Top try scorer(s)	Leicester Fainga'anuku, Crusaders Will Jordan, Crusaders Sevu Reece, Crusaders (all 10)
Official website	Official site
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With the exclusion or withdrawal of the Argentine Jaguares, the Japanese Sunwolves, and the South African Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers sides at the conclusion of the 2020 Super Rugby season,^[4][5][6] three new teams were announced to make up the 12 team tournament. The Fiji Rugby Union's domestic team, the Fijian Drua, having previously competed in the Australian National Rugby Championship from 2017 to 2019, were announced as one addition to the competition.^[7] The newly created Moana Pasifika franchise, representing players from Samoa and Tonga and other Pacific Islands, also successfully put forth a bid to join the competition. The Force also returned to Super Rugby, following their exclusion at the end of the 2017 Super Rugby season^[8] and following on from their inclusion in Super Rugby AU and Super Rugby Trans-Tasman in both 2020 and 2021.^[9]

The competition was again affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the competitions fixtures being revised in December 2021, due to border restriction in New Zealand.^[10] Then in January, the Force announced their Round 1 and Round 4 home matches would be swapped to away matches, due to border restrictions in Western Australia.^[11] In February, it was announced that the New Zealand sides (and Moana Pasifika) would enter a bio-bubble in Queenstown, New Zealand due to the threat of COVID-19 with all NZ-based matches being played at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin or Wakatipu Rugby Club, Queenstown.^[12] Despite this, it was announced that the Round 1 match between Moana Pasifika and the Blues would be postponed due to COVID-19 cases within the Moana Pasifika squad.^[13]

Competition format

The 12 participating teams will not be divided into geographical conferences, instead playing 14 regular season games: the 12 teams facing each other once in a home-and-away format for 11 games, and the remaining 3 games to be played with an emphasis on derby matches; with the Fijian Drua associated with the Australian sides and Moana Pasifika with the New Zealand sides, given they were based there. It is likely that the Drua and Moana Pasifika will also develop a rivalry, both being Pacific Island teams.^[14][2]

The top eight teams at the conclusion of the regular season qualified for the play-offs. For the quarterfinals, the first-ranked team played the eighth-ranked team, the second-ranked team played the seventh-ranked, the third-ranked played the sixth-ranked and the fourth-ranked team played the fifth-ranked. The quarterfinal winners progressed to the Semifinal, and the winners of the semifinals advanced to the final. The higher ranked team hosted each playoff match.^[14]

Standings

The current standings for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season are:

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Overall standings
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Blues	14	13	0	1	472	284	+188	64	38	5	1	58
2	Crusaders	14	11	0	3	470	268	+202	64	33	5	3	52
3	Chiefs	14	10	0	4	453	348	+105	62	42	4	1	45
4	Brumbies	14	10	0	4	404	306	+98	55	36	3	1	44
5	Hurricanes	14	8	0	6	441	330	+111	64	42	3	4	39
6	Waratahs	14	8	0	6	365	317	+48	45	39	2	4	38
7	Reds	14	8	0	6	342	327	+15	46	39	1	2	35
8	Highlanders	14	4	0	10	348	345	+3	43	45	2	5	23
9	Force	14	4	0	10	326	443	−117	42	61	2	5	23
10	Rebels	14	4	0	10	320	469	−149	39	65	0	4	20
11	Drua	14	2	0	12	261	518	−257	30	75	0	4	12
12	Moana Pasifika	14	2	0	12	267	514	−247	37	76	0	2	10

Legend and competition rules
Legend:
	Top eight teams, qualified to the play-offs.	P = Games played, W = Games won, D = Games drawn, L = Games lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TF = Tries for, TA = Tries against, TB = Try bonus points, LB = Losing bonus points, Pts = Tournament points
Competition rules:^[15]
Qualification: Eight teams will qualify to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the quarter-finals. The top eight teams for the quarter-finals will be seeded in order of log points gained during the group stages. In the quarter-finals, the teams seeded #1 to #4 will host the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner (Team #1) hosting the eighth-seeded team (Team #8) in quarter-final 1, the second-seeded conference winner (Team #2) hosting the seventh-seeded team (Team #7) in quarter-final 2, the third-seeded team (Team #3) hosting the sixth-seeded team (Team #6) in quarter-final 3 and the fourth-seeded team (Team #4) hosting the fifth-seed team (Team #5) in quarter-final 4. The quarter-final winners will progress to the semi-finals, where the winners of quarter-finals 1 and 4 will play each other, as well as the winners of quarter-finals 2 and 3, each match hosted by the higher-seeded team. The winner of the semi-finals will progress to the Final, again to be held at the venue of the highest-seeded team. Tournament points breakdown: * 4 tournament points for a win * 2 tournament points for a draw * 1 tournament bonus point for a loss by seven points or less * 1 tournament bonus point for scoring at least three tries more than the opponent in a match Classification: Teams standings are calculated as follows: * Tournament points * Number of games won * Overall points difference * Number of tries scored * Overall try difference * Coin toss

