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2017 Super Rugby final

The 2017 Super Rugby Final was played between the Lions and the Crusaders. The match, held at Ellis Park in Johannesburg was the 22nd final in the Super Rugby competition's history, and attracted a record crowd attendance of 62,000.[1]

2017 Super Rugby Final
Event2017 Super Rugby season
Lions Crusaders
South Africa New Zealand
17 25
Date5 August 2017
VenueEllis Park, Johannesburg
RefereeJaco Peyper (South Africa)
Attendance62,000
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The Crusaders won the final, defeating the Lions by eight points, and stretched their record number of Super Rugby title wins to eight. A strong Crusaders defence, several errors committed by the Lions and a red card were the losers' downfall in the highly anticipated Super Rugby final held on South African soil for the first time since 2010.

Both finalists had won their respective conferences in the regular season. The Lions, as the top-placed team in 2017 season standings, played all their matches in the finals series at home in Johannesburg. They beat fellow South African side the Sharks in a closely matched quarterfinal, before defeating the previous year's champion the Hurricanes in their semifinal match.

The Crusaders had comfortably beat local New Zealand rivals the Highlanders and Chiefs in their respective quarterfinal and semifinal playoffs at home in Christchurch before travelling to Johannesburg for the final. It was their first Grand Final appearance since 2008.

Road to the final

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Finals Series qualifying teams
Conference leaders
Pos Team W D L PD BP Pts
1   Lions 14 0 1 +322 9 65
2   Crusaders 14 0 1 +241 7 63
3   Stormers 10 0 5 +54 3 43
4   Brumbies 6 0 9 +36 10 34
Wildcard teams
5   Hurricanes 12 0 3 +324 10 58
6   Chiefs 12 1 2 +141 7 57
7   Highlanders 11 0 4 +180 7 51
8   Sharks 9 1 5 +69 4 42
Source: SANZAAR [2]
Main article: 2017 Super Rugby season

The 18 teams were split geographically into two groups with two conferences in each group. The Australasian Group included five teams in the Australian Conference and five teams in the New Zealand Conference. The South African Group, with six South African teams, one Argentinean team and one Japanese team was split into a four-team Africa 1 Conference and a four-team Africa 2 Conference.[3]

The four conference winners qualified for the quarterfinals with a home ground advantage against four wildcard teams, made up of the third to fifth placed teams in the Australasian Group and the third placed team in the South African Group.

The quarterfinals featured away wins for the Hurricanes over the Brumbies, and Chiefs over the Stormers. The Crusaders beat Highlanders, keeping them scoreless, and the Lions beat the Sharks. For the semifinals, the Crusaders defeated the Chiefs in Christchurch and the Lions defeated the Hurricanes in Johannesburg.

The play-off fixtures were as follows:

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 July – Cape Town
 
 
  Stormers11
 
29 July – Christchurch
 
  Chiefs17
 
  Crusaders27
 
22 July – Christchurch
 
  Chiefs13
 
  Crusaders17
 
5 August – Johannesburg
 
  Highlanders0
 
  Lions17
 
22 July – Johannesburg
 
  Crusaders25
 
  Lions23
 
29 July – Johannesburg
 
  Sharks21
 
  Lions44
 
21 July – Canberra
 
  Hurricanes29
 
  Brumbies16
 
 
  Hurricanes35
 

Quarter-finals

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21 July 2017 Brumbies 16–35 Hurricanes GIO Stadium, Canberra  
19:35 Try: James Dargaville   3'
Josh Mann-Rea   16'
Con: Wharenui Hawera   (0/2)
Pen: Wharenui Hawera   11', 29' (2/3) 		Try: Wes Goosen   7', 75'
Jordie Barrett   25'
TJ Perenara   69'
Con: Jordie Barrett   26', 70', 77' (3/4)
Pen: Jordie Barrett   39', 48', 65' (3/3)
Cards: Jeff Toomaga-Allen   41'


22 July 2017 Crusaders 17–0 Highlanders AMI Stadium, Christchurch  
19:35 Try: Joe Moody   32'
Codie Taylor   40'
Con: Richie Mo'unga   34', 41' (2/2)
Pen: Richie Mo'unga   5' (1/4) 		Cards: Liam Squire   5'


