Chiefs

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Chiefs
Full name Chiefs
Founded 1996
Stadion Waikato Stadium
Places 25,800
Trainer Warren Gatland
Homepage www.chiefs.co.nz
league Great rugby
2019 7th place
home
Away

The Chiefs (German chiefs ; formerly called Waikato Chiefs ) are a rugby union team from the New Zealand city ​​of Hamilton . The team plays in the international super rugby league. It represents the regional associations Counties Manukau RU , Waikato RU , Thames Valley RFU , King Country RFU and Bay of Plenty RU , whose catchment area includes the southern part of the Auckland metropolitan area and the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions on the North Island . The home games are played at Waikato Stadium . Team colors are black, yellow and red.

history

At the beginning, the catchment area of ​​the franchise was composed differently. The NZRFU feared that the Auckland Blues could dominate their squad too much due to the large number of national players. The Chiefs therefore initially represented the regional associations Northland RFU and North Harbor RU .

At the end of the 1990s, the number of national players in the Blues fell, so that in 1999 the regional associations represented were swapped. The Chiefs gave Northland and North Harbor to the Blues in return for Counties of Manukau and Thames Valley. This resulted in a geographically more compact catchment area.

Since the creation of the Super 14 league in 1996 (until 2005 Super 12), the Chiefs have proven to be New Zealand's least successful team. Until 2004, they were the only New Zealand team that never made it to the semi-finals. At that time they lost 37:20 to the Brumbies from Canberra . In 2009 they made it to the finals for the first time, but the Chiefs clearly defeated the Bulls with 61:17. In 2012 the Chiefs made it to the final again and won the title for the first time with a 37-6 victory over the Sharks . They repeated this success in the 2013 season, the Chiefs beat the Brumbies in the final with 27:22.

Player and coach

Current squad

The squad for the 2020 season:

pier

hooker

Second row striker

 

Third row striker

Half of the crowd

Connection half

 

Inner three quarters

Outside three quarters / goalkeeper

Well-known former players

Former trainers

Placements

Super 12

year Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points		 Diff. Bonus
points		 Table
points		 space Playoffs
1996 11 6th 0 5 291: 269 +22 4th 28 6th
1997 11 4th 0 7th 272: 295 -23 3 19th 11.
1998 11 6th 0 5 279: 291 -12 5 29 7th
1999 11 5 0 6th 248: 301 -53 6th 26th 6th
2000 11 3 0 8th 257: 352 -95 8th 20th 10.
2001 11 6th 0 5 301: 330 -29 4th 28 6th
2002 11 4th 0 7th 323: 341 -18 8th 24 8th.
2003 11 2 0 9 288: 319 -21 10 18th 10.
2004 11 7th 0 4th 274: 251 +23 5 33 4th Semi-final loss to Brumbies
2005 11 5 1 5 272: 250 +22 6th 28 6th

Super 14

year Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points		 Diff. Bonus
points		 Table
points		 space Playoffs
2006 13 7th 1 5 325: 298 +27 6th 36 7th
2007 13 7th 1 5 373: 321 +52 10 40 6th
2008 13 7th 0 6th 348: 349 -1 6th 34 7th
2009 13 9 0 4th 338: 236 +102 9 45 2. Final defeat against Bulls
2010 13 4th 1 8th 340: 418 -78 8th 26th 10.

Great rugby

year Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points		 Diff. Bonus
points		 Table
points		 space Playoffs
2011 16 6th 1 9 332: 348 -16 6th 40 10.
2012 16 12 0 4th 444: 358 +86 8th 64 2. Final victory against the Sharks
2013 16 12 0 4th 458: 364 +94 6th 66 1. Final victory against the Brumbies
2014 16 8th 2 6th 384: 378 +6 8th 44 5. Quarterfinal loss to the Brumbies
2015 16 10 0 6th 372: 299 +73 8th 48 5. Quarterfinal loss to the Highlanders
2016 15th 11 0 4th 491: 341 +150 7th 51 6th Semi-final loss to the Hurricanes
2017 15th 12 1 2 433: 292 +141 7th 51 6th Semi-final loss to the Crusaders
2018 16 11 0 5 463: 368 +95 5 49 5. Quarterfinal loss to the Hurricanes
2019 16 7th 2 7th 451: 465 −14 4th 36 7th Quarter-final loss to the Jaguares

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2020 Gallagher Chiefs squad announced. Chiefs, November 12, 2019, accessed December 2, 2019 .