Super 14
About
The Super 14 is the largest provincial rugby union tournament championship in the southern hemisphere, consisting of provincial teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Each team plays 13 games during the regular season which runs for fourteen and a 1/2 weeks.
The best four teams, finishing in the top four places on the competition ladder after the regular season, enter the finals leg of the tournament. The semi-finals are contested to decide the two finalists, which is played at the highest ranked winners' home ground, as opposed to a pre-selected neutral venue.
The Super 14 is currently contested by fourteen teams. These teams are:
Super 14 History
The Super 14 as we now know it is an expanded version of the Super 12 which started in 1996. For the 2006 season the tournament was expanded from 12 teams to 14 teams. The tournament is now broadcasted in 41 countries.