2011 in rugby union

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Chapters: 2011 Super Rugby season, 2010-11 Magners League, 2011 Six Nations Championship fixtures, 2010-11 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage, 2011 Six Nations Championship squads, 2010-11 Aviva Premiership, 2011 Varsity Cup, 2010-11 Top 14 season, 2010-11 Principality Premiership, 2011 Vodacom Cup, 2011 Rugby World Cup, 2011 Eastern Province Kings season, 2010-11 LV Cup, 2010-11 Rugby Pro D2 season, Germany at the 2010-12 European Nations Cup, 2010-2012 European Nations Cup First Division, 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division, 2010-11 Heineken Cup, 2011 Hong Kong Sevens, 2010-11 IRB Sevens World Series, 2010-2012 European Nations Cup Second Division, 2011 Currie Cup First Division, Rugby-Bundesliga 2010-11, 2011 Women's RBS 6 Nations Championship, 2010-11 British and Irish Cup, 2011 USA Sevens, 2010-11 WRU Challenge Cup: Tier 3, 2011 Adelaide Sevens, 2011 Wellington Sevens, 2011 Rugby Super League season, 2011 Women's European Trophy, 2011 Churchill Cup, 2011 mid-year rugby test series, 2011 Asian Five Nations, 2010-11 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season, 2011 Tri Nations Series, 2011 Medallion Shield Final, 2011 ITM Cup, 2011 IRB Junior World Championship, 2010-2012 European Nations Cup Third Division. Excerpt: The 2011 Super Rugby season was the first season of the new 15-team format for the Super Rugby competition, which involved teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Including its past iterations as Super 12 and Super 14, this was the 16th season for the Southern Hemisphere's premier transnational club competition. The season kicked off in February 2011, with pre-season matches held from mid-January. It finished in early July to allow players a recovery period for the 2011 Rugby World Cup to be held in September and October, in future non-World Cup years, the competition will extend into August. This season have seen the arrival of the Melbourne Rebels, admitted to the competition as Australia's fifth team after entry by the Southern Kings from South Africa was denied. This was also the first season of a revamped competition format, with a greater focus on matches within each participating country and an expanded finals series. During this season, the first ever Super Rugby game was played outside of the SANZAR region, taking place at Twickenham Stadium between the Crusaders and the Sharks. The match was moved to Twickenham Stadium due to the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Proceeds of the game were also donated to the relief effort. The final was played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane between the Queensland Reds and the Crusaders. The Reds won 18-13 to claim their first Super Rugby title. Covering 21 weeks, the schedule featured a total of 125 matches. The 15 teams were grouped by geography, labelled the Australian Conference, New Zealand Conference and the South African Conference. With the new format, the regular season consisted of two types of matches: The top team of each conference, plus the next top three teams in table points regardless of conference (wild card teams), moved on to the finals. The top two conference winners, based on table points, receive first-round byes. In the first round of the finals, the third conference winner is the #3