Champion Highlanders Attendance 36,000 | Date 4 July 2015 Event 2015 Super Rugby season | |
Venue Wellington Regional Stadium Referee Jaco Peyper (South Africa) Similar 2016 Super Rugby Fi, 2006 Super 14 Final, 2007 Super 14 Final, 2014 Super Rugby Fi, 2015 Rugby World Cu | ||
The 2015 Super Rugby Final, was played between the Hurricanes and the Highlanders. It was the 20th final in the Super Rugby competition's history and the fifth under the expanded 15-team format. This was the first Super Rugby final between two New Zealand teams since 2006 when the Hurricanes were beaten by the Crusaders.
The match was won by the Highlanders who beat the Hurricanes by seven points. The Highlanders, the first away team to win the competition, became the first team to win the competition having failed to win a conference. They also became the first team to win the competition having played in the qualifiers round.
In New Zealand 583,620 people tuned in to watch
Semi-Finals
The 2015 Super Rugby competition involved fifteen teams, five each from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
The Hurricanes qualified for the playoffs by finishing top of the New Zealand conference and also topped the overall standings, with fourteen wins and just two losses during the season.