Super Rugby Finals Format

[kiap]

Okay. In a similar vein to a previous thread on The ladder there seems to be a discrepancy between various websites on the format of the finals (and, in particular, the semi-finals) this year.

superxv.com says:

1 v winner(3 v 6)
2 v winner(4 v 5)

but superrugby.com.au says:

1 v lower(winner(3 v 6) or winner(4 v 5))
2 v higher(winner(3 v 6) or winner(4 v 5))

The second site is supposedly the official one, but is this correct?

 

[rustycruiser]

1 verse lowest remaining seed
2 verse the higher remaining seed

 

[kiap]

Thanks, rustycruiser. I think you're right.

There was an amount of confusion on that last one though...

By the way, the broadcaster in SA still seems to have the tie-breaker criteria wrong (I think). This during the Sharks-Tahs match: