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2015 Super Rugby Season
The 2015 Super Rugby season was the 20th season of Super Rugby and the fifth season featuring an expanded 15-team format. For sponsorship reasons, this competition was known as Asteron Life Super Rugby in Australia, Investec Super Rugby in New Zealand and Vodacom Vodacom Group Limited is a South-Western African mobile communications company, providing voice, messaging, data and converged services to over 55 million customers. From its roots in South Africa, Vodacom has grown its operations to include ... Super Rugby in South Africa. The round-robin matches took place every weekend from 13 February until 13 June, followed by the finals series and culminating in the final on 4 July. This was the final season that featured a 15-team format. Competition format Covering 21 weeks, the schedule featured a total of 125 matches. The 15 teams were grouped geographically, labelled the Australian Conference, New Zealand Conference and the South African Conference. The regular seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indiv ... in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants/teams are eliminated after a certain number of losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ''ruban'', meaning "ribbon". Over a long period of time, the term was Folk etymology, corrupted and idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is freque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Coleman
Robert "Robbie" Coleman (born 3 August 1990) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the NOLA Gold in Major League Rugby (MLR). Coleman left the Brumbies after being granted a release at the end of the 2016 Super Rugby season. His playing position is either fly-half, centre or full-back. He made his Brumbies debut during the 2010 Super 14 season against the Reds in Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci .... Super Rugby statistics References External links Brumbies profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Coleman, Robbie 1990 births Living people Australian rugby union players Rugby union centres ACT Brumbies players Canberra Vikings players People from Queanbeyan Rugby union players from New South Wales Rugby union wings Rugby union fullbacks Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marnitz Boshoff
Marnitz Louis Boshoff (born 11 January 1989) is a South African rugby union player who usually plays as a fly-half or fullback. He plays for the in Super Rugby, the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge, having previously played for South African provincial sides , the and the in the Currie Cup and for Super Rugby side the . He also had a short stint with Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro14. He played in a single test match for in 2014 and also featured for invitational side the Barbarians. Rugby career Youth rugby Born in Nelspruit in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, Boshoff is a graduate of Nelspruit Hoërskool and attended the University of Pretoria. He was part of the youth team of Nelspruit-based side the Pumas from 2005 to 2007, before joining the academy of the Pretoria-based Blue Bulls. Blue Bulls Boshoff first played at provincial level for the Blue Bulls, playing for them from 2009 to 2011 after coming through their youth side. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton Jantjies
Elton Thomas Jantjies (born 1 August 1990) is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the in the Japan Rugby Football Union and the in the Currie Cup. Jantjies made his professional debut with the Lions (Super Rugby) during the 2011 Super Rugby season, and his International debut with the Springboks during the inaugural Rugby Championship. He has received several significant sporting awards, including the SARU Young Player of the Year award (2010), and the SA U20 Player of the Year award (2010). In June 2014 it was reported that Jantjies had signed a contract with Japanese side NTT Communications Shining Arcs who play in the Top League. This move meant that he would be ruled out for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division competition. Domestic career Golden Lions: 2011–14 Jantjies gained a reputation as being a clutch performer after he successfully converted every goal attempt in the 2011 Currie Cup final, a game in which the Golde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruan Combrinck
Ruan Jacobus Combrinck (born 10 May 1990) is a South African rugby union player. He plays mostly as a wing. He plays for in the Top14 in France. He previously played for the in Super Rugby, the and domestically and Kintetsu Liners in the Japanese Top League. School career Combrinck attended Michaelhouse in The Natal Midlands and played in the same first team as Springboks fly-half Patrick Lambie and scrum-half Ross Cronje International rugby On 28 May 2016, Combrinck was included in a 31-man squad for their three-test match series against a touring team. He made his debut as replacement for the Springboks on 18 June 2016 vs. Ireland at Emirates Park in Johannesburg. He scored a try on debut and was also Man of the Match. Honours * Super Rugby runner up (3) 2016, 2017, 2018 * Currie Cup winner 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'é ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Gardner
