2015 New South Wales Waratahs season

New South Wales Waratahs
2015 season
Coach Michael Cheika
Super Rugby 2nd
Super Rugby Finals Series TBD
Top try scorer Taqele Naiyaravoro
Top points scorer Bernard Foley
Highest home attendance 27,243 vs Brumbies
22 March 2015
Lowest home attendance 15,807 vs Rebels
25 April 2015

The 2015 New South Wales Waratahs season was the club's 19th season since the inception of Super Rugby in 1996.

Players

Squad

The squad for the 2015 Super Rugby season[1]

Props

Hookers

Locks

 

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

 

Centres

Wingers

Fullbacks

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped.

Transfers

Ins:

Player Position Previous Club Notes
Dave Porecki Hooker New Zealand North Harbour Rays Short-term contract[2]
Sam Lousi Lock New Zealand Warriors (NRL) [3]
Dean Mumm Lock England Exeter Chiefs Short-term contract[4]
Jack Dempsey Flanker New Zealand North Harbour Rays Short-term contract[5]
Auvasa Faleali'i Scrum Half Greater Sydney Rams [1]
David Horwitz Fly Half Extended playing squad [1]
Andrew Kellaway Winger NSW Country Eagles [1]

Outs:

Player Position Previous Club Notes
Kane Douglas Lock Ireland Leinster [6]
Michael Hodge Centre Sydney Stars [7]
Alofa Alofa Winger France La Rochelle [8]
Cam Crawford Fullback Rebels [9]

Quick Summary

Rd Date and local time Opponent Score Venue Attendance Ref
1 Sunday, 15 February (4:05 pm) H Western Force 13–25 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 20,271 [10]
2 Friday, 20 February (7:40 pm) A Melbourne Rebels 28–38 AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia 12,178 [11]
3 Bye
4 Saturday, 7 March (6:40 pm) A Queensland Reds 5–23 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia 27,199 [12]
5 Saturday, 14 March (7:35 pm) A New Zealand Highlanders 26–19 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand [13]
6 Sunday, 22 March (4:05 pm) H Brumbies 28–13 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 27,243 [14]
7 Saturday, 28 March (7:40 pm) H New Zealand Blues 23–11 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 16,342 [15]
8 Bye
9 Saturday, 11 April (7:40 pm) H South Africa Stormers 18–32 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 17,353 [16]
10 Saturday, 18 April (4:30 pm) A New Zealand Hurricanes 24–29 Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand 15,327 [17]
11 Saturday, 25 April (7:55 pm) H Rebels 18–16 ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia 15,807 [18]
12 Friday, 1 May (7:40 pm) A Brumbies 10–13 Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia 17,563 [19]
13 Saturday, 9 May (7:40 pm) A Force 18–11 nib Stadium, Perth, Australia 10,115 [20]
14 Saturday, 16 May (7:40 pm) H South Africa Sharks 33–18 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 18,578 [21]
15 Saturday, 16 May (7:40 pm) H New Zealand Crusaders 32–22 ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia 26,971 [22]
16 Saturday, 30 May (7:10 pm) A South Africa Lions, South Africa 27–22 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg 28,475 [23]
17 Saturday, 6 June (3:00 pm) A South Africa Cheetahs 33–58 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa [24]
18 Saturday, 13 June (7:40 pm) H Reds 31–5 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia 26,746 [25]
SF 26–27 June H TBD Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Standings

2015 Super Rugby standings

Overall standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 New Zealand Hurricanes 16 14 0 2 458 288 +170 58 31 9 1 66
2 Australia Waratahs 16 11 0 5 409 313 +96 50 41 5 3 52
3 South Africa Stormers 16 10 1 5 373 323 +50 32 35 2 1 45
4 New Zealand Highlanders 16 11 0 5 450 333 +117 54 40 6 3 53
5 New Zealand Chiefs 16 10 0 6 372 299 +73 40 27 4 4 48
6 Australia Brumbies 16 9 0 7 369 261 +108 45 21 6 5 47
7 New Zealand Crusaders 16 9 0 7 481 338 +143 56 39 8 2 46
8 South Africa Lions 16 9 1 6 342 364 −22 33 41 2 2 42
9 South Africa Bulls 16 7 0 9 397 388 +9 37 39 4 6 38
10 Australia Rebels 16 7 0 9 319 354 −35 35 42 3 5 36
11 South Africa Sharks 16 7 0 9 338 401 −63 37 43 3 3 34
12 South Africa Cheetahs 16 5 0 11 357 531 −174 44 65 4 2 26
13 Australia Reds 16 4 0 12 247 434 −187 32 53 3 3 22
14 New Zealand Blues 16 3 0 13 282 428 −146 29 50 2 6 20
15 Australia Force 16 3 0 13 245 384 −139 28 43 3 4 19
Australia Australian Conference
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Waratahs 16 11 0 5 409 313 +96 50 41 5 3 52
2 Brumbies 16 9 0 7 369 261 +108 45 21 6 5 47
3 Rebels 16 7 0 9 319 354 −35 35 42 3 5 36
4 Reds 16 4 0 12 247 434 −187 32 53 3 3 22
5 Force 16 3 0 13 245 384 −139 28 43 3 4 19
Final standings.[26][27]

Brumbies, Chiefs, Highlanders, Hurricanes, Stormers and Waratahs qualified to the play-offs.

Detailed season summary

Regular season

Finals

As the Waratahs came second on the overall standings, they directly qualified for the semi-finals bypassing the first week of qualifying finals.

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