Round-by-round

The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:

Team Progression
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	RM	R7	R8	RM	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	RM	R15	QF	SF	Final
Blues	0 (7th)	1 (8th)	5 (7th)	9 (5th)	9 (7th)	13 (6th)	17 (4th)	22 (4th)	27 (2nd)	27 (2nd)	31 (1st)	36 (1st)	40 (1st)	45 (1st)	50 (1st)	54 (1st)	54 (1st)	58 (1st)	Won	Won	Lost
Brumbies	4 (5th)	9 (1st)	13 (2nd)	18 (1st)	22 (1st)	26 (1st)	26 (1st)	26 (1st)	31 (1st)	31 (1st)	31 (2nd)	35 (2nd)	39 (2nd)	43 (2nd)	43 (2nd)	44 (3rd)	44 (3rd)	44 (4th)	Won	Lost	DNQ
Chiefs	4 (4th)	4 (6th)	5 (8th)	9 (6th)	14 (5th)	14 (5th)	14 (6th)	18 (6th)	18 (6th)	18 (6th)	23 (6th)	28 (5th)	32 (4th)	32 (4th)	36 (4th)	41 (4th)	41 (4th)	45 (3rd)	Won	Lost	DNQ
Crusaders	4 (3rd)	9 (2nd)	14 (1st)	15 (3rd)	15 (4th)	19 (3rd)	19 (3rd)	23 (3rd)	27 (3rd)	27 (3rd)	28 (4th)	33 (3rd)	34 (3rd)	39 (3rd)	43 (3rd)	48 (2nd)	48 (2nd)	52 (2nd)	Won	Won	Won
Drua	0 (12th)	0 (12th)	4 (9th)	5 (9th)	6 (9th)	6 (10th)	6 (10th)	6 (10th)	6 (11th)	6 (11th)	6 (11th)	6 (11th)	7 (11th)	7 (11th)	11 (11th)	11 (11th)	11 (11th)	12 (11th)	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Force	1 (6th)	6 (5th)	6 (6th)	7 (8th)	11 (6th)	12 (7th)	12 (7th)	12 (7th)	13 (7th)	13 (8th)	13 (8th)	13 (8th)	14 (9th)	14 (10th)	14 (10th)	14 (10th)	19 (9th)	23 (9th)	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Highlanders	0 (10th)	0 (10th)	1 (10th)	1 (10th)	1 (11th)	2 (12th)	2 (12th)	3 (12th)	8 (10th)	8 (10th)	9 (10th)	9 (10th)	13 (10th)	17 (8th)	22 (8th)	22 (8th)	22 (8th)	23 (8th)	Lost	DNQ	DNQ
Hurricanes	0 (9th)	4 (7th)	8 (4th)	8 (7th)	8 (8th)	9 (8th)	9 (8th)	10 (8th)	11 (8th)	16 (7th)	20 (7th)	24 (6th)	24 (7th)	29 (7th)	33 (5th)	38 (5th)	38 (5th)	39 (5th)	Lost	DNQ	DNQ
Moana Pasifika	0 (8th)	0 (9th)	0 (12th)	0 (12th)	0 (12th)	4 (11th)	4 (11th)	4 (11th)	4 (12th)	4 (12th)	4 (12th)	4 (12th)	5 (12th)	6 (12th)	6 (12th)	6 (12th)	6 (12th)	10 (12th)	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Rebels	0 (11th)	0 (11th)	1 (11th)	1 (11th)	2 (10th)	6 (9th)	6 (9th)	6 (9th)	10 (9th)	10 (9th)	11 (9th)	11 (9th)	15 (8th)	15 (9th)	16 (9th)	16 (9th)	16 (10th)	20 (10th)	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Reds	4 (2nd)	8 (3rd)	13 (3rd)	17 (2nd)	18 (2nd)	22 (2nd)	22 (2nd)	26 (2nd)	26 (4th)	26 (4th)	30 (3rd)	30 (4th)	31 (5th)	31 (6th)	31 (7th)	35 (7th)	35 (7th)	35 (7th)	Lost	DNQ	DNQ
Waratahs	5 (1st)	6 (4th)	7 (5th)	11 (4th)	15 (3rd)	15 (4th)	15 (5th)	20 (5th)	20 (5th)	20 (5th)	24 (5th)	24 (7th)	28 (6th)	32 (5th)	33 (6th)	37 (6th)	37 (6th)	38 (6th)	Lost	DNQ	DNQ
Key:	win	draw	loss	bye	Posp.	No match	RM = Rescheduled match

Matches

Main article: List of 2022 Super Rugby Pacific matches

The fixtures for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific competition were released on 15 November 2021.^[16] On 23 December 2021, a revised draw was announced due to complications surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

Home \ Away	BLU	BRU	CHI	CRU	DRU	FOR	HIG	HUR	MOA	REB	RED	WAR
Blues	—	—	24–22	—	35–18	—	32–20	32–33	46–16	71–28	53–26	—
Brumbies	19–21	—	—	26–37	42–3	29–23	—	42–25	—	—	16–12	27–20
Chiefs	0–25	28–38	—	19–34	—	54–21	26–16	—	45–12	—	—	51–27
Crusaders	23–27	—	21–24	—	61–3	—	17–14	42–32	—	42–17	28–15	—
Drua	—	12–33	34–35	—	—	18–20	24–27	—	34–19	31–26	—	14–38
Force	18–22	38–39	—	15–53	—	—	—	27–22	—	21–22	16–29	24–41
Highlanders	25–32	17–28	—	19–34	—	61–10	—	21–22	37–17	—	—	20–32
Hurricanes	—	—	29–30	21–24	67–5	—	21–14	—	53–12	45–22	30–17	—
Moana Pasifika	19–32	32–22	12–59	12–33	—	28–48	—	24–19	—	—	—	20–26
Rebels	—	17–36	30–33	—	42–27	3–28	31–30	—	26–22	—	32–36	—
Reds	—	21–7	25–27	—	33–28	—	19–27	—	34–22	23–5	—	32–20
Waratahs	17–20	—	—	24–21	40–10	22–17	—	18–22	—	24–19	16–20	—

First match(es) will be played: 18 February 2022. Source: https://sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/fixtures/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

The finals fixtures were as follows:

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	4 June – Auckland
	Blues	35
					11 June — Auckland
	Highlanders	6
					Blues	20
	4 June – Canberra
					Brumbies	19
	Brumbies	35
									18 June — Auckland
	Hurricanes	25
									Blues	7
	3 June – Christchurch
									Crusaders	21
	Crusaders	37
					10 June – Christchurch
	Reds	15
					Crusaders	20
	4 June – Hamilton
					Chiefs	7
	Chiefs	39
	Waratahs	15

Quarterfinals

	3 June 2022	Crusaders	37–15	Reds	Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
	19:05 (GMT +12)	Try: Jordan 15' c Mo'unga 57' c Reece 65' c Williams 74' c Con: Mo'unga (4/4) 16', 58', 66', 76' Pen: Mo'unga (3/3) 10', 32', 39'	Report	Try: Vunivalu 25' m Daugunu 43' c Con: Creighton (1/2) 44' Pen: Creighton (1/1) 6'	Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

	4 June 2022	Chiefs	39–15	Waratahs	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	16:35 (GMT +12)	Try: Weber (2) 6' c, 64' m L. Jacobson 22' c Nankivell 34' c Sowakula 71' c Con: Gatland (4/5) 7', 23', 36', 72' Pen: Gatland (2/2) 3', 40+1'	Report	Try: Pietsch 8' c Harris 46' m Con: Edmed (1/2) 10' Pen: Edmed (1/1) 19'	Attendance: 10,121^[17] Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)

	4 June 2022	Blues	35–6	Highlanders	Eden Park, Auckland
	19:05 (GMT +12)	Try: A. Ioane 31' c Barrett (2) 35' c, 48' c Lam 59' c Tuivasa-Sheck 69' c Con: Perofeta (5/5) 33', 37', 49', 60', 70'	Report	Pen: Banks (2/2) 5', 30' Cards: Makalio   22'	Attendance: 18,491^[18] Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

	4 June 2022	Brumbies	35–25	Hurricanes	GIO Stadium, Canberra
	19:45 (GMT +10)	Try: Fainga'a 25' m Simone 31' c Banks 64' c Wright 74' c Con: White (1/1) 33' Lolesio (2/3) 66', 76' Pen: Lolesio (3/3) 8', 48', 61' Cards: Ikitau   23'	Report	Try: Moorby (2) 17' m, 39' m Pen: Barrett (5/5) 4', 11', 23', 35', 42' Cards: Franks   25' to 35' Rayasi   73'	Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)

Semifinals

	10 June 2022	Crusaders	20–7	Chiefs	Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
	19:05 (GMT +12)	Try: Grace (2) 23' c, 35' c Con: Mo'unga (2/2) 25', 37' Pen: Mo'unga (2/3) 6', 9' Cards: Matera   20' to 30' Matera   32'	Report	Try: Ta'avao 27' c Con: Gatland (1/1) 28' Cards: Tupaea   8' to 18'	Attendance: 15,000^[19] Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)

	11 June 2022	Blues	20–19	Brumbies	Eden Park, Auckland
	19:05 (GMT +12)	Try: Sotutu 23' c Telea 34' c Con: Perofeta (2/2) 24', 36' Pen: Perofeta (2/2) 10', 21' Cards: Eklund   52' to 62' Choat   75'	Report	Try: Simone 3' c L. Lonergan (2) 59' m, 76' c Con: Lolesio (2/3) 4', 78'	Attendance: 21,024^[18] Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Final

