2025 Super Rugby Women's season

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2025 Super Rugby Women's season
CountriesFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (4 teams)
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji (1 team)
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Matches played13 [a]
Official website Super Rugby Women's
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The 2025 Super Rugby Women's season is the eighth and current season of the top-flight Australian and Fijian women's rugby union competition, Super Rugby. The season fixtures were released on 20 November 2024, consisting of five rounds (two matches per round), [a] and a Finals series to decide the season champions. [1] [2] The season fixture had a notable admission of the former team based in Victoria, the Melbourne Rebels. Rugby Australia (RA) announced in May 2024 that the men's team would be axed from the men's competition following the 2024 season. [3] [4] It was revealed later in the year (October 2024) that the women's team would also be axed. [5]

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It was also revealed that the 2025 Super Rugby Women's season champions would play the champions of the New Zealand domestic champions (Super Rugby Aupiki) following the conclusion of the season, also known as the Super Rugby Champions Final. [1] [6] [7] It will be the first edition of the new competition.

The New South Wales Waratahs are the defending champions. [8] [9]

Teams

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Locations of the 2025 Super Rugby Women's teams

Stadia and locations

UnionTeamLocation(s)StadiaCapacity
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia ACT Brumbies Bruce, Australian Capital Territory Canberra Stadium 25,011
Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory Viking Park 7,000
New South Wales Waratahs Moore Park, New South Wales Sydney Football Stadium 42,500
Queensland Reds Herston, Queensland Ballymore Stadium 6,000
Western Force Perth, Western Australia Perth Rectangular Stadium 20,500
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Fijiana Drua Lautoka, Ba Province Churchill Park 10,000

Personnel

TeamCoachCaptain
ACT Brumbies Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andy Friend [10] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Siokapesi Palu
Fijiana Drua Flag of Fiji.svg Ifereimi Rawaqa [11] Flag of Fiji.svg Karalaini Naisewa
New South Wales Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Ruthven [12] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Piper Duck
Queensland Reds Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Fraser [13] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cecilia Smith
Western Force Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan Parsons [14] [15] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trilleen Pomare

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDTBLBPtsQualification
1 ACT Brumbies 0000000000Advance to Finals
2 Fijiana Drua 0000000000
3 New South Wales Waratahs 0000000000
4 Queensland Reds 0000000000
5 Western Force 0000000000
Source: Super Rugby Women's
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Difference between points for and against; 4) Total number of points for.

Matches

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Finals

 
 Semi-finals Grand Final
 
      
 
4 April – TBD
 
 
 
 
12 April – North Sydney
 
 
 
 
 
5 April – TBD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals

4 April
v
5 April
v

Grand Final

12 April
14:35 AEST (UTC+10)
v
North Sydney Oval [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 There are thirteen scheduled fixtures, however the “Penina Pasifika” team plays an Australian Super Rugby Women's team between rounds 1–4 as a development match. [1]

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