The Super Rugby Pacific Qualifying Final fixtures have been confirmed with the Crusaders overtaking the Blues to claim\u00a0third spot on the ladder in the last round of the regular season.<\/p>\n
The table-topping Hurricanes will kick off the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific Finals Series when they host the ACT Brumbies\u00a0at Hnry Stadium on Friday 5 June.<\/p>\n
The action continues at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday afternoon, where the defending champion Crusaders will face the Blues.<\/p>\n
The Chiefs will wrap up the Qualifying Finals with a Saturday night showdown against the Queensland Reds at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton.<\/p>\n
The three winning teams in the Qualifying Finals will progress to the Semi-Finals along with the highest-ranked losing team (the ‘lucky loser’).<\/p>\n
In a variation from last season, in 2026 the ‘lucky loser’ will be relegated to the lowest seeding for the Semi-Finals and as such forego any chance to host the Semi-Final or the Grand Final, should they progress.<\/p>\n
FINALS SERIES WEEK ONE – QUALIFYING FINALS<\/p>\n
FRIDAY 5 JUNE<\/p>\n
7.05pm NZST \/ 5.05pm AEST – Hurricanes (1) vs. ACT Brumbies (6) – Hnry Stadium, Wellington<\/p>\n
SATURDAY 6 JUNE<\/p>\n
4.35pm NZST \/ 2.35pm AEST – Crusaders (3) vs. Blues (4) –\u00a0One New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch<\/p>\n
7.05pm NZST \/ 5.05pm AEST – Chiefs (2) vs. Queensland Reds (5) – FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Super Rugby Pacific Qualifying Final fixtures have been confirmed with the Crusaders overtaking the Blues to claim\u00a0third…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-452600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}