Further information: 2022 Super Rugby Pacific Final

	18 June 2022	Blues	7–21	Crusaders	Eden Park, Auckland
	19:05 (GMT +12)	Try: Christie 59' c Con: Perofeta (1/1) 60'	Report Match Summary	Try: Hall 40' c Reece 76' m Con: Mo'unga (1/2) 40+1' Pen: Mo'unga (2/3) 30', 46' Drop: Mo'unga 13'	Attendance: 36,608^[18] Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Statistics

As of 11 June 2022

Leading point scorers

No.	Player	Team	Points	Average	Details
1	Stephen Perofeta	Blues	129	9.21	4 T, 38 C, 10 P, 0 D
2	Richie Mo'unga	Crusaders	126	10.50	1 T, 32 C, 18 P, 1 D
3	Bryn Gatland	Chiefs	122	8.13	2 T, 40 C, 10 P, 0 D
4	Jordie Barrett	Hurricanes	118	9.83	3 T, 26 C, 17 P, 0 D
	Noah Lolesio	Brumbies	118	9.83	1 T, 28 C, 18 P, 1 D
6	Teti Tela	Drua	93	9.30	0 T, 21 C, 17 P, 0 D
7	James O'Connor	Reds	87	8.70	1 T, 21 C, 13 P, 0 D
8	Matt To'omua	Rebels	78	7.09	0 T, 18 C, 14 P, 0 D
9	Tane Edmed	Waratahs	76	6.33	1 T, 22 C, 9 P, 0 D
10	Ian Prior	Force	75	5.36	0 T, 18 C, 13 P, 0 D

Source: Points

Leading try scorers

No.	Player	Team	Tries	Average
1	Leicester Fainga'anuku	Crusaders	10	0.59
	Will Jordan	Crusaders	10	0.67
	Sevu Reece	Crusaders	10	0.67
4	Josh Moorby	Hurricanes	9	0.90
	Tom Wright	Brumbies	9	0.56
6	Jock Campbell	Reds	8	0.62
7	Caleb Clarke	Blues	7	0.78
	Lachlan Lonergan	Brumbies	7	0.64
	Alex Nankivell	Chiefs	7	0.50
	Mark Nawaqanitawase	Waratahs	7	0.58
	Salesi Rayasi	Hurricanes	7	0.70

Source: Tries

Discipline

Player	Team	Red	Yellow	Round (vs. Opponent)
Ray Nu'u	Rebels	2	0	Round 8 (vs. Force)   Round 11 (vs. Moana Pasifika)
Pablo Matera	Crusaders	1	3	Semi-final (vs. Chiefs)   Round 11 (vs. Waratahs)   Round 15 (vs. Reds)   Semi-final (vs. Chiefs)
Josh Dickson	Highlanders	1	2	Round 9 (vs. Hurricanes)   Round 12 (vs. Reds)   Round 13 (vs. Force)
Reece Hodge	Rebels	1	2	Round 2 (vs. Force)   Round 2 (vs. Force)   Round 6 (vs. Drua)
Caleb Clarke	Blues	1	1	Round 7 (vs. Moana Pasifika)   Round 3 (vs. Chiefs)
Sekope Kepu	Moana Pasifika	1	1	Round 15 (vs. Brumbies)   Round 6 (vs. Hurricanes)
Paddy Ryan	Waratahs	1	1	Round 13 (vs. Hurricanes)   Round 14 (vs. Highlanders)
Tom Banks	Brumbies	1	0	Round 6 (vs. Force)
Scott Barrett	Crusaders	1	0	Round 5 (vs. Blues)
Angus Bell	Waratahs	1	0	Round 10 (vs. Chiefs)
Hamish Dalzell	Crusaders	1	0	Round 11 (vs. Waratahs)
Samipeni Finau	Chiefs	1	0	Round 11 (vs. Reds)
Sam Gilbert	Highlanders	1	0	Round 14 (vs. Waratahs)
Len Ikitau	Brumbies	1	0	Quarter-final (vs. Hurricanes)
Richard Kahui	Force	1	0	Round 13 (vs. Highlanders)
Shilo Klein	Crusaders	1	0	Round 7 (vs. Highlanders)
Nepo Laulala	Blues	1	0	Round 1 (vs. Moana Pasifika)
Andrew Makalio	Highlanders	1	0	Quarter-final (vs. Blues)
Nemani Nagusa	Drua	1	0	Round 7 (vs. Waratahs)
Tuaina Taii Tualima	Reds	1	0	Round 7 (vs. Brumbies)
Dane Zander	Reds	1	0	Round 6 (vs. Waratahs)
Salesi Rayasi	Hurricanes	0	4	Round 6 (vs. Moana Pasifika)   Round 11 (vs. Brumbies)   Round 15 (vs. Force)   Quarter-final (vs. Brumbies)
Levi Aumua	Moana Pasifika	0	2	Round 6 (vs. Hurricanes)   Round 10 (vs. Force)
Jahrome Brown	Brumbies	0	2	Round 11 (vs. Hurricanes)   Round 15 (vs. Moana Pasifika)
Adrian Choat	Blues	0	2	Round 15 (vs. Waratahs)   Semi-final (vs. Brumbies)
Feleti Kaitu'u	Force	0	2	Round 1 (vs. Waratahs)   Round 13 (vs. Highlanders)
Luke Romano	Blues	0	2	Round 4 (vs. Highlanders)   Round 8 (vs. Chiefs)
Darcy Swain	Brumbies	0	2	Round 5 (vs. Reds)   Round 14 (vs. Blues)
Quinn Tupaea	Chiefs	0	2	Round 10 (vs. Waratahs)   Semi-final (vs. Crusaders)
Taniela Tupou	Reds	0	2	Round 1 (vs. Rebels)   Round 7 (vs. Brumbies)
Chris Apoua	Moana Pasifika	0	1	Round 9 (vs. Chiefs)
Kaylum Boshier	Chiefs	0	1	Round 8 (vs. Blues)
Fergus Burke	Crusaders	0	1	Round 1 (vs. Hurricanes)
Ollie Callan	Force	0	1	Round 5 (vs. Drua)
Jock Campbell	Reds	0	1	Round 11 (vs. Chiefs)
Cam Clark	Brumbies	0	1	Round 7 (vs. Reds)
Sam Darry	Blues	0	1	Round 11 (vs. Force)
Filipo Daugunu	Reds	0	1	Round 9 (vs. Rebels)
Kurt Eklund	Blues	0	1	Semi-final (vs. Brumbies)
Ere Enari	Moana Pasifika	0	1	Round 14 (vs. Reds)
Pone Fa'amausili	Rebels	0	1	Round 13 (vs. Chiefs)
Folau Fainga'a	Brumbies	0	1	Round 14 (vs. Blues)
Tima Fainga'anuku	Moana Pasifika	0	1	Round 12 (vs. Waratahs)
Lalakai Foketi	Waratahs	0	1	Round 9 (vs. Force)
Feao Fotuaika	Reds	0	1	Round 3 (vs. Force)
Owen Franks	Hurricanes	0	1	Quarter-final (vs. Brumbies)
David Havili	Crusaders	0	1	Round 5 (vs. Blues)
Riley Higgins	Hurricanes	0	1	Round 12 (vs. Drua)
Harry Hoopert	Reds	0	1	Round 4 (vs. Drua)
Akira Ioane	Blues	0	1	Round 15 (vs. Waratahs)
Brayden Iose	Hurricanes	0	1	Round 1 (vs. Crusaders)
Luke Jacobson	Chiefs	0	1	Round 13 (vs. Rebels)
Oli Jager	Crusaders	0	1	Round 1 (vs. Hurricanes)
Sefo Kautai	Brumbies	0	1	Round 4 (vs. Rebels)
Jone Koroiduadua	Drua	0	1	Round 1 (vs. Waratahs)
Kane Koteka	Force	0	1	Round 8 (vs. Rebels)
Christian Lealiifano	Moana Pasifika	0	1	Round 5 (vs. Chiefs)
Frank Lomani	Drua	0	1	Round 7 (vs. Waratahs)
Efi Ma'afu	Rebels	0	1	Round 5 (vs. Waratahs)
Tate McDermott	Reds	0	1	Round 6 (vs. Waratahs)
Connal McInerney	Brumbies	0	1	Round 15 (vs. Moana Pasifika)
Fraser McReight	Reds	0	1	Round 14 (vs. Moana Pasifika)
Santiago Medrano	Force	0	1	Round 11 (vs. Blues)
Marino Mikaele-Tu'u	Highlanders	0	1	Round 12 (vs. Reds)
Alamanda Motuga	Moana Pasifika	0	1	Round 5 (vs. Highlanders)
Josh Nasser	Reds	0	1	Round 4 (vs. Drua)
Sam Nock	Blues	0	1	Round 8 (vs. Chiefs)
Hunter Paisami	Reds	0	1	Round 3 (vs. Force)
Reesjan Pasitoa	Force	0	1	Round 9 (vs. Waratahs)
Veikoso Poloniati	Moana Pasifika	0	1	Round 5 (vs. Highlanders)
Pouri Rakete-Stones	Hurricanes	0	1	Round 10 (vs. Reds)
Selestino Ravutaumada	Drua	0	1	Round 14 (vs. Crusaders)
Marcel Renata	Blues	0	1	Round 8 (vs. Chiefs)
Jamie Roberts	Waratahs	0	1	Round 10 (vs. Chiefs)
Ratu Leone Rotuisolia	Drua	0	1	Round 3 (vs. Rebels)
Tuidraki Samusamuvodre	Drua	0	1	Round 8 (vs. Brumbies)
Justin Sangster	Hurricanes	0	1	Round 11 (vs. Brumbies)
James Slipper	Brumbies	0	1	Round 4 (vs. Rebels)
Henry Stowers	Moana Pasifika	0	1	Round 14 (vs. Reds)
Bailyn Sullivan	Hurricanes	0	1	Round 10 (vs. Reds)
Tiaan Tauakipulu	Waratahs	0	1	Round 1 (vs. Drua)
Samu Tawake	Drua	0	1	Round 1 (vs. Reds)
Jeremy Thrush	Force	0	1	Round 15 (vs. Hurricanes)
Carlo Tizzano	Waratahs	0	1	Round 4 (vs. Force)
Matt To'omua	Rebels	0	1	Round 8 (vs. Force)
Karl Tu'inukuafe	Blues	0	1	Round 10 (vs. Drua)
Glen Vaihu	Rebels	0	1	Round 4 (vs. Brumbies)
Mahe Vailanu	Waratahs	0	1	Round 9 (vs. Force)
Rob Valetini	Brumbies	0	1	Round 7 (vs. Reds)
Connor Vest	Reds	0	1	Round 10 (vs. Hurricanes)
Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco	Waratahs	0	1	Round 11 (vs. Crusaders)
Nic White	Brumbies	0	1	Round 4 (vs. Rebels)
Harry Wilson	Reds	0	1	Round 11 (vs. Chiefs)

