The 2022 Super Rugby Aupiki season is the inaugural season of

Super Rugby Aupiki Super Rugby Aupiki is a professional women's rugby union club competition in New Zealand. Its inaugural season was held in March 2022. It is a steppingstone between the Farah Palmer Cup and the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, Black ...

. The competition commenced on 10 March between Chiefs Manawa and Matatū. On 20 March, Chiefs Manawa were crowned as the inaugural champions of

after defeating the Blues Women 35–0 in the final round of the competition.

Teams

Format

All four teams will get three regular season matches; one home, one away, and one Super Round fixture. The top two teams will contest the final. The competition was later reformatted to a round robin fixture due to the impact of

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. All the squads were strongly affected with player isolations and COVID-19 cases. The inaugural champion would be crowned based on their competition points.

Standings

Matches

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Notes

References

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