2013 Super Rugby season

2013 Super Rugby season
Bulls vs Brumbies in the semifinals, 27 July 2013
Countries	Australia (5 teams) New Zealand (5 teams) South Africa (5 teams)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Chiefs (2nd title)
Matches played	125
Attendance	2,547,183 (20,377 per match)
Tries scored	596 (4.77 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Morné Steyn (248)
Top try scorer(s)	Frank Halai (10)
Official website	Official website
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The 2013 Super Rugby season was the third season of the new 15-team format for the Super Rugby competition involving teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The tournament was won by the Chiefs, who defeated the Canberra-based Brumbies 27–22 in the competition final. For sponsorship reasons, this competition is known as FxPro Super Rugby in Australia, Investec Super Rugby in New Zealand and Vodacom Super Rugby in South Africa. Including the past incarnations as Super 12 and Super 14, this was the 18th season of the Southern Hemisphere's premier domestic competition. Conference matches took place every weekend from 15 February until 13 July – with a break between rounds 17 and 18 for internationals games – followed by the play-offs series that culminated in the final on 3 August.

The 2013 season saw the Southern Kings of South Africa enter the competition for the first time, having replaced the under-performing Lions.^[1] The Kings achieved three victories in their inaugural tournament, but finished last following the regular season, and were defeated by the Lions in a two-leg play-off for a position in the South African conference for the 2014 season.