Players

Squads

The following squads have been named. Players listed in italics denote non-original squad members:

Blues squad^[20]

Forwards	Adrian Choat • Sam Darry • Kurt Eklund • Vaiolini Ekuasi • Josh Fusitua • Josh Goodhue • Alex Hodgman • Akira Ioane • Nepo Laulala • James Lay • Jordan Lay • Dalton Papalii • Taine Plumtree • Marcel Renata • Ricky Riccitelli • Tom Robinson • Luke Romano • Anton Segner • Hoskins Sotutu • Cameron Suafoa • James Tucker • Karl Tu'inukuafe • Ofa Tu'ungafasi • Soane Vikena
Backs	Nigel Ah Wong • Beauden Barrett • Finlay Christie • Caleb Clarke • Corey Evans • Taufa Funaki • Bryce Heem • Rieko Ioane • AJ Lam • Jock McKenzie • Lisati Milo-Harris • Sam Nock • Stephen Perofeta • Harry Plummer • Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens • Zarn Sullivan • Mark Telea • Tanielu Teleʻa • Tamati Tua • Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Coach	Leon MacDonald

Brumbies squad^[21]

Forwards	Allan Alaalatoa • Jahrome Brown • Folau Fainga'a • Nick Frost • Tom Hooper • Fred Kaihea • Sefo Kautai • Ed Kennedy • Lachlan Lonergan • Connal McInerney • Cadeyrn Neville • Billy Pollard • Luke Reimer • Tom Ross • Pete Samu • Rory Scott • Scott Sio • James Slipper • Darcy Swain • Rob Valetini
Backs	Lachie Albert • Tom Banks • Cam Clark • Hudson Creighton • Chris Feauai-Sautia • Len Ikitau • Rodney Iona • Noah Lolesio • Ryan Lonergan • Andy Muirhead • Jesse Mogg • Ollie Sapsford • Irae Simone • Nic White • Tom Wright
Coach	Dan McKellar

Chiefs squad^[22]

Forwards	Naitoa Ah Kuoi • Josh Bartlett • Kaylum Boshier • Mitchell Brown • Hamilton Burr • Sam Cane • George Dyer • Samipeni Finau • Tom Florence • Luke Jacobson • Mitch Jacobson • Josh Lord • Sione Mafileo • Laghlan McWhannell • Atu Moli • Ollie Norris • Reuben O'Neill • Simon Parker • Brodie Retallick • Aidan Ross • Bradley Slater • Pita Gus Sowakula • Angus Ta'avao • Samisoni Taukei'aho • Tyrone Thompson • Solomone Tukuafu • Tupou Vaa'i
Backs	Inga Finau • Bryn Gatland • Josh Ioane • Anton Lienert-Brown • Jonah Lowe • Etene Nanai-Seturo • Alex Nankivell • Emoni Narawa • Rameka Poihipi • Cortez Ratima • Rivez Reihana • Xavier Roe • Shaun Stevenson • Chase Tiatia • Kaleb Trask • Quinn Tupaea • Brad Weber • Gideon Wrampling
Coach	Clayton McMillan

Crusaders squad^[23]

Forwards	Scott Barrett • George Bell • Ethan Blackadder • George Bower • Finlay Brewis • Seb Calder • Tom Christie • Hamish Dalzell • Mitchell Dunshea • Zach Gallagher • Dominic Gardiner • Cullen Grace • Liam Hallam-Eames • Sione Havili Talitui • Ricky Jackson • Oli Jager • Corey Kellow • Shilo Klein • Pablo Matera • Brodie McAlister • Joe Moody • Fletcher Newell • Abraham Pole • Quinten Strange • Codie Taylor • Sam Whitelock • Tamaiti Williams
Backs	George Bridge • Fergus Burke • Mitchell Drummond • Braydon Ennor • Leicester Fainga'anuku • Chay Fihaki • Inga Finau • Jack Goodhue • Bryn Hall • David Havili • Simon Hickey • Will Jordan • Dallas McLeod • Richie Mo'unga • Kini Naholo • Isaiah Punivai • Sevu Reece • Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi
Coach	Scott Robertson