22 July 2017 Lions 23–21 Sharks Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
2:30 Try: Franco Mostert   47'
Jaco Kriel   51'
Lionel Mapoe   61'
Con: Elton Jantjies   61' (1/3)
Pen: Elton Jantjies   10' (1/3)
Cards: Franco Mostert   64' 		Try: Kobus van Wyk   11'
Dan du Preez   66'
Con: Curwin Bosch   67' (1/2)
Pen: Curwin Bosch   35', 39' (2/2)
Drop: Curwin Bosch   17' (1/1)
Cards: Stephan Lewies   45'


22 July 2017 Stormers 11–17 Chiefs Newlands Stadium, Cape Town  
17:00 Try: Siya Kolisi   45'
Con: SP Marais   (0/1)
Pen: SP Marais   23', 62' (2/3) 		Try: Shaun Stevenson   75'
Con: Damian McKenzie   (0/1)
Pen: Damian McKenzie   29', 32', 38', 51' (4/4)
Cards: Sam Cane   60'

Semi-finals

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29 July 2017 Crusaders 27–13 Chiefs AMI Stadium, Christchurch  
19:35 Try: Bryn Hall   16'
Israel Dagg   49'
Seta Tamanivalu   58', 72'
Con: Richie Mo'unga   18', 59' (2/4)
Pen: Richie Mo'unga   13' (1/1) 		Try: Brodie Retallick   77'
Con: Damian McKenzie   78' (1/1)
Pen: Damian McKenzie   26', 38' (2/2)


29 July 2017 Lions 44–29 Hurricanes Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
2:10 Try: Jacques van Rooyen   39'
Ross Cronjé   44'
Malcolm Marx   52'
Harold Vorster   61'
Elton Jantjies   69'
Kwagga Smith   74'
Con: Elton Jantjies   40', 45', 63', 69' (4/6)
Pen: Elton Jantjies   5', 58' (2/2) 		Try: TJ Perenara   7'
Wes Goosen   10'
Ardie Savea   30'
Ngani Laumape   55'
Con: Jordie Barrett   11', 57' (2/3)
Beauden Barrett   31' (1/1)
Pen: Jordie Barrett   19' (1/2)
Cards: Beauden Barrett   58'

Final

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Summary

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Details

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5 August 2017
Lions17–25Crusaders
Try: Malcolm Marx   64' Corné Fourie   72'
Con: Elton Jantjies   65', 73' (2/2)
Pen: Elton Jantjies   26' (1/1)		Try: Seta Tamanivalu   7'
Jack Goodhue   11'
Kieran Read   43'
Con: Richie Mo'unga   8', 44' (2/3)
Pen: Richie Mo'unga   41', 52' (2/2)
Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crusaders
Lions:
FB 15 Andries Coetzee
RW 14 Ruan Combrinck
OC 13 Lionel Mapoe
IC 12 Harold Vorster
LW 11 Courtnall Skosan
FH 10 Elton Jantjies
SH 9 Ross Cronjé
N8 8 Ruan Ackermann
OF 7 Kwagga Smith   38'
BF 6 Jaco Kriel
LL 5 Franco Mostert
RL 4 Andries Ferreira
TP 3 Ruan Dreyer
HK 2 Malcolm Marx
LP 1 Jacques van Rooyen
Substitutes:
HK 16 Akker van der Merwe
PR 17 Corné Fourie
PR 18 Johannes Jonker
LK 19 Lourens Erasmus
FL 20 Cyle Brink
SH 21 Faf de Klerk
IC 22 Rohan Janse van Rensburg
FB 23 Sylvian Mahuza
Coach:
  Johan Ackermann
Crusaders:
FB 15 David Havili
RW 14 Israel Dagg
CE 13 Jack Goodhue
SF 12 Ryan Crotty
LW 11 Seta Tamanivalu
FH 10 Richie Mo'unga
SH 9 Bryn Hall
N8 8 Kieran Read
OF 7 Matt Todd
BF 6 Jordan Taufua
LL 5 Sam Whitelock
RL 4 Scott Barrett
TP 3 Owen Franks
HK 2 Codie Taylor
LP 1 Joe Moody
Substitutes:
HK 16 Ben Funnell
PR 17 Wyatt Crockett
PR 18 Michael Alaalatoa
LK 19 Luke Romano
FL 20 Pete Samu
SH 21 Mitchell Drummond
FH 22 Mitchell Hunt
WG 23 George Bridge
Coach:
  Scott Robertson

Man of the Match: Ryan Crotty

Assistant Referees:

References

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  1. ^ "Mistakes cost the Lions their first Super Rugby trophy". Randburg Sun. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ^ "SA Rugby Log – 2017 Vodacom Super Rugby". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Outline of the Super Rugby competition structure" (PDF). All Blacks. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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