Super Rugby Pacific Season kicking off next month.

Teams this year are:

Aotearoa New Zealand based

Blues (Tamaki Makaurau Auckland)
Moana Pacific (Tamaki Makaurau Auckland)
Chiefs (Waikato)
Hurricanes (Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington)
Crusaders (Ōtautahi Christchurch)
Highlanders (Ōtepoti Dunedin)

Australia based

Waratahs (NSW)
Reds (Queensland)
Fiji Drua (Lennox Head NSW)
Brumbies (Canberra ACT)
Rebels (Melbourne Vic)
Western Force (Perth WA)


Happy to see Pasifika teams like Moana Pacific and Fiji included. Hopefully both sides play well and prove to doubters that the teams belong in the competition.

New Zealand sides should be at the top again, although from recent Wallaby performances it looks like Australia is starting to turn itself around. Hopefully the improved performance will filter down to the Aussie based Super Rugby Squads.