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 Team 1 11 3 2 240 8 58 2 11 0 5 109 7 51 3 10 0 6 64 8 48 Wildcard teams 4 12 1 3 87 3 53 5 8 2 6 41 5 41 6 7 1 8 8 7 37 7 7 2 7 -14 4 36 8 6 3 7 49 6 36 Source: The 2019 season was a 15-team competition, consisting of three geographical conferences. Each conference leader at the end of the regular season, the from New Zealand, from Argentina and from Australia gained home berths in the quarterfinals, as did the top-ranked wildcard team, the 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.
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FB15David HaviliRW14Sevu ReeceOC13Braydon Ennor IC12Jack GoodhueLW11George BridgeFH10Richie Mo'unga SH9Bryn Hall N88Kieran ReadOF7Matt ToddBF6Whetukamokamo Douglas LL5Sam Whitelock (c)RL4Mitchell Dunshea TP3Owen Franks HK2Codie Taylor LP1Joe Moody Substitutes:HK16Andrew Makalio PR17George Bower PR18Michael Alaalatoa LK19Luke Romano FL20Jordan Taufua SH21Mitchell Drummond IC22Mitchell Hunt FB23Will Jordan Coach: Scott Robertson FB 15Emiliano BoffelliRW14Matías MoroniOC13Matías OrlandoIC12Jerónimo de la Fuente (c)LW11Ramiro Moyano FH10Joaquín Díaz Bonilla SH9Tomás Cubelli N88Javier Ortega Desio OF7Marcos KremerBF6Pablo MateraLL5Tomás Lavanini RL4Guido PettiTP3Santiago Medrano HK2Agustín Creevy LP1Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Substitutes:HK16Julián Montoya PR17Mayco Vivas PR18Enrique Pieretto FL19Juan Manuel Leguizamón FL20Tomás Lezana SH21Felipe Ezcurra FH22Domingo Miotti WG23Sebastián Cancelliere 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)
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