2019 Super Rugby final
# 2019 Super Rugby final

The 2019 Super Rugby Final was played between the Crusaders of New Zealand and the Jaguares of Argentina. It was the 24th final in the Super Rugby competition's history. The Crusaders had qualified in first place on the regular season standings, while the Jaguares had qualified in second place. Both teams hosted quarter-final and semi-final matches.

The final was won by the Crusaders who beat the Jaguares by sixteen points. The Crusaders stretched their record number of Super Rugby wins to ten and completed what is called a three-peat by winning the tournament three times consecutively in what was the competition's lowest scoring final.

## Road to the final

Finals Series qualifying teams :

| Conference leaders |
| - |
| Pos | Team | W | D | L | PD | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Crusaders | 11 | 3 | 2 | 240 | 8 | 58 |
| 2 | Jaguares | 11 | 0 | 5 | 109 | 7 | 51 |
| 3 | Brumbies | 10 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 8 | 48 |
| Wildcard teams |
| 4 | Hurricanes | 12 | 1 | 3 | 87 | 3 | 53 |
| 5 | Bulls | 8 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Sharks | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Chiefs | 7 | 2 | 7 | -14 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Highlanders | 6 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 6 | 36 |
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The 2019 season was a 15-team competition, consisting of three geographical conferences. Each conference leader at the end of the regular season, the Crusaders from New Zealand, Jaguares from Argentina and Brumbies from Australia gained home berths in the quarterfinals, as did the top-ranked wildcard team, the Hurricanes from New Zealand's conference. Their four wildcard opponents in the quarterfinals were the next best teams as ranked at the end of the regular season.

In the quarter-finals the Crusaders beat fellow New Zealand team the Highlanders while the Jaguares beat the Chiefs. For the semi-finals it was the Crusaders defeating the Hurricanes in Christchurch and the Jaguares defeating the Brumbies in Buenos Aires. Because of being the higher placed team in the regular season log standings, the final was held in Christchurch.

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 June – Christchurch | 21 June – Christchurch | | | |
| Crusaders | 38 | | | |
| Crusaders | 38 | 29 June — Christchurch | 29 June — Christchurch | | |
| Highlanders | 14 | 29 June — Christchurch | 29 June — Christchurch | |
| Highlanders | 14 | Crusaders | 30 | |
| 22 June – Wellington | 22 June – Wellington | | Crusaders | 30 | |
| 22 June – Wellington | 22 June – Wellington | Hurricanes | 26 | |
| Hurricanes | 35 | Hurricanes | 26 | |
| Hurricanes | 35 | | | | 6 July — Christchurch | 6 July — Christchurch |
| Bulls | 28 | | | | 6 July — Christchurch | 6 July — Christchurch |
| Bulls | 28 | | | | Crusaders | 19 |
| 21 June – Buenos Aires | 21 June – Buenos Aires | | | | | Crusaders | 19 |
| 21 June – Buenos Aires | 21 June – Buenos Aires | | | | Jaguares | 3 |
| Jaguares | 21 | | | | Jaguares | 3 |
| Jaguares | 21 | 28 June – Buenos Aires | 28 June – Buenos Aires | | | |
| Chiefs | 16 | 28 June – Buenos Aires | 28 June – Buenos Aires | | | |
| Chiefs | 16 | Jaguares | 39 | | | |
| 22 June – Canberra | 22 June – Canberra | | Jaguares | 39 | | | |
| 22 June – Canberra | 22 June – Canberra | Brumbies | 7 | |
| Brumbies | 38 | Brumbies | 7 | |
| Sharks | 13 | | | |

## Final

### Details

* 6 July 2019 19:35

| Crusaders | 19–3 | Jaguares |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Codie Taylor 25' c Con: Richie Mo'unga 26' Pen: Richie Mo'unga (4) 40', 54', 59', 75' | Report Scoreboard | Pen: Joaquín Díaz Bonilla 16' |

* Rugby League Park

| Crusaders | Jaguares |
| - | - |

Crusaders: :

| FB | 15 | David Havili |
| - | - | - |
| RW | 14 | Sevu Reece |
| OC | 13 | Braydon Ennor | 72' |
| IC | 12 | Jack Goodhue |
| LW | 11 | George Bridge |
| FH | 10 | Richie Mo'unga | 76' |
| SH | 9 | Bryn Hall | 53' |
| N8 | 8 | Kieran Read |
| OF | 7 | Matt Todd |
| BF | 6 | Whetukamokamo Douglas | 53' |
| LL | 5 | Sam Whitelock (c) |
| RL | 4 | Mitchell Dunshea | 62' |
| TP | 3 | Owen Franks | 57' |
| HK | 2 | Codie Taylor | 62' |
| LP | 1 | Joe Moody | 54' |
| Substitutes: |||
| HK | 16 | Andrew Makalio | 62' |
| PR | 17 | George Bower | 54' |
| PR | 18 | Michael Ala'alatoa | 57' |
| LK | 19 | Luke Romano | 62' |
| FL | 20 | Jordan Taufua | 53' |
| SH | 21 | Mitchell Drummond | 53' |
| IC | 22 | Mitchell Hunt | 76' |
| FB | 23 | Will Jordan | 72' |
| Coach: |||
| Scott Robertson ||||

Jaguares: :

| FB | 15 | Emiliano Boffelli |
| - | - | - |
| RW | 14 | Matías Moroni |
| OC | 13 | Matías Orlando |
| IC | 12 | Jerónimo de la Fuente (c) |
| LW | 11 | Ramiro Moyano | 72' |
| FH | 10 | Joaquín Díaz Bonilla | 62' |
| SH | 9 | Tomás Cubelli | 62' |
| N8 | 8 | Javier Ortega Desio | 69' |
| OF | 7 | Marcos Kremer |
| BF | 6 | Pablo Matera |
| LL | 5 | Tomás Lavanini | 63' |
| RL | 4 | Guido Petti |
| TP | 3 | Santiago Medrano | 54' |
| HK | 2 | Agustín Creevy | 54' |
| LP | 1 | Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro | 57' |
| Substitutes: |||
| HK | 16 | Julián Montoya | 54' |
| PR | 17 | Mayco Vivas | 57' |
| PR | 18 | Enrique Pieretto | 54' |
| FL | 19 | Juan Manuel Leguizamón | 69' |
| FL | 20 | Tomás Lezana | 63' |
| SH | 21 | Felipe Ezcurra | 62' |
| FH | 22 | Domingo Miotti | 62' |
| WG | 23 | Sebastián Cancelliere | 72' |
| Coach: |||
| Gonzalo Quesada ||||

* Man of the Match:
* Pablo Matera
* Assistant Referees:
* Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
* Paul Williams (New Zealand)
* Television match official:
* Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
