The Super 10 replaced the Super 6 and the previous South Pacific Championship and CANZ Series tournaments which had been organized by the Australian and New Zealand rugby unions during the 1980s and early 1990s. With South Africa being readmitted into international sport due to the dismantling of apartheid (both The Wallabies and the All Blacks toured South Africa during 1992), there was an opportunity to launch an expanded competition also featuring South Africa's top provincial teams. The South African Broadcasting Corporation's Top Sport channel committed to a three-year sponsorship of the competition, allowing it to be launched.
The official declaration of professionalism in rugby union in August 1995 led to a reworking of the competition. SANZAR, a partnership between the South African Rugby Union, the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Australian Rugby Union was formed, and in association with Rupert Murdoch's News Limited, they created the Super 12. That fully professional competition featured teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa only, with one more team from each country being admitted, and was launched in 1996
The ten teams were split into two pools to minimize the logistical problems caused by the travel required and the time zone differences between the participating countries. Each team played the other four teams in their pool once, with four competition points being awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss by seven points or less. Bonus points for scoring four or more tries were not introduced until the formation of the Super 12.
The top team in each pool met in a final to decide the championship.
For the inaugural competition, New Zealand were represented by NPC champions Waikato, along with Auckland, Otago and North Harbour. South Africa were represented by Currie Cup champions Natal, along with Transvaal and Northern Transvaal. Samoa were the representatives from the Pacific Tri-Series.[1]
For the second edition of the competition, New Zealand were represented by NPC champions Auckland, along with Waikato, Otago and North Harbour. South Africa were represented by Currie Cup champions Transvaal, along with Natal and Eastern Province. Samoa were the representatives from the Pacific Tri-Series.[2]
For the third edition of the competition, New Zealand were represented by NPC champions Auckland, along with Canterbury, Otago and North Harbour. South Africa were represented by Currie Cup champions Transvaal, along with Western Province and Free State. Tonga were the representatives from the Pacific Tri-Series.[3]
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Super 10 redirects here For the Italian former Super 10 see Top12 For other uses see Super 10 disambiguation The Super 10 was a rugby union football tournament featuring ten teams from Australia New Zealand South Africa Tonga and Western Samoa The competition ran for three years from 1993 to 1995 and was the predecessor of Super 12 and Super 14 now known as Super Rugby Super 10Super 10 logo used 1993 1995SportRugby union footballInaugural season1993Replaced bySuper12 1996 Number of teams10CountryAustralia 2 teams New Zealand 4 teams South Africa 3 teams Tonga 1995 Western Samoa 1993 94 HoldersQueensland 1995 Most titlesQueensland 2 titles Broadcast partnerNetwork Ten Australia SABC Top Sport Television New ZealandRelated competitionCurrie Cup SA NPC Division One NZ Shute Shield AUS Hospital Cup AUS Pacific Tri NationsSuper 10 Trophy Contents 1 History 2 Past winners 3 Format 4 1993 season 4 1 Pool A 4 1 1 Standings 4 1 2 Matches 4 2 Pool B 4 2 1 Standings 4 2 2 Matches 4 3 Final 5 1994 season 5 1 Pool A 5 1 1 Standings 5 1 2 Matches 5 2 Pool B 5 2 1 Standings 5 2 2 Matches 5 3 Final 6 1995 season 6 1 Pool A 6 1 1 Standings 6 1 2 Matches 6 2 Pool B 6 2 1 Standings 6 2 2 Matches 6 3 Final 7 See also 8 ReferencesHistory EditThe Super 10 replaced the Super 6 and the previous South Pacific Championship and CANZ Series tournaments which had been organized by the Australian and New Zealand rugby unions during the 1980s and early 1990s With South Africa being readmitted