Drua squad^[24]

Forwards	Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta • Meli Derenalagi • Mesu Dolokoto • Haereiti Hetet • Tevita Ikanivere • Jone Koroiduadua • Chris Minimbi • Vilive Miramira • Raikabula Momoedonu • Nemani Nagusa • Isoa Nasilasila • Rusiate Nasove • Viliame Rarasea • Ratu Leone Rotuisolia • Kitione Salawa Jr. • Manasa Saulo • Timoci Sauvoli • Joseva Tamani • Samu Tawake • Jone Tiko • Zuriel Togiatama • Sorovakatini Tuifagalele • Meli Tuni • Kaliopasi Uluilakepa
Backs	Napolioni Bolaca • Ilaisa Droasese • Vinaya Habosi • Baden Kerr • Simione Kuruvoli • Frank Lomani • Jona Mataiciwa • Ratu Peni Matawalu • Caleb Muntz • Kalione Nasoko • Leone Nawai • Onisi Ratave • Kitione Ratu • Kalaveti Ravouvou • Selestino Ravutaumada • Tuidraki Samusamuvodre • Kitione Taliga • Teti Tela • Alivereti Veitokani • Apisalome Vota • Serupepeli Vularika • Josh Vuta
Coach	Mick Byrne

Force squad^[25]

Forwards	Bo Abra • Tim Anstee • Ollie Callan • Greg Holmes • Feleti Kaitu'u • Kane Koteka • Fergus Lee-Warner • Harry Lloyd • Alex Masibaka • Ryan McCauley • Santiago Medrano • Jackson Pugh • Andrew Ready • Tom Robertson • Izack Rodda • Will Sankey • Brynard Stander • Jeremy Thrush • Angus Wagner • Jack Winchester
Backs	Daniel Ala • Issak Fines-Leleiwasa • Kyle Godwin • Richard Kahui • Bayley Kuenzle • Brad Lacey • Grason Makara • Manasa Mataele • Michael McDonald • Jack McGregor • Jake McIntyre • Reesjan Pasitoa • Ian Prior • Toni Pulu • Byron Ralston • Jake Strachan • Reece Tapine
Coach	Tim Sampson

Highlanders squad^[26]

Forwards	Jermaine Ainsley • Leni Apisai • Sam Caird • Liam Coltman • Ethan de Groot • Josh Dickson • Bryn Evans • Gareth Evans • Sam Fischli • Shannon Frizell • Billy Harmon • Max Hicks • Josh Hohneck • Fabian Holland • Luca Inch • Ayden Johnstone • James Lentjes • Daniel Lienert-Brown • Christian Lio-Willie • Andrew Makalio • Rhys Marshall • Saula Ma'u • Marino Mikaele-Tu'u • Pari Pari Parkinson • Hugh Renton • Manaaki Selby-Rickit • Jeff Thwaites • Sean Withy
Backs	Solomon Alaimalo • James Arscott • Marty Banks • Liam Coombes-Fabling • Mosese Dawai • Folau Fakatava • Connor Garden-Bachop • Sam Gilbert • Scott Gregory • Kayne Hammington • Nathan Hastie • Mitch Hunt • Vilimoni Koroi • Jona Nareki • Fetuli Paea • Ngane Punivai • Aaron Smith • Denny Solomona • Vereniki Tikoisolomone • Josh Timu • Sio Tomkinson • Thomas Umaga-Jensen • Freedom Vahaakolo • Rory van Vugt
Coach	Tony Brown

Hurricanes squad^[27]

Forwards	Leni Apisai • Asafo Aumua • Dominic Bird • James Blackwell • Dane Coles • Caleb Delany • Jacob Devery • Alex Fidow • Devan Flanders • Owen Franks • Blake Gibson • TK Howden • Brayden Iose • Bruce Kauika-Petersen • Kianu Kereru-Symes • Du'Plessis Kirifi • Tyler Laubscher • Tyrel Lomax • Tevita Mafileo • Siua Maile • Ben May • Xavier Numia • James O'Reilly • Tom Parsons • Reed Prinsep • Jared Proffit • Pouri Rakete-Stones • Justin Sangster • Ardie Savea • Scott Scrafton • Pasilio Tosi • Raymond Tuputupu • Isaia Walker-Leawere
Backs	Jordie Barrett • Jamie Booth • Jackson Garden-Bachop • Wes Goosen • Logan Henry • Riley Higgins • Richard Judd • Ruben Love • Josh Moorby • Aidan Morgan • Pepesana Patafilo • TJ Perenara • Billy Proctor • Salesi Rayasi • Cam Roigard • Julian Savea • Bailyn Sullivan • Peter Umaga-Jensen • Teihorangi Walden
Coach	Jason Holland

