The South African franchises thereafter entered the newly renamed Pro14 competition, while the Western Force took part in the National Rugby Championship, the domestic Australia competition, while preparing to enter the new Global Rapid Rugby competition in 2019.
The conference winners and best wildcard team hosted the quarterfinals.
For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets: The fixtures for the 2018 Super Rugby competition were released on 21 September 2017.
[5] The following matches were played during the regular season: The finals fixtures were as follows:
The following refereeing panel was appointed by SANZAAR for the 2018 Super Rugby season:[23]