into international sport due to the dismantling of apartheid both The Wallabies and the All Blacks toured South Africa during 1992 there was an opportunity to launch an expanded competition also featuring South Africa s top provincial teams The South African Broadcasting Corporation s Top Sport channel committed to a three year sponsorship of the competition allowing it to be launched The official declaration of professionalism in rugby union in August 1995 led to a reworking of the competition SANZAR a partnership between the South African Rugby Union the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Australian Rugby Union was formed and in association with Rupert Murdoch s News Limited they created the Super 12 That fully professional competition featured teams from Australia New Zealand and South Africa only with one more team from each country being admitted and was launched in 1996Past winners EditWinners by year Year FinalWinner Score Runner up1993 Transvaal 20 17 Auckland1994 Queensland 21 10 Natal1995 Queensland 30 16 TransvaalFormat EditThe ten teams for the competition were arranged as follows Two Australian teams New South Wales and Queensland Four New Zealand teams the top four teams from the previous year s National Provincial Championship Three South African teams the top three teams from the previous year s Currie Cup The winner of the previous year s Pacific Tri Nations between Fiji Tonga and Western Samoa The ten teams were split into two pools to minimize the logistical problems caused by the travel required and the time zone differences between the participating countries Each team played the other four teams in their pool once with four competition points being awarded for a win two for a draw and one for a loss by seven points or less Bonus points for scoring four or more tries were not introduced until the formation of the Super 12 The top team in each pool met in a final to decide the championship 1993 season Edit1993 Super 10 seasonDate3 April 22 May 1993ChampionsTransvaal 1st title Runners upAucklandMatches played21For the inaugural competition New Zealand were represented by NPC champions Waikato along with Auckland Otago and North Harbour South Africa were represented by Currie Cup champions Natal along with Transvaal and Northern Transvaal Samoa were the representatives from the Pacific Tri Series 1 Pool A Edit Standings Edit Pool A standingsPos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts1 Auckland 4 4 0 0 125 59 66 16 6 0 0 162 Natal 4 3 0 1 129 63 66 16 4 0 0 123 Western Samoa 4 2 0 2 80 113 33 8 15 0 0 84 Queensland 4 1 0 3 75 89 14 6 8 0 1 55 Otago 4 0 0 4 63 148 85 9 22 0 0 0Auckland progressed to the final Matches Edit 3 April 1993 Otago 22 63 Auckland 4 April 1993 Western Samoa 27 19 Queensland 16 April 1993 Queensland 21 22 Auckland 17 April 1993 Natal 56 13 Western Samoa 24 April 1993 Auckland 18 10 Western Samoa 24 April 1993 Otago 13 35 Natal 30 April 1993 Auckland 22 6 Natal 1 May 1993 Queensland 20 8 Otago 8 May 1993 Natal 32 15 Queensland 8 May 1993 Otago 20 30 Western Samoa Pool B Edit Standings Edit Pool B standingsPos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts1 Transvaal 4 4 0 0 121 53 68 9 2 0 0 162 New South Wales 4 2 0 2 57 84 27 4 10 0 1 93 Northern Transvaal 4 2 0 2 109 109 0 12 7 0 0 84 North Harbour 4 1 0 3 82 99 17 5 9 0 2 65 Waikato 4 1 0 3 75 99 24 7 9 0 0 5Transvaal progressed to the final Matches Edit 3 April 1993 Waikato 29 24 North Harbour 4 April 1993 Northern Transvaal 22 42 Transvaal 16 April 1993 New South Wales 17 13 Waikato 17 April 1993 Transvaal 39 13 North Harbour 23 April 1993 Northern Transvaal 45 20 New South Wales 24 April 1993 Transvaal 30 15 Waikato 1 May 1993 North Harbour 16 17 New South Wales 1 May 1993 Waikato 18 28 Northern Transvaal 7 May 1993 North Harbour 29 14 Northern Transvaal 8 May 1993 New South Wales 3 10 Transvaal Final Edit 22 May 1993 Transvaal 20 17 Auckland 1994 season Edit1994 Super 10 seasonDate31 March 14 May 1993ChampionsQueensland 1st title Runners upNatalMatches played21For the second edition of the competition New Zealand were represented by NPC champions Auckland