2018 Super W season

The 2018 Super W season was the inaugural year of the women's Super W rugby union competition.[1] The winners were the New South Wales Waratahs.[2]

2018 Super W
Countries	Australia (5 teams)
Tournament format(s)	Round robin
Champions	Waratahs
Matches played	11
Tries scored	77 (7 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Ashleigh Hewson (37)
Top try scorer(s)	Courtney Hodder (7)
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Ladder

Team	P	W	L	Pts	F	A	F/A
Waratahs	4	4	0	18	131	15	116
Reds	4	3	1	14	134	53	81
Force	4	2	2	10	154	87	67
Brumbies	4	1	3	5	57	103	-46
Rebels	4	0	4	0	21	239	-218

Results

Week 1

10 March 2018 16:00

Reds	0–18	Waratahs
		Try: Leaupepe 14' Lafai 53' Con: Hewson Pen: Hewson 2

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Referee: Amber Hibbard

11 March 2018 15:00

Force	85–13	Rebels
Try: Tuafa 1' Hodder 5',9',19',25',54',72' Reed 17' Kareopa 29',49' Pomare 57' Putz 64' Wickliffe 77' Con: Fell 5 Cope 3 Pomare 1 Wickliffe1		Try: Lelei 40' Marsters 67' Pen: Cormick

Harvey Field, Western Australia Referee: Sam Jones

Week 2

17 March 2018 16:00

Brumbies	5–42	Reds
Con: Cox 19'		Try: Gould 28' Lefau-Fakaosilea 42',76' Filimoehala 48' Wong 58' Riordan 73' Con: Gould 2 Treherne Pen: Gould 2

GIO Stadium, Canberra Referee: Reuben Keane

18 March 2018 12:30

Waratahs	32–10	Force
Try: Hamilton 3' Lafai 37' Laman 56' Parker 58',73' Con: Hewson 2 Pen: Hewson		Try: Cope 34' Con: Cope Pen: Cope

Allianz Stadium, Sydney Referee: James Quinn

Week 3

24 March 2018 14:00

Waratahs	24–5	Brumbies
Try: Leaupepe 19',41' Parker 67' Con: Leaupepe 3 Pen: Leaupepe		Try: Gubb 36'

Pittwater Park, NSW Referee: Tyler Miller

25 March 2018 13:30

Reds	60–0	Rebels
Try: Riodan 1',27',45' Treherne 14' Cramer 17' Campbell 50' Lefau-Fakaosilea 55' Kaleta 67' Rasolea 72' Con: Gould 6 Pen: Gould

Ballymore, Brisbane Referee: Lara West

Week 4

30 March 2018 16:00

Rebels	8–37	Brumbies
Try: Marsters 37' Pen: Cormick		Try: Read 9' Wilton 27' Burrows 48' Stanford 40' Wilson 68' Milward 71' Con: Wood 2 Pen: Wood

AAMI Park, Melbourne Referee: Lara West

31 March 2018 14:00

Force	30–32	Reds
Try: Waterson 25' Pomare 41' Wickliffe 47' Fell 55' Con: Cope 2 Pen: Cope 2		Try: Lefau-Fakaosilea 1',60',77' Treherne 5',64',67' Con: Temara

Kingsway Reserve, Western Australia Referee: Graham Cooper

Week 5

7 April 2018 15:00

Rebels	0–57	Waratahs
		Try: Batibasaga 2' O'Brien 15' Maguire 20',27' Parker 34',40' Cherrington 46' Jones 52' Hamilton 69' Con: Hewson 6

Box Hill Rugby Club, Victoria Referee: Amber Hibbard

7 April 2018 17:00

Brumbies	10–29	Force
Try: Milward 5',72'		Try: Kareopa 49' Tauhima 56',60' Hodder 67' Con: Cope 3 Pen: Cope

GIO Stadium, Canberra Referee: Brodie Ingram

Grand Final

20 April 2018 16:45

Waratahs	16–13	Reds
Try: Fatu 65' Con: Hewson Pen: Hewson 3		Try: Gould 18' Marsters 46' Pen: Temara

Allianz Stadium, Sydney Referee: James Quinn

References

1. Perry, Jodan (2 March 2018). "Women's Super W rugby union competition to start without pay for players". Australia: ABC News. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
2. https://www.rugby.com.au/videos/2018/04/20/buildcorp-super-w-final-nsw-press-conference Buildcorp Super W Final: NSW press conference. Rugby Australia webpage. 12 May 2018