The following is a list of main stadiums used in the international rugby union competition, Super Rugby , in which teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands participate. Stadiums are current as of ahead of 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season. [1] The Moana Pasifika will play at multiple venues during the 2024 season, and these are listed as secondary stadiums. Stadiums are listed in order of size of capacity, and use their most recent sponsored Super Rugby name.
*Italics denote a former use of a Primary or Secondary stadium.
Stadium | Image | Team | Country | City | Capacity |
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Suncorp Stadium | Drua Reds Sunwolves | Australia | Brisbane | 52,500 | |
Eden Park | Blues Moana Pasifika | New Zealand | Auckland | 50,000 | |
Allianz Stadium | Waratahs | Australia | Sydney | 42,500 | |
Sky Stadium | Hurricanes | New Zealand | Wellington | 34,500 | |
Forsyth Barr Stadium | Blues Crusaders Highlanders Moana Pasifika | New Zealand | Dunedin | 30,748 | |
AAMI Park | Blues Chiefs Crusaders Drua Force Highlanders Hurricanes Moana Pasifika Rebels | Australia | Melbourne | 29,500 | |
FMG Stadium Waikato | Chiefs | New Zealand | Hamilton | 25,800 | |
GIO Stadium | Brumbies | Australia | Canberra | 25,011 | |
HBF Park | Force | Australia | Perth | 20,500 | |
Apollo Projects Stadium | Crusaders | New Zealand | Christchurch | 18,000 | |
HFC Bank Stadium | Chiefs Drua Highlanders | Fiji | Suva | 15,000 | |
Churchill Park | Drua | Fiji | Lautoka | 11,000 |
Stadium | Image | Team | Country | City | Capacity |
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Go Media Stadium | Moana Pasifika | New Zealand | Auckland | 30,000 | |
Semenoff Stadium | Blues Chiefs Moana Pasifika | New Zealand | Whangārei | 30,000 | |
North Harbour Stadium | Blues Chiefs Moana Pasifika | New Zealand | Albany | 25,000 | |
Central Energy Trust Arena | Highlanders Hurricanes | New Zealand | Palmerston North | 15,000 | |
Teufaiva Stadium | Moana Pasifika | Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | 10,000 |
The following list includes all former Super Rugby stadiums used from the 1996 season to the end of the 2023 season. The list does not include any stadium currently used as a primary or secondary stadium.
The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996, they were a representative team selected from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland. With the introduction of the professional Super 12 competition they moved to a model where players are contracted to the Reds through the Queensland Rugby Union rather than selected on the basis of club form.
Canberra Stadium is a facility primarily used for rugby league and rugby union games, located adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is the largest sports venue by capacity in Canberra.
The Highlanders is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby. The team was formed in 1996 to represent the lower South Island in the newly formed Super 12 competition, and includes the Otago, North Otago and Southland unions. The Highlanders take their name from the Scottish immigrants that founded the Otago, North Otago, and Southland regions in the 1840s and 1850s.
The Hurricanes is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Wellington that competes in Super Rugby. The Hurricanes were formed to represent the lower North Island, including the East Coast, Hawke's Bay, Horowhenua Kapiti, Manawatu, Poverty Bay, Wairarapa-Bush, Wanganui and Wellington unions. They currently play at Sky Stadium, having previously played at the now-defunct Athletic Park.
The ACT Brumbies is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the feral horses which inhabit the capital's hinterland. The team represents the ACT, as well as the Far South Coast and Southern Inland regions of New South Wales (NSW).
The New South Wales Waratahs, referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby competition. The Riverina and other southern parts of the state, are represented by the Brumbies, who are based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
The Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby Pacific. They previously played in Super Rugby from 2006 until they were axed from the competition in 2017. Following their axing they played in the National Rugby Championship in 2018 and 2019, replacing the Perth Spirit, and Global Rapid Rugby from 2018 to 2020, an Indo-Pacific competition organised by Andrew Forrest.
The Cheetahs, is a South African professional rugby union team based at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. They have played Super Rugby between 2006 and 2017, then the Pro14 from 2017 to 2020, and currently the EPCR Challenge Cup since 2022.
Perth Rectangular Stadium is a sports stadium in Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. Located close to Perth's central business district, the stadium currently has a maximum capacity of 20,500 people for sporting events and 25,000 people for concerts, with the ground's record attendance of 32,000 people set during an Ed Sheeran concert in 2015. The land on which the stadium was built, known as Loton Park, was made a public reserve in 1904, with the main ground developed several years later.
The Willows Sports Complex was a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was used predominantly as a rugby league ground as the home ground of the North Queensland Cowboys National Rugby League club. The ground was also used for rugby union and soccer. From 2009 to 2011, A-League football club North Queensland Fury called it home.
The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, referred to as AAMI Park due to a sponsorship arrangement, is an outdoor sports stadium situated on the grounds of Edwin Flack Field within the Sports and Entertainment Precinct in the heart of the Melbourne central business district.
Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional women's soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It competes in the A-League Women, the top tier of women's soccer in Australia.
The Fijian Drua is a professional rugby union team based in Fiji that competes in the Super Rugby. The team was created by the Fiji Rugby Union and launched in August 2017, shortly before the 2017 National Rugby Championship. The team previously competed in the Australian National Rugby Championship competition between 2017 and 2019, when the tournament was disbanded.
Hawke's Bay are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Napier, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1884, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at McLean Park in Napier in the Hawke's Bay region. The team is affiliated with the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are black and white.
Moana Pasifika is a rugby union team made up of players from various Pacific Island nations as well as New Zealand or Australian born players of Pasifika heritage, including Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands.