Super W

The Super W is a women's rugby union competition held in Australia. The inaugural season was in 2018,[1] when it replaced the former National Women's Rugby Championship. The NSW Waratahs are the most successful team so far, having won four titles.

Super W
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Super W season
SportRugby union
Founded2018 (2018)
Inaugural season2018
No. of teams6
CountryAustralia (5 teams)
Fiji (1 team)
Most recent
champion(s)		Fijiana Drua (2023)
Most titlesNSW Waratahs (4 titles)
TV partner(s)Stan Sport
Nine Network

Teams

Six women's rugby teams compete in the Super W:

Locations of teams in the Super W competition
Team City Stadium Capacity First season
Brumbies Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Canberra Stadium 25,011 2018
Melbourne Rebels Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Box Hill Rugby Club		 30,050
17,500		 2018
NSW Waratahs Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Football Stadium
Pittwater Park		 45,000
3,000		 2018
Queensland Reds Brisbane, Queensland Ballymore Stadium
Lang Park		 23,000
52,500		 2018
Western Force Perth, Western Australia Harvey Field
Kingsway Reserve		 8,000
22,000		 2018
Fijiana Drua Gold Coast, Queensland Robina Stadium 27,000
27,000		 2022

Champions

By year
Year No. of Teams Final
Winners Score Runners-up
2018 5 New South Wales Waratahs 16–13 Queensland Reds
2019 5 New South Wales Waratahs 8–5 Queensland Reds
2020 5 New South Wales Waratahs round-robin[lower-alpha 1] Queensland Reds
2021 6 New South Wales Waratahs 45–12 Queensland Reds
2022 6 Fijiana Drua 32–26 New South Wales Waratahs
2023 6 Fijiana Drua 38–30 Queensland Reds
Notes
  1. The 2020 final was scratched due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the New South Wales Waratahs were declared winners by virtue of having beaten the Queensland Reds in the regular season.

By overall placings
Rank Team Champion­ships Runners-up Third Fourth
1NSW Waratahs 4100
2Fijiana Drua 2000
3Queensland Reds 0410
4Brumbies 0023
5Western Force [lower-alpha 1] 0021
6Melbourne Rebels 0001
7President's XV 0000
Notes
  1. The Western Force tally includes results under the name RugbyWA used by the women's team in 2019 and 2020.

Players

For the inaugural season, the teams' playing lists were constructed from scratch throughout the later stages of 2018.

Clubs were asked to nominate a list of desired players, with the Super W assigning two of these "marquee" players to each club. In addition, clubs were able to sign a number of players with existing connections to the club, or with arrangements for club sponsored work or study.

All participants are required to be 17 years of age or older.

Media coverage

Television

During the 2020 season all matches were televised live by affiliate partners Fox Sports. Following Rugby Australia's broadcast deal with Nine Network, all games will be broadcast on streaming service Stan Sport, with one game a round being simulcast on Nine's flagship free to air channel.[2]

Online

All matches are streamed live by Stan Sport.

Corporate relations

Sponsorship

Buildcorp is the league's naming rights partner.[3] Gilbert is the official supplier of all rugby balls.

Merchandising

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

See also

References
  1. "Women's Super W rugby union competition to start without pay for players". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. Phillips, Sam (9 November 2020). "Nine, Rugby Australia confirm groundbreaking $100m broadcast deal". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. "Buildcorp in talks to sponsor Super W". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 February 2018.
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