along with Waikato Otago and North Harbour South Africa were represented by Currie Cup champions Transvaal along with Natal and Eastern Province Samoa were the representatives from the Pacific Tri Series 2 Pool A Edit Standings Edit Pool A standingsPos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts1 Queensland 4 3 0 1 93 54 39 0 1 132 North Harbour 4 3 0 1 83 59 24 0 1 133 Otago 4 2 0 2 119 109 10 0 1 94 Transvaal 4 2 0 2 95 74 21 0 0 85 Eastern Province 4 0 0 4 70 164 94 0 0 0Queensland progressed to the final Matches Edit 31 March 1994 Transvaal 35 15 Eastern Province 9 April 1994 Eastern Province 10 41 Queensland 9 April 1994 Transvaal 44 19 Otago 16 April 1994 Eastern Province 21 31 North Harbour 16 April 1994 Otago 24 18 Queensland 22 April 1994 Queensland 21 10 Transvaal 25 April 1994 North Harbour 23 19 Otago 30 April 1994 North Harbour 19 6 Transvaal 30 April 1994 Otago 57 24 Eastern Province 7 May 1994 Queensland 13 10 North Harbour Pool B Edit Standings Edit Pool B standingsPos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts1 Natal 4 4 0 0 92 62 30 0 0 162 New South Wales 4 3 0 1 90 58 32 0 0 123 Western Samoa 4 2 0 2 96 102 6 0 1 94 Auckland 4 1 0 3 71 61 10 0 3 75 Waikato 4 0 0 4 66 132 66 0 1 1Natal progressed to the final Matches Edit 1 April 1994 Waikato 16 43 New South Wales 9 April 1994 Auckland 27 10 Waikato 9 April 1994 New South Wales 25 23 Western Samoa 16 April 1994 Natal walkover New South Wales 16 April 1994 Western Samoa 32 16 Waikato 22 April 1994 Auckland 13 15 Western Samoa 23 April 1994 Waikato 24 30 Natal 30 April 1994 New South Wales 22 19 Auckland 30 April 1994 Western Samoa 26 48 Natal 7 May 1994 Natal 14 12 Auckland Final Edit 14 May 1994 Natal 10 21 Queensland 1995 season Edit1995 Super 10 seasonDate3 March 8 April 1995ChampionsQueensland 2nd title Runners upTransvaalMatches played21For the third edition of the competition New Zealand were represented by NPC champions Auckland along with Canterbury Otago and North Harbour South Africa were represented by Currie Cup champions Transvaal along with Western Province and Free State Tonga were the representatives from the Pacific Tri Series 3 Pool A Edit Standings Edit Pool A standingsPos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts1 Transvaal 4 3 0 1 78 65 13 0 1 132 New South Wales 4 2 1 1 78 64 14 0 1 113 Western Province 4 2 0 2 99 106 7 0 1 94 Otago 4 2 0 2 102 91 11 0 0 85 North Harbour 4 0 1 3 69 100 31 0 2 4Transvaal progressed to the final Matches Edit 4 March 1995 Transvaal 21 18 New South Wales 4 March 1995 Western Province 21 33 Otago 10 March 1995 New South Wales 31 16 Otago 11 March 1995 Transvaal 17 14 North Harbour 18 March 1995 North Harbour 6 6 New South Wales 18 March 1995 Western Province 15 13 Transvaal 25 March 1995 New South Wales 23 21 Western Province 25 March 1995 Otago 35 12 North Harbour 1 April 1995 North Harbour 37 42 Western Province 2 April 1995 Otago 18 27 Transvaal Pool B Edit Standings Edit Pool B standingsPos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts1 Queensland 4 4 0 0 116 48 68 0 0 162 Free State 4 3 0 1 85 91 6 0 0 123 Auckland 4 2 0 2 94 99 5 0 1 94 Canterbury 4 1 0 3 138 98 40 0 2 65 Tonga 4 0 0 4 62 159 97 0 1 1Queensland progressed to the final Matches Edit 3 March 1995 Queensland 24 6 Canterbury 4 March 1995 Free State 21 15 Auckland 11 March 1995 Auckland 15 31 Queensland 12 March 1995 Free State 15 12 Tonga 17 March 1995 Auckland 27 22 Canterbury 17 March 1995 Tonga 20 32 Queensland 25 March 1995 Canterbury 75 5 Tonga 25 March 1995 Queensland 29 7 Free State 1 April 1995 Canterbury 35 42 Free State 1 April 1995 Tonga 25 37 Auckland Final Edit 8 April 1995 Transvaal 16 30 Queensland See also EditSouth Pacific ChampionshipReferences Edit Super 10 1993 Rugby Archive Retrieved 11 April 2018 Super 10 1994 Rugby Archive Retrieved 11 April 2018 Super 10 1995 Rugby Archive Retrieved 11 April 2018 McIlraith Matt 2005 Ten Years of Super 12 Auckland New Zealand Hodder Moa ISBN 1 86971 025 8 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Super 10 rugby union amp oldid 1123132136, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
