2015 New South Wales Waratahs season

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CoachMichael Cheika
Super Rugby2nd
Super Rugby Finals SeriesTBD
Top try scorerLeague: Taqele Naiyaravoro
New South Wales Waratahs
2015 season
CoachMichael Cheika
Super Rugby2nd
Super Rugby Finals SeriesTBD
Top try scorerLeague: Taqele Naiyaravoro
Top points scorerLeague: Bernard Foley
Highest home attendance27,243 vs Brumbies
22 March 2015
Lowest home attendance15,807 vs Rebels
25 April 2015
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The 2015 New South Wales Waratahs season was the club's 19th season since the inception of Super Rugby in 1996.

Squad

The squad for the 2015 Super Rugby season[1]

Props

Hookers

Locks

  

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

  

Centres

Wingers

Fullbacks

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped.

Transfers

Quick Summary

Rd Date and local time Opponent Score Venue Attendance Ref
1 Sunday, 15 February (4:05 pm) H Western Force 13–25 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 20,271 [10]
2 Friday, 20 February (7:40 pm) A Melbourne Rebels 28–38 AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia 12,178 [11]
3 Bye
4 Saturday, 7 March (6:40 pm) A Queensland Reds 5–23 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia 27,199 [12]
5 Saturday, 14 March (7:35 pm) A New Zealand Highlanders 26–19 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand [13]
6 Sunday, 22 March (4:05 pm) H Brumbies 28–13 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 27,243 [14]
7 Saturday, 28 March (7:40 pm) H New Zealand Blues 23–11 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 16,342 [15]
8 Bye
9 Saturday, 11 April (7:40 pm) H South Africa Stormers 18–32 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 17,353 [16]
10 Saturday, 18 April (4:30 pm) A New Zealand Hurricanes 24–29 Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand 15,327 [17]
11 Saturday, 25 April (7:55 pm) H Rebels 18–16 ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia 15,807 [18]
12 Friday, 1 May (7:40 pm) A Brumbies 10–13 Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia 17,563 [19]
13 Saturday, 9 May (7:40 pm) A Force 18–11 nib Stadium, Perth, Australia 10,115 [20]
14 Saturday, 16 May (7:40 pm) H South Africa Sharks 33–18 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 18,578 [21]
15 Saturday, 16 May (7:40 pm) H New Zealand Crusaders 32–22 ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia 26,971 [22]
16 Saturday, 30 May (7:10 pm) A South Africa Lions, South Africa 27–22 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 28,475 [23]
17 Saturday, 6 June (3:00 pm) A South Africa Cheetahs 33–58 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa [24]
18 Saturday, 13 June (7:40 pm) H Reds 31–5 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 26,746 [25]
SF 26–27 June H New Zealand Highlanders 17-35 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 New Zealand Hurricanes 16 14 0 2 458 288 +170 58 31 9 1 66 Qualified to the Semi-finals with home advantage.
2 Australia Waratahs 16 11 0 5 409 313 +96 50 41 5 3 52
3 South Africa Stormers 16 10 1 5 373 323 +50 32 35 2 1 45 Qualified to the Qualifying final with home advantage.
4 New Zealand Highlanders 16 11 0 5 450 333 +117 54 40 6 3 53
5 New Zealand Chiefs 16 10 0 6 372 299 +73 40 27 4 4 48 Qualified to the Qualifying final.
6 Australia Brumbies 16 9 0 7 369 261 +108 45 21 6 5 47
7 New Zealand Crusaders 16 9 0 7 481 338 +143 56 39 8 2 46
8 South Africa Lions 16 9 1 6 342 364 −22 33 41 2 2 42
9 South Africa Bulls 16 7 0 9 397 388 +9 37 39 4 6 38
10 Australia Rebels 16 7 0 9 319 354 −35 35 42 3 5 36
11 South Africa Sharks 16 7 0 9 338 401 −63 37 43 3 3 34
12 South Africa Cheetahs 16 5 0 11 357 531 −174 44 65 4 2 26
13 Australia Reds 16 4 0 12 247 434 −187 32 53 3 3 22
14 New Zealand Blues 16 3 0 13 282 428 −146 29 50 2 6 20
15 Australia Force 16 3 0 13 245 384 −139 28 43 3 4 19
Source: [26][27]
Rules for classification: Teams standings were calculated as follows:[28] 1. Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked in the top three); 2. Log points; 3. Number of games won; 4. Overall points difference; 5. Number of tries scored; 6. Overall try difference
  • Points breakdown: 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
  • Qualification: The top six teams qualified to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the finals. The third-placed team (i.e. the conference winners with the worst overall record) hosted the sixth-placed team in the qualifiers, while the fourth-placed team hosted the fifth-placed team. The top two teams (i.e. the two conference winners with the best overall record) qualified directly to the semi-finals, where they had home advantage against the two qualifier winners, with the top team hosting the qualifier winner with the lower seeding and the second-placed team hosting the qualifier winner with the higher seeding. The two semi-final winners progressed to the final, with the team with the higher seeding having home advantage.
Australia Australian Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Waratahs 16 11 0 5 409 313 +96 50 41 5 3 52
2 Brumbies 16 9 0 7 369 261 +108 45 21 6 5 47
3 Rebels 16 7 0 9 319 354 −35 35 42 3 5 36
4 Reds 16 4 0 12 247 434 −187 32 53 3 3 22
5 Force 16 3 0 13 245 384 −139 28 43 3 4 19
Source: [26]

Detailed season summary

References

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