Angus Gardner (born 24 August 1984) is an Australian rugby union professional referee who was appointed to the Super Rugby referees panel in 2012. His first match in Super Rugby was between the Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels at Suncorp Stadium in March of that year. Gardner took up refereeing in 1999 at the age of fifteen, and became a full-time referee in 2015. He was appointed to his first test match in November 2011, which was an Oceania Cup match between Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu in Port Morseby. Gardner was appointed to the IRB Junior World Championship in 2012 and 2014, and took charge of the semi-final between England and Ireland in 2014. In 2015, Gardner was selected as an assistant referee at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He refereed the 2018 Super Rugby Final between the Crusaders and the Lions in Christchurch. In 2019, Gardner was selected to referee at the 2019 Rugby World Cup The 2019 Rugby World Cup was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Horwill
James Horwill (born 29 May 1985) is an Australian former rugby union player, who has played for the Australian national side, with 61 caps to his name. He captained the Wallabies a number of times, including during the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Horwill played ten seasons in Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds, followed by four seasons with English club Harlequins. His position was second row. Personal life Horwill was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and educated at Brisbane Boys College. As of February 2016, he was living in south west London, with his wife. James has a multimillion-dollar Brisbane property portfolio. Club career Queensland Reds Horwill made his Super 14 debut against arch rivals the New South Wales Waratahs in the first game of the 2006 season, after not even being included in the Reds original squad. Horwill captained the Queensland Reds to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super Rugby competition, his sixth season played at that level Overall, Horwill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt (born 17 November 1986) is a former multi-code international rugby league footballer who last played for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. Having played professional rugby league, rugby union and Australian rules football, Hunt was the second person (after Ray Millington) in Australia to reach an elite professional level in three different football codes. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but has represented Australia in both rugby codes after his family emigrated there when he was aged 11. Hunt made his debut for the Broncos in the National Rugby League in 2004 and won the Dally M Rookie of the Year award. Primarily a , he played for Brisbane until 2009 and was part of the Broncos team which won the Grand Final in 2006. In a controversial move, Hunt chose to play for Australia instead of his native New Zealand, citing a lifelong dream of playing for Queensland in the State of Origin series. Hunt's performance in the 2006 NRL season resulte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Lealiifano
Christian Leali'ifano (born 24 September 1987), is an Australian professional rugby player. He is of Samoan heritage, and his surname is spelled Leali'ifano when using Samoan diacritics. He currently plays for Moana Pasifika in the Super Rugby Pacific competition and his usual position is inside centre or fly-half. In August 2016, two weeks after the Brumbies were knocked out of the Super Rugby finals, Leali'ifano was diagnosed with leukaemia. He has resumed playing after receiving a bone marrow transplant, and in 2017 signed for Ulster, who play in the Pro14, on loan. He has signed with the Moana Pasifika for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. Early life Leali'ifano was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved with his family to Melbourne, Australia when he was seven years old. He attended Epping Primary School and Peter Lalor Secondary College. He played rugby union for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2004 and 2005. Leali'ifano joined the Brumbies rugby academy progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dargaville
James Dargaville (born 25 April 1992) is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays as a wing for the New South Wales Country Eagles in the National Rugby Championship, following stints with the Brumbies and North Harbour. He also represented the Sydney Stars in the inaugural National Rugby Championship. He has occasionally played as a centre as well. Career Dargaville started out his rugby career playing colts level rugby for Warringah and later Sydney University. He progressed to the Sydney Uni Shute Shield team in 2013 and was an instant hit scoring 24 tries in his first 2 seasons. This devastating form alerted the newly formed Sydney Stars who signed him up for the first ever National Rugby Championship season in 2014 where he scored 3 tries in 8 appearances. Several Super Rugby sides were known to be chasing his services ahead of the 2015 Super Rugby season, however he chose to head south to Canberra to join up with the . International career Dargav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tevita Kuridrani
Tevita Kuridrani (born 31 March 1991) is a Fijian-born Australian rugby union player. His usual position is outside-centre. He is currently with French club Biarritz and previously played for the Brumbies and Western Force in Super Rugby. Kuridrani has sixty caps for in international rugby. Family and early life Ratu Tevita Kuridrani was born in Suva, Fiji to Inosi and Litiana Kuridrani, and grew up in the small Fijian village of Namatakula. He began playing rugby while a student at Vatuwaqa Primary School, and was part of the Suva Milo Kaji team playing in the under-12 and 13 grades. He attended Lelean Memorial School in Suva, before moving with his family to Australia in 2007. Kuridrani attended Corinda State High School, and played rugby league and rugby union in Brisbane. Kuridrani is related to several well-known representative rugby players. He is the nephew of Noa Nadruku, and the cousin of Lote Tuqiri, Samu Wara, Nemani Nadolo, and Chris Kuridrani. Rugby caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