Moana Pasifika squad^[28]

Forwards	Joe Apikotoa • Chris Apoua • Suetena Asomua • Xavier Cowley-Tuioti • Michael Curry • Penitoa Finau • Solomone Funaki • Lotu Inisi • Niko Jones • Josh Kaifa • Sekope Kepu • Tau Koloamatangi • Jack Lam • Ezekiel Lindenmuth • Don Lolo • Mike McKee • Alex McRobbie • Sam Moli • Alamanda Motuga • Mahonri Ngakuru • Ray Niuia • Abraham Pole • Veikoso Poloniati • Joe Royal • Sam Slade • Henry Stowers • Luteru Tolai • Sione Tuipulotu • Isi Tu'ungafasi
Backs	Nigel Ah Wong • Tomasi Alosio • Levi Aumua • Ere Enari • Tima Fainga'anuku • Neria Fomai • William Havili • Fine Inisi • Solomone Kata • Christian Lealiifano • D'Angelo Leuila • Lincoln McClutchie • Manu Paea • Dwayne Polataivao • Henry Taefu • Jonathan Taumateine • Timoci Tavatavanawai • Danny Toala • Anzelo Tuitavuki • Lolagi Visinia
Coach	Aaron Mauger

Rebels squad^[29]

Forwards	Isaac Aedo Kailea • Josh Canham • Cabous Eloff • Sef Fa'agase • Pone Fa'amausili • Matt Gibbon • James Hanson • Richard Hardwick • Ross Haylett-Petty • Josh Hill • Trevor Hosea • Michael Icely • Tamati Ioane • Josh Kemeny • Rob Leota • Sione Lolesio • Efi Ma'afu • Daniel Maiava • Tom Nowlan • Cameron Orr • Matt Philip • Emosi Tuqiri • Jordan Uelese • Rhys van Nek • Sam Wallis • Michael Wells • Brad Wilkin
Backs	Lachie Anderson • Carter Gordon • Mason Gordon • Reece Hodge • Stacey Ili • Nick Jooste • Andrew Kellaway • Lebron Naea • Ray Nu'u • Joe Pincus • Joe Powell • Lukas Ripley • Jeral Skelton • Moses Sorovi • Young Tonumaipea • Matt To'omua • James Tuttle • Glen Vaihu • Ilikena Vudogo • George Worth
Coach	Kevin Foote

Reds squad^[30]

Forwards	Albert Anae • Richie Asiata • George Blake • Angus Blyth • Sef Fa'agase • Matt Faessler • Lopeti Faifua • Feao Fotuaika • Harry Hoopert • Alex Mafi • Fraser McReight • Josh Nasser • Zane Nonggorr • Lukhan Salakaia-Loto • Angus Scott-Young • Ryan Smith • Tuaina Taii Tualima • Taniela Tupou • Seru Uru • Connor Vest • Harry Wilson • Liam Wright • Dane Zander
Backs	Floyd Aubrey • Jock Campbell • Lawson Creighton • Filipo Daugunu • Ilaisa Droasese • Josh Flook • Mac Grealy • Isaac Henry • Spencer Jeans • Tom Lynagh • Tate McDermott • James O'Connor • Hunter Paisami • Jordan Petaia • Hamish Stewart • Kalani Thomas • Suliasi Vunivalu
Coach	Brad Thorn

Waratahs squad^[31]

Forwards	Angus Bell • Hugh Bokenham • Adrian Brown • Ed Craig • Geoff Cridge • Max Douglas • Tetera Faulkner • Charlie Gamble • Langi Gleeson • Ned Hanigan • Will Harris • Jed Holloway • Archer Holz • Michael Hooper • Tom Horton • Harry Johnson-Holmes • Dave Porecki • Paddy Ryan • Hugh Sinclair • Ruan Smith • Lachlan Swinton • Tiaan Tauakipulu • Carlo Tizzano • Hamdahn Tuipulotu • Mahe Vailanu • Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco • Jeremy Williams
Backs	Kurtley Beale • Ben Donaldson • Tane Edmed • Lalakai Foketi • Tevita Funa • Jake Gordon • Jack Grant • Will Harrison • Mark Nawaqanitawase • Alex Newsome • Izaia Perese • Dylan Pietsch • James Ramm • Triston Reilly • Jamie Roberts • Henry Robertson • Mosese Tuipulotu • James Turner • Joey Walton • Teddy Wilson
Coach	Darren Coleman

Referees

The following referees were selected to officiate the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season:^[32][33][34]

2022 Super Rugby referees

Australia	Nic Berry • Graham Cooper • Angus Gardner • Reuben Keane • Damon Murphy • Jordan Way
New Zealand	James Doleman • Mike Fraser • Angus Mabey • Ben O'Keeffe • Brendon Pickerill • Dan Waenga • Paul Williams

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