The 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season was the 30th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and a combined team from Samoa, Tonga and other Pacific Island nations. The defending champions were the , who won their fourth title in 2024.
The competition was reduced from twelve teams in 2024 to eleven following the axing of Australian team Melbourne Rebels.
The season started on 14 February 2025 and the Grand Final was played on Saturday 21 June, before the start of the 2025 mid-year international window.
Format The competition format remained the same from the previous season (2024), with an extra regular season round and the finals series being the major changes, alongside the fixture list and afternoon fixture times. Eleven teams played in a round-robin format, with seven matches at home and seven away, and two byes. The fourteen games included teams playing four teams twice, with a focus on "rivalry match-ups", and the six remaining teams once. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top six teams on the season ladder competed in the qualifying finals. The first-placed team went head-to-head against the sixth-placed team; the second-placed team went head-to-head against the fifth-placed team; and the third-placed team against the fourth-placed team.
Each winner and the highest-seeded losing team advanced to the semi-finals. Teams were re-seeded based on their regular season placings; this included the highest-seeded loser, which was then penalised one seeding rank (for instance, if the 1st-placed team lost its qualifying final, it would be re-seeded in the 2nd position in the semi-final round). The winners of each semi-final (1st vs 4th, 2nd vs 3rd) advanced to the Grand Final, the highest-seeded team being the hosts.
The rankings on the competition table were determined by the number of competition points earned during the regular season. Competition points could be gained in the following way: four points were awarded to the winning team, two points to each team for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams could also receive a singular bonus point if they scored at least three tries more than the opponent in a match, or lose by seven points or less.
Standings The current standings for the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season are:
Competition rules Competition points breakdown: * 4 competition points for a win * 2 competition points for a draw * 1 competition bonus point for a loss by seven points or less * 1 competition bonus point for scoring at least three tries more than the opponent in a match Tiebreaker rules: If, at any stage, teams have the same number of competition points, the following tiebreaker rules apply (in this order) to determine their standing: * Most wins from all matches* Highest difference between total points for and total points against from all matches (points difference)* Most tries scored from all matches* Highest difference between total tries for and total tries against from all matches* Coin toss
Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:
Team progression Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 QF SF Final Blues 0 (11th) 0 (11th) 5 (8th) 6 (10th) 7 (9th) 7 (9th) 7 (10th) 11 (10th) 16 (9th) 17 (8th) 17 (9th) 22 (7th) 27 (5th) 28 (7th) 28 (7th) 33 (6th) Won Lost style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" Brumbies 4 (3rd) 5 (5th) 5 (7th) 9 (6th) 14 (4th) 15 (5th) 19 (4th) 19 (5th) 23 (3rd) 28 (3rd) 29 (3rd) 34 (3rd) 39 (2nd) 43 (1st) 43 (3rd) 44 (3rd) Won Lost style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" Chiefs 4 (1st) 9 (1st) 13 (1st) 14 (1st) 18 (1st) 22 (1st) 22 (2nd) 26 (1st) 27 (2nd) 32 (1st) 37 (1st) 37 (1st) 41 (1st) 41 (2nd) 46 (1st) 51 (1st) Lost Won Lost Crusaders 4 (2nd) 4 (8th) 4 (9th) 9 (4th) 14 (2nd) 19 (2nd) 19 (3rd) 24 (2nd) 28 (1st) 32 (2nd) 37 (2nd) 37 (2nd) 37 (3rd) 41 (3rd) 45 (2nd) 49 (2nd) Won Won Won Drua 1 (8th) 2 (9th) 3 (10th) 7 (8th) 7 (10th) 7 (10th) 7 (11th) 7 (11th) 7 (11th) 11 (11th) 11 (11th) 15 (11th) 15 (11th) 20 (10th) 20 (10th) 20 (10th) style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" Force 4 (4th) 8 (2nd) 9 (4th) 9 (7th) 9 (8th) 14 (6th) 15 (6th) 20 (4th) 20 (6th) 22 (5th) 22 (6th) 22 (8th) 22 (9th) 22 (9th) 23 (9th) 23 (9th) style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" Highlanders 1 (7th) 5 (4th) 9 (3rd) 9 (3rd) 10 (6th) 11 (7th) 12 (8th) 12 (9th) 17 (7th) 17 (9th) 17 (10th) 18 (10th) 18 (10th) 19 (11th) 20 (11th) 20 (11th) style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" Hurricanes 0 (10th) 4 (7th) 5 (6th) 5 (11th) 9 (7th) 9 (8th) 14 (7th) 15 (7th) 16 (8th) 18 (7th) 22 (5th) 26 (5th) 26 (6th) 30 (5th) 34 (4th) 39 (4th) Lost style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" Moana Pasifika 1 (6th) 1 (10th) 2 (11th) 6 (9th) 6 (11th) 6 (11th) 10 (9th) 15 (8th) 15 (10th) 15 (10th) 20 (8th) 24 (6th) 24 (7th) 28 (6th) 28 (6th) 28 (7th) style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" Reds 0 (9th) 5 (3rd) 9 (2nd) 9 (5th) 14 (3rd) 19 (3rd) 23 (1st) 23 (3rd) 23 (4th) 23 (4th) 27 (4th) 28 (4th) 32 (4th) 32 (4th) 33 (5th) 38 (5th) Lost style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" Waratahs 4 (5th) 4 (6th) 8 (5th) 13 (2nd) 13 (5th) 17 (4th) 17 (5th) 17 (6th) 21 (5th) 21 (6th) 21 (7th) 21 (9th) 22 (8th) 22 (8th) 26 (8th) 26 (8th) style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" style="line-height:1.2;padding:3px" Key: Win Draw Loss Bye DNQ = Did not qualify
Matches
Finals series
Qualifying finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Leading point scorers No. Player Team Points Average Details 1 Damian McKenzie 209 14.93 6 , 49 , 27 , 0 2 Beauden Barrett 112 8.00 3 , 35 , 9 , 0 3 Tom Lynagh 104 8.00 4 , 39 , 2 , 0 4 Ben Donaldson 96 7.38 2 , 34 , 6 , 0 5 Sam Gilbert 89 7.42 5 , 14 , 12 , 0 6 Ruben Love 84 7.00 4 , 23 , 6 , 0 7 Patrick Pellegrini 81 6.75 2 , 28 , 5 , 0 8 Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula 75 5.77 1 , 20 , 10 , 0 9 Rivez Reihana 74 8.22 2 , 20 , 8 , 0 10 Noah Lolesio 69 5.75 0 , 27 , 5 , 0 Source: Points
Leading try scorers No. Player Team Tries Average 1 Carlo Tizzano 13 1.18 2 Billy Pollard 11 0.73 Corey Toole 11 0.69 4 Leroy Carter 9 0.60 Will Jordan 9 0.64 Andy Muirhead 9 0.56 Kyren Taumoefolau 9 0.75 8 Allan Alaalatoa 8 0.57 Lachie Anderson 8 0.53 Miracle Faiʻilagi 8 0.62 Len Ikitau 8 0.57 Kini Naholo 8 0.80 Sevu Reece 8 0.50 Macca Springer 8 1.00 Bailyn Sullivan 8 0.53 Source: Tries
Discipline PlayerTeam Red Yellow Round (vs. opponent) Hoskins Sotutu 1 1 Round 3 (vs. ) Semi-final (vs. ) Daniel Lienert-Brown 1 0 Round 2 (vs. ) Mark Tele'a 1 0 Round 11 (vs. ) Sean Withy 1 0 Round 8 (vs. ) Tom Hooper 0 3 Round 6 (vs. ) Round 10 (vs. ) Round 12 (vs. ) Miles Amatosero 0 2 Round 3 (vs. ) Round 9 (vs. ) Ethan Blackadder 0 2 Round 9 (vs. ) Qualifying final (vs. ) Nick Champion de Crespigny 0 2 Round 2 (vs. ) Round 13 (vs. ) Josh Fusitua 0 2 Round 1 (vs. ) Semi-final (vs. ) Fraser McReight 0 2 Round 2 (vs. ) Round 12 (vs. ) Hunter Paisami 0 2 Round 2 (vs. ) Round 14 (vs. ) Billy Pollard 0 2 Round 6 (vs. ) Round 14 (vs. ) Reed Prinsep 0 2 Round 2 (vs. ) Round 4 (vs. ) Tom Savage 0 2 Round 4 (vs. ) Round 6 (vs. ) Sio Tomkinson 0 2 Round 8 (vs. ) Round 11 (vs. ) Taniela Tupou 0 2 Round 13 (vs. ) Round 15 (vs. ) Tupou Vaa'i 0 2 Round 2 (vs. ) Semi-final (vs. ) Naitoa Ah Kuoi 0 1 Round 5 (vs. ) Scott Barrett 0 1 Round 1 (vs. ) Daniel Botha 0 1 Round 13 (vs. ) John Bryant 0 1 Round 7 (vs. ) Josh Canham 0 1 Round 13 (vs. ) Mitchell Dunshea 0 1 Round 1 (vs. ) Braydon Ennor 0 1 Semi-final (vs. ) Jake Gordon 0 1 Round 12 (vs. ) Cullen Grace 0 1 Round 7 (vs. ) Ethan de Groot 0 1 Round 6 (vs. ) David Havili 0 1 Final (vs. ) William Havili 0 1 Round 12 (vs. ) Alex Hodgman 0 1 Round 7 (vs. ) Rieko Ioane 0 1 Round 3 (vs. ) Brayden Iose 0 1 Round 4 (vs. ) Vuate Karawalevu 0 1 Round 1 (vs. ) Andrew Kellaway 0 1 Round 5 (vs. ) Du'Plessis Kirifi 0 1 Round 2 (vs. ) Simione Kuruvoli 0 1 Round 9 (vs. ) Iosefo Masi 0 1 Round 16 (vs. ) Laghlan McWhannell 0 1 Round 6 (vs. ) Heremaia Murray 0 1 Round 6 (vs. ) Motikai Murray 0 1 Round 5 (vs. ) Jona Nareki 0 1 Round 8 (vs. ) Xavier Numia 0 1 Round 3 (vs. ) Reuben O'Neill 0 1 Round 16 (vs. ) Pepesana Patafilo 0 1 Round 14 (vs. ) Patrick Pellegrini 0 1 Round 15 (vs. ) Dylan Pietsch 0 1 Round 2 (vs. ) Abraham Pole 0 1 Round 16 (vs. ) Ngane Punivai 0 1 Round 5 (vs. ) Isikeli Rabitu 0 1 Round 1 (vs. ) Pouri Rakete-Stones 0 1 Round 3 (vs. ) Ricky Riccitelli 0 1 Qualifying final (vs. ) Henry Robertson 0 1 Round 14 (vs. ) Tom Robertson 0 1 Round 1 (vs. ) Kitione Salawa Jr. 0 1 Round 3 (vs. ) Antonio Shalfoon 0 1 Round 9 (vs. ) Sam Slade 0 1 Round 15 (vs. ) Ryan Smith 0 1 Round 2 (vs. ) Shaun Stevenson 0 1 Round 12 (vs. ) Joseph Sua'ali'i 0 1 Round 10 (vs. ) Xavi Taele 0 1 Round 5 (vs. ) Caleb Tangitau 0 1 Round 1 (vs. ) Tiaan Tauakipulu 0 1 Round 15 (vs. ) Timoci Tavatavanawai 0 1 Round 14 (vs. ) Codie Taylor 0 1 Round 11 (vs. ) Corey Toole 0 1 Round 7 (vs. ) Jeffery Toomaga-Allen 0 1 Round 8 (vs. ) Tuaina Taii Tualima 0 1 Round 11 (vs. ) Will Tucker 0 1 Round 2 (vs. ) Tito Tuipulotu 0 1 Round 14 (vs. ) Patrick Tuipulotu 0 1 Round 8 (vs. ) Isaia Walker-Leawere 0 1 Round 4 (vs. ) Joey Walton 0 1 Round 7 (vs. ) Etonia Waqa 0 1 Round 16 (vs. ) Jeremy Williams 0 1 Round 2 (vs. ) Gideon Wrampling 0 1 Round 9 (vs. ) Tom Wright 0 1 Round 10 (vs. )
Awards
Player of the Year + Player of the Year Award Player Points Position Team Winner Langi Gleeson26 Loose forward Ardie Savea() Tom Hooper31 Loose forward Damian McKenzie28 First five-eighth Fraser McReight26 Loose forward Ardie Savea42 Loose forward Timoci Tavatavanawai26 Midfielder
Team of the Year + Team of the Year (honorary) Player Votes1 Angus Bell (Waratahs) 142 Tevita Ikanivere (Drua) 193 Allan Alaalatoa (Brumbies) 204 Jeremy Williams (Force) 215 Patrick Tuipulotu (Blues) 20BR Tom Hooper (Brumbies) 31BR Fraser McReight (Reds) 29BR Carlo Tizzano (Force) 29BR Ardie Savea (Moana Pasifika) 469 Cam Roigard (Hurricanes) 2810 Damian McKenzie (Chiefs) 3611 Kini Naholo (Hurricanes) 1812 Timoci Tavatavanawai (Highlanders) 3213 AJ Lam (Blues) 1414 Harry Potter (Force) 1815 Joseph Sua'ali'i (Waratahs) 20
Players Squads The following squads have been named. Players listed in italics denote non-original squad members:
+ squad Forwards Josh Beehre • Adrian Choat • Cam Christie • Che Clark • Tristyn Cook • Kurt Eklund • Josh Fusitua • Bryn Gordon • Jordan Lay • Laghlan McWhannell • James Mullan • Dalton Papali'i • Nathaniel Pole • Marcel Renata • Ricky Riccitelli • Anton Segner • PJ Sheck • Hoskins Sotutu • Cameron Suafoa • Angus Taʻavao • Hamdahn Tuipulotu • Patrick Tuipulotu • Mason Tupaea • Ofa Tuʻungafasi • Did not play • Ben Ake • Sam Darry Backs Beauden Barrett • Finlay Christie • Caleb Clarke • Corey Evans • Cole Forbes • Taufa Funaki • Rieko Ioane • AJ Lam • Sam Nock • Stephen Perofeta • Harry Plummer • Zarn Sullivan • Xavi Taele • Mark Tele'a • Did not play • Meihana Grindlay • Reon Paul • Payton Spencer Coach Vern Cotter