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The Super 14 is the largest Rugby Union football club championship in the Southern Hemisphere , consisting of provincial teams from Australia , New Zealand and South Africa . The fourteen sides all compete against one another, with no divisional or pool system. Each team plays 13 games during the regular season which runs for fourteen weeks. The teams in the top four places on the competition ladder after the regular season enter the finals leg of the tournament. The semi-finals are contested to decide the two finalists, which is played at the highest ranked winners' home ground, as opposed to a pre-selected neutral venue. The current competition was inaugurated in 1996 , and from the first season through to 2005 , the competition was known as Super 12; the name change came about following the expansion for the 2006 Season . The term '''Super Rugby''' is sometimes used when talking about the Super 14 and Super 12 collectively. Matches are now broadcast in 41 countries.1 COMPETITION FORMAT AND SPONSORSHIP Format The Super 14 is a Round-robin competition where each team plays every other team once; a team has six or seven home games, and six or seven away games each. There are 91 Regular Season games in total.2 Games are held over 14 weekends with each team receiving one Bye . The Super 14 uses the Rugby Union Bonus Points System . The top four teams at the end of the round-robin phase then play semifinals - the first placed team hosts the fourth placed team, and the second placed team hosts the third placed team. The two winners then play the final at the home ground of the top surviving seed. SANZAR See Also: SANZAR SANZAR is a joint union between the South African , New Zealand and Australian rugby Unions, that oversees the Super 14 and Tri Nations . There have always been rumours that South Africa may one day leave the Super 14 and Tri Nations to join the Six Nations in the Northern Hemisphere due to the the fact that South Africa's timezone would suit the move.3 The Tri Nations takes place after the Super 14 season, between South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Logo |
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