2025 Super Rugby AUS

The 2025 Super Rugby AUS is structured as a short-format, domestic rugby union competition featuring Australia's four Super Rugby franchises: the Brumbies, the Force, the Reds and the Waratahs.^[1][2][3] The tournament is scheduled to take place over four weeks, running from 13 September to 5 October 2025, and is designed to provide additional high-level match opportunities for professional players outside the main Super Rugby Pacific season and international selection.^[1][2][3]

The competition follows a single round-robin format during the regular season, with each team playing the other three teams once across three rounds. Matches are scheduled across a combination of traditional venues and regional locations, with a focus on community engagement and development.^[2][3][6] Several fixtures are scheduled as double-headers alongside the Super Rugby Men's Under-19 competition. Following the conclusion of the round-robin stage, the top two teams on the competition ladder advance to a single Grand Final, to be held on Sunday, 5 October 2025 — the day after the Wallabies' Bledisloe Cup Test match against New Zealand in Perth.^[2][3]

Upon the announcement of the new competition and its schedule for 2025, the venue for the Brumbies home fixture for Round 3 was confirmed to be Viking Park in the Canberra suburb of Wanniassa.^[2] One of the Waratahs' venues was confirmed, Dangar Park, Narrabri in Northern New South Wales.^[2] The venue itself had hosted Waratahs' pre-season trials in years prior, and is seen as a regional link to the team which holds an annual "Festival of Rugby" event,^[7] sponsored by Santos.^[8] Over a month later, the Force confirmed their home venue (Tompkins Park) for rounds 2 and 3.^[9] Tompkins Park, located in the Perth suburb of Alfred Cove,^[10] is home to the Palmyra Rugby Club in Perth's Premier Grade competition.^[9][11] The Queensland Reds' home venue of Ballymore Stadium was confirmed by The Roar on 20 August.^[12] The Waratahs' second home fixture was confirmed on 25 August to be played at the home ground of Shute Shield club Warringah Rats, Pittwater Park, also known as "Rat Park" in Sydney's Warriewood suburb.^[13]

Brumbies	Waratahs
Viking Park, Wanniassa	Dangar Park, Narrabri	Pittwater Park, Warriewood
Capacity: 7,000[14]	Capacity: 5,000[15]	Capacity: 10,000[16]
Wanniassa Narrabri Alfred Cove Herston Warriewood		Reds
		Ballymore Stadium, Herston
		Capacity: 8,000[17]
		Force
		Tompkins Park, Alfred Cove
		—N/a

Team	Coach	Captain	Refs.
Brumbies	Stephen Larkham	Luke Reimer	[18]
Force	James Stannard	Darcy Swain	[19]
Reds	Les Kiss	Jock Campbell	[20]
Waratahs	Lachlan McCaffrey	Matt Philip	[21]