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Super Rugby is the southern hemisphere's leading rugby competition, featuring teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Since 1996, teams from the three countries have been playing for the title. The competition started with 12 teams, increased to 14 teams and then increased again to 15 teams, with 5 teams from each nation. In 2016, 3 new teams were included to make a total of 18 teams participating in the competition. The 2017 Super Rugby competition will be a continuation of the format from the previous year. There will be 2 regional groups, the South African and Australasian Groups. |
The South African Group will have 2 conferences, one with 3 South African teams and the Sunwolves (Japan) and one with 3 South African teams and the Jaguares (Argentina).
The Australasian Group will have an Australian conference of 5 teams and a New Zealand conference of 5 teams.
In the South African conferences each team will play the other 3 teams on a home and away basis. They will also play each team in the other conference once and each team from one of the Australasian conferences.
In the Australasian conferences, each team will play two teams in their conference home and away. They will play the other 2 teams once, the teams in the other Australasian conference once and the teams in one of the South African conferences once.
The conference winners qualify for the Quarter Finals. The next 3 teams in the Australasian Group and the next best team in the South African Group also qualify. The conference winners will have home matches.
The highest rated winning teams will have home matches in the play-off series, including the final.
The same bonus point system was retained also, with teams only getting a win bonus if they scored 3 or more tries than the opposition.
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Lions | 15 | 14 | 1 | 590 | 268 | 9 | 65 | |
| Crusaders | 15 | 14 | 1 | 544 | 303 | 7 | 63 | |
| Stormers | 15 | 10 | 5 | 490 | 436 | 3 | 43 | |
| Brumbies | 15 | 6 | 9 | 315 | 279 | 10 | 34 | |
| Hurricanes | 15 | 12 | 3 | 596 | 272 | 10 | 58 | |
| Chiefs | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 433 | 393 | 7 | 57 |
| Highlanders | 15 | 11 | 4 | 488 | 308 | 7 | 51 | |
| Sharks | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 392 | 323 | 4 | 42 |
| Blues | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 425 | 391 | 7 | 37 |
| Jaguares | 15 | 7 | 8 | 404 | 386 | 5 | 33 | |
| Southern Kings | 15 | 6 | 9 | 391 | 470 | 4 | 28 | |
| Western Force | 15 | 6 | 9 | 313 | 404 | 2 | 26 | |
| Reds | 15 | 4 | 11 | 321 | 479 | 5 | 21 | |
| Cheetahs | 15 | 4 | 11 | 395 | 551 | 5 | 21 | |
| Bulls | 15 | 4 | 11 | 339 | 459 | 4 | 20 | |
| Waratahs | 15 | 4 | 11 | 396 | 522 | 3 | 19 | |
| Sunwolves | 15 | 2 | 13 | 315 | 671 | 4 | 12 | |
| Melbourne Rebels | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 236 | 569 | 3 | 9 |
NB: Top 4 placings are determined by conference leaders. Then the next 3 best Australasian Conference teams and the next best South African conference team.
| Australasian Group | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Crusaders | 15 | 14 | 1 | 544 | 303 | 7 | 63 | |
| Brumbies | 15 | 6 | 9 | 315 | 279 | 10 | 34 | |
| Hurricanes | 15 | 12 | 3 | 596 | 272 | 10 | 58 | |
| Chiefs | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 433 | 292 | 7 | 57 |
| Highlanders | 15 | 11 | 4 | 488 | 308 | 7 | 51 | |
| Blues | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 425 | 391 | 7 | 37 |
| Western Force | 15 | 6 | 9 | 313 | 404 | 2 | 26 | |
| Reds | 15 | 4 | 11 | 321 | 479 | 5 | 21 | |
| Waratahs | 15 | 4 | 11 | 396 | 522 | 3 | 19 | |
| Melbourne Rebels | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 236 | 569 | 3 | 9 |
| South African Group | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Lions | 15 | 14 | 1 | 590 | 268 | 9 | 65 | |
| Stormers | 15 | 10 | 5 | 490 | 436 | 3 | 43 | |
| Sharks | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 392 | 323 | 4 | 42 |
| Jaguares | 15 | 7 | 8 | 404 | 386 | 5 | 33 | |
| Southern Kings | 15 | 6 | 9 | 391 | 470 | 4 | 28 | |
| Cheetahs | 15 | 4 | 11 | 395 | 551 | 5 | 21 | |
| Bulls | 15 | 4 | 11 | 339 | 459 | 4 | 20 | |
| Sunwolves | 15 | 2 | 13 | 315 | 671 | 4 | 12 | |
| New Zealand | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Crusaders | 15 | 14 | 1 | 544 | 303 | 7 | 63 | |
| Hurricanes | 15 | 12 | 3 | 596 | 272 | 10 | 58 | |
| Chiefs | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 433 | 292 | 7 | 57 |
| Highlanders | 15 | 11 | 4 | 488 | 308 | 7 | 51 | |
| Blues | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 425 | 391 | 7 | 37 |
| Australia | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Brumbies | 15 | 6 | 9 | 315 | 279 | 10 | 34 | |
| Western Force | 15 | 6 | 9 | 313 | 404 | 2 | 26 | |
| Reds | 15 | 4 | 11 | 321 | 479 | 5 | 21 | |
| Waratahs | 15 | 4 | 11 | 396 | 522 | 3 | 19 | |
| Melbourne Rebels | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 236 | 569 | 3 | 9 |
| South Africa 1 | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Stormers | 15 | 10 | 5 | 490 | 436 | 3 | 43 | |
| Cheetahs | 15 | 4 | 11 | 395 | 551 | 5 | 21 | |
| Bulls | 15 | 4 | 11 | 339 | 459 | 4 | 20 | |
| Sunwolves | 15 | 2 | 13 | 315 | 671 | 4 | 12 | |
| South Africa 2 | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Lions | 15 | 14 | 1 | 590 | 268 | 9 | 65 | |
| Sharks | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 392 | 323 | 4 | 42 |
| Jaguares | 15 | 7 | 8 | 404 | 386 | 5 | 33 | |
| Southern Kings | 15 | 6 | 9 | 391 | 470 | 4 | 28 | |
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