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With the full 2020 Super Rugby draw cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian-only and New Zealand-only competitions are running as a replacement.
New Zealand’s Super Rugby Aotearoa runs for ten weeks from June 13, and features all five Kiwi franchises: the Crusaders, Blues, Hurricanes, Chiefs and Highlanders. There are no finals, with the top team at the end of the home-and-away season taking home the competition.
Rugby Australia is also running a domestic iteration of the competition – known as Super Rugby AU – which runs from July 3 and uses the same format.
Super Rugby AU features the four Australian Super Rugby franchises – the Waratahs, Reds, Brumbies and Rebels – as well as the Western Force.
The 2020 edition of Super Rugby proper was the final season to feature the Sunwolves and, with the Japanese franchise not included in Super Rugby AU, their time in the competition has come to an end.
All Super Rugby games in 2020 – including the replacement Australian and NZ competitions – can be streamed via Kayo Sports or watched on television through Fox Sports.
2020 Super Rugby AU fixtures
All times in AEST Jump to Round: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Round 1
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Jul 3
Reds vs Waratahs
Suncorp Stadium
7:05pm
Sat, Jul 4
Brumbies vs Rebels
GIO Stadium
7:15pm
Bye: Force
Round 2
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Jul 10
Rebels vs Reds
AAMI Park
7:05pm
Sat, Jul 11
Waratahs vs Force
Sydney Cricket Ground
7:15pm
Bye: Brumbies
Round 3
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Jul 17
Reds vs Force
Suncorp Stadium
7:05pm
Sat, Jul 18
Waratahs vs Brumbies
ANZ Stadium
TBC
Bye: Rebels
Round 4
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Jul 24
Rebels vs Waratahs
AAMI Park
7:05pm
Sat, Jul 25
Force vs Brumbies
TBC
7:15pm
Bye: Reds
Round 5
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Jul 31
Force vs Rebels
HBF Park
7:05pm
Sat, Aug 1
Brumbies vs Reds
GIO Stadium
7:15pm
Bye: Waratahs
Round 6
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Aug 7
Rebels vs Brumbies
AAMI Park
7:05pm
Sat, Aug 8
Waratahs vs Reds
TBC
7:15pm
Bye: Force
Round 7
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Aug 14
Force vs Waratahs
HBF Park
7:05pm
Sat, Aug 15
Reds vs Rebels
Suncorp Stadium
7:15pm
Bye: Brumbies
Round 8
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Aug 21
Force vs Reds
HBF Park
7:05pm
Sat, Aug 22
Brumbies vs Waratahs
GIO Stadium
7:15pm
Bye: Rebels
Round 9
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Aug 28
Brumbies vs Force
GIO Stadium
7:05pm
Sat, Aug 29
Waratahs vs Rebels
TBC
7:15pm
Bye: Reds
Round 10
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Fri, Sep 4
Rebels vs Force
AAMI Park
7:05pm
Sat, Sep 5
Reds vs Brumbies
Suncorp Stadium
7:15pm
Bye: Waratahs
Finals
Sat, Sep 12
Qualifying final
TBC
TBC
Sat, Sep 19
Final
TBC
TBC
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2020 Super Rugby Aotearoa fixtures
All times in AEST Jump to Round: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Round 1
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Jun 13
Highlanders vs Chiefs
Forsyth Barr Stadium
5:05pm
Sun, Jun 14
Blues vs Hurricanes
Eden Park
1:35pm
Bye: Crusasders
Round 2
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Jun 20
Chiefs vs Blues
FMG Stadium Waikato
5:05pm
Sun, Jun 21
Hurricanes vs Crusaders
Sky Stadium
1:35pm
Bye: Highlanders
Round 3
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Jun 27
Blues vs Highlanders
Eden Park
5:05pm
Sun, Jun 28
Crusaders vs Chiefs
Orangetheory Stadium
1:35pm
Bye: Hurricanes
Round 4
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Jul 4
Highlanders vs Crusaders
Forsyth Barr Stadium
5:05pm
Sun, Jul 5
Chiefs vs Hurricanes
FMG Stadium Waikato
1:35pm
Bye: Blues
Round 5
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Jul 11
Crusaders vs Blues
Orangetheory Stadium
5:05pm
Sun, Jul 12
Hurricanes vs Highlanders
Sky Stadium
1:35pm
Bye: Chiefs
Round 6
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Jul 18
Hurricanes vs Blues
Sky Stadium
5:05pm
Sun, Jul 19
Chiefs vs Highlanders
FMG Stadium Waikato
1:35pm
Bye: Crusaders
Round 7
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Jul 25
Crusaders vs Hurricanes
Orangetheory Stadium
5:05pm
Sun, Jul 26
Blues vs Chiefs
Eden Park
1:35pm
Bye: Highlanders
Round 8
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Aug 1
Chiefs vs Crusaders
FMG Stadium Waikato
5:05pm
Sun, Aug 2
Highlanders vs Blues
Forsyth Barr Stadium
1:35pm
Bye: Hurricanes
Round 9
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Aug 8
Hurricanes vs Chiefs
Sky Stadium
5:05pm
Sun, Aug 9
Crusaders vs Highlanders
Orangetheory Stadium
1:35pm
Bye: Blues
Round 10
Date
Fixture
Venue
Kick-off
Sat, Aug 15
Highlanders vs Hurricanes
Forsyth Barr Stadium
5:05pm
Sun, Aug 16
Blues vs Crusaders
Eden Park
1:35pm
Bye: Chiefs
All times are in Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time until April 1, when the time reverts to Australian Eastern Standard Time.
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