Family-friendly afternoon kick offs are the feature of an extended 2024 Sky Super Rugby Aupiki draw announced by New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the Super Clubs today.<\/p>\n
Players are already immersed in a newly extended pre-season training window ahead of a season and with every match played at 2.05pm or 4.35pm the 2024 season promises to showcase open, running rugby from start to finish.<\/p>\n
Matat\u016b, Chiefs Manawa, Hurricanes Poua and the nib Blues will play a full home and away schedule before the top two teams meet in the final on Saturday 13 April.<\/p>\n
New Zealand Rugby\u2019s Women\u2019s High Performance Manager Hannah Porter said: \u201cIt\u2019s great to announce the 2024 Sky Super Rugby Aupiki draw. Once again matches will be played across the country, with all teams having the opportunity to play their opposition both and home and away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe expect to be entertained by the fast pace, engaging style our women play. Adding to this, the growth and injection of new talent across the Aupiki squads it will be exciting to see the positive influence that will have. We look forward to the competition kicking off.\u201d<\/p>\n
As they did in 2023, Chiefs Manawa and Hurricanes Poua will again launch the season when they meet at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton on Saturday 2 March, followed by defending champions Matat\u016b hosting the nib Blues.<\/p>\n
Fans will have to wait to round three to see a repeat of the thrilling 2023 final when Chiefs Manawa host Matat\u016b in a Sky Super Rugby Aupiki and DHL Super Rugby Pacific doubleheader at FMG Stadium Waikato, one of five doubleheaders across the season.<\/p>\n
More fans in the regions will also get the chance to attend Sky Super Rugby Aupiki matches in 2024 with the Hurricanes Poua taking matches to Palmerston North and Levin. All remaining venues will be announced by clubs in the New Year.<\/p>\n
All six rounds of Sky Super Rugby Aupiki will be broadcasted live and exclusive on SKY.<\/p>\n
Players will come into the season off the back of a newly extended eight-week individual training window before playing pre-season matches in February before the season kicks off in March.<\/p>\n
2024 Sky Super Rugby Aupiki Draw<\/strong> Round 2<\/strong> Round 3<\/strong> Round 4<\/strong> Round 5<\/strong> Round 6<\/strong> Family-friendly afternoon kick offs are the feature of an extended 2024 Sky Super Rugby Aupiki draw announced by New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the Super Clubs today. Players are already immersed in a newly extended pre-season training window ahead of a season and with every match played at 2.05pm or 4.35pm the 2024 season promises…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Action filled afternoons set for Sky Super Rugby Aupiki","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugbyheartland-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aupiki.jpg?fit=1470%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4wlzH-5ci","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15397,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2022\/01\/21\/hurricanes-womens-super-rugby-draw-announced\/","url_meta":{"origin":19982,"position":0},"title":"Hurricanes Women\u2019s Super Rugby Draw Announced","author":"admin_hland","date":"January 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Hurricanes Women to take on\u00a0Matat\u016b\u00a0in RD1, Sunday, 6 March, Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch\u00a0 RD2 will see the Hurricanes Women take on the Blues at home, Sunday, 12 March at Sky Stadium \u2013 RD2 features a Hurricanes double header with the Hurricanes Women hosting the Blues at 1:45PM and Men taking on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Super Rugby"","block_context":{"text":"Super Rugby","link":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/category\/super-rugby\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hur_aup.jpg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hur_aup.jpg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hur_aup.jpg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hur_aup.jpg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/hur_aup.jpg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15548,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2022\/02\/22\/new-zealand-rugby-to-relocate-sky-super-rugby-aupiki-teams-to-taupo\/","url_meta":{"origin":19982,"position":1},"title":"New Zealand Rugby to relocate Sky Super Rugby Aupiki teams to Taup\u014d","author":"admin_hland","date":"February 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2022 Four Sky Super Rugby Aupiki squads to move into bubbles in Taup\u014d \u2022 Competition will move to a tournament format,\u00a0with teams assembled for\u00a0two and a half weeks \u2022 Matches to be played at Owen Delany Park and FMG Stadium Waikato New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has made the decision to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "RugbyHeartland News"","block_context":{"text":"RugbyHeartland News","link":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/category\/rugbyheartland-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/76a2.jpg?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/76a2.jpg?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/76a2.jpg?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/76a2.jpg?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/76a2.jpg?fit=1200%2C676&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14759,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2021\/10\/06\/green-light-for-super-rugby-aupiki\/","url_meta":{"origin":19982,"position":2},"title":"Green light for Super Rugby Aupiki","author":"admin_hland","date":"October 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2022\u00a0Four-team women\u2019s competition confirmed for March 2022 \u2022\u00a0Head Coaches announced The country\u2019s leading women players will set the rugby landscape alight in 2022 with the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki. 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\nRound 1<\/strong>
\nChiefs Manawa v Hurricanes Poua, Saturday 2 March, FMG Stadium Waikato, kick off 2.05pm
\nMatat\u016b v nib Blues, Saturday 2 March, venue TBC, kick off 4.35pm<\/p>\n
\nnib Blues v Chiefs Manawa, Saturday 9 March, venue TBC, kick off 2.05pm
\nHurricanes Poua v Matat\u016b, Saturday 9 March, SKY Stadium, 4.35pm<\/p>\n
\nnib Blues v Hurricanes Poua, Saturday 16 March, venue TBC, kick off 2.05pm
\nChiefs Manawa v Matat\u016b, Saturday 16 March, FMG Stadium Waikato, kick off 4.35pm<\/p>\n
\nHurricanes Poua v Chiefs Manawa, Friday 22 March, CET Arena Palmerston North, kick off 4.35pm
\nnib Blues v Matat\u016b, Saturday 23 March, Eden Park, kick off 4.35pm<\/p>\n
\nMatat\u016b v Hurricanes Poua, Friday 29 March, Apollo Projects Stadium, kick off 4.35pm
\nChiefs Manawa v nib Blues, Saturday 30 March, venue TBC, kick off 2.05pm<\/p>\n
\nHurricanes Poua v nib Blues, Saturday 6 April, Levin Domain, kick off 2.05pm
\nMatat\u016b v Chiefs Manawa, Ng\u0101 Puna Wai, Christchurch, kick off 4.05pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"