1998 Chiefs (Super Rugby) season

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Chiefs
1998 season
Head coach Ross Cooper
Captain Errol Brain
Stadium Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Placing7th
RecordWon 6, Lost 5
Top try scorerAll: Roger Randle (6)
Top points scorerAll: Ian Foster (56)

1998 was another tough year for the Waikato Chiefs rugby team in the Super 12 tournament, winning 6 of their 11 games and finishing 7th overall on the table. This year the team was coached by Ross Cooper and captained by Errol Brain.

Contents

Standing

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Blues 11902388296+92743
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Crusaders 11803340260+80941
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Sharks 11704329263+66836
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Highlanders 11704343279+64634
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Reds 11614273229+44531
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Waratahs 11614306276+30430
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chiefs 11605279291−12529
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hurricanes 11506313342−29626
9 Flag of South Africa.svg Stormers 11308248364−166618
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brumbies 11308228308−80517
11 Flag of South Africa.svg Bulls 11308249306−57416
12 Flag of South Africa.svg Cats 11209266346−80715

Results

28 February 1998
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 25–23 Flag of New Zealand.svg Canterbury Crusaders
Try: McLeod
Little
Pen: MacDonald (5)
Try: Mehrtens
Kerr
Marshall
Mayerhofler
Pen: Mehrtens
North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
7 March 1998
Queensland Reds Flag of Australia (converted).svg 25–28 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Try: Smith
Flatley
Horan
Con: Flatley (2)
Pen: Flatley (2)
Try: Reihana
Cooper
Randle
Con: MacDonald
Cooper
Pen: Foster
Cooper
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
Referee: Johan Meuwesen (South Africa)
13 March 1998
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 19–22 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington Hurricanes
Try: Robinson
Randle
Pen: Foster
MacDonald (2)
Try: Telea (2)
Leaupepe
Umaga
Con: Preston
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Glenn Wahlstrom (New Zealand)
21 March 1998
Auckland Blues Flag of New Zealand.svg 25–23 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Try: Vidiri
Con: Cashmore
Pen: Cashmore (6)
Try: Marsh
Randle
Con: Cooper (2)
Pen: Cooper (3)
Eden Park, Auckland
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
4 April 1998
Otago Highlanders Flag of New Zealand.svg 29–11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Try: Wilson
Stanley
Leslie
Falaniko
Con: Culhane (3)
Pen: Culhane
Try: McLeod
Pen: Cooper (2)
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
11 April 1998
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 37–25 Flag of South Africa.svg Northern Transvaal
Try: Marsh
Collins
Cooksley
Miller
Flavell
Con: Foster (2)
Cooper
Pen: Foster (2)
Try: Van Schalkwyk
Grobbelaar
Van der Westhuizen
Con: Smith (2)
Pen: Smith (2)
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Andrew Cole (New Zealand)
18 April 1998
Golden Cats Flag of South Africa.svg 35–36 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Try: Van der Walt
Swanepoel
Con: De Beer (2)
Pen: De Beer (7)
Try: Brain
Marsh
Moore
Little (2)
Con: Foster (4)
Pen: Foster
Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
25 April 1998
Coastal Sharks Flag of South Africa.svg 52–18 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Try: Wessels
Terblanche (4)
Brink
Minnaar
Con: Wessels
Honiball (6)
Pen: Honiball
Try: Larsen
Osborne
Con: Little
Pen: Cooper (2)
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Referee: Andrew Cole (New Zealand)
2 May 1998
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 26–7 Flag of South Africa.svg Western Stormers
Try: McLeod (2)
Con: Foster (2)
Pen: Foster (4)
Try: Penalty try
Con: Koen
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)
8 May 1998
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 35–15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg ACT Brumbies
Try: Reihana (2)
Randle (2)
Con: Foster (2)
Cooper
Pen: Foster (3)
Try: Birch
Larkham
Mortlock
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Tappe Henning (South Africa)
15 May 1998
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 21–33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Waratahs
Try: Cooper
Randle
Con: Cooper
Pen: Cooper (3)
Try: Welborn
Dowling (2)
Con: Burke (3)
Pen: Burke (4)
North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Referee: Johan Meuwesen (South Africa)

Squad

The Chiefs squad for the 1998 season was:[ citation needed ]

1998 Chiefs squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Midfield

Wings

Fullbacks

(c)

denotes team captain,Bold denotes player is internationally capped.

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