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1998 Chiefs (rugby union) season

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Chiefs
1998 season
Head coachRoss Cooper
CaptainErrol Brain
StadiumWaikato Stadium, Hamilton
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Placing7th
RecordWon 6, Lost 5
Top try scorerAll: Roger Randle (6)
Top points scorerAll: Ian Foster (56)

1998 was another tough year for the Waikato Chiefs rugby team in the Super 12 tournament, winning 6 of their 11 games and finishing 7th overall on the table. This year the team was coached by Ross Cooper and captained by Errol Brain.

Standing

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 New Zealand Blues 11 9 0 2 388 296 +92 7 43
2 New Zealand Crusaders 11 8 0 3 340 260 +80 9 41
3 South Africa Sharks 11 7 0 4 329 263 +66 8 36
4 New Zealand Highlanders 11 7 0 4 343 279 +64 6 34
5 Australia Reds 11 6 1 4 273 229 +44 5 31
6 Australia Waratahs 11 6 1 4 306 276 +30 4 30
7 New Zealand Chiefs 11 6 0 5 279 291 −12 5 29
8 New Zealand Hurricanes 11 5 0 6 313 342 −29 6 26
9 South Africa Stormers 11 3 0 8 248 364 −166 6 18
10 Australia Brumbies 11 3 0 8 228 308 −80 5 17
11 South Africa Bulls 11 3 0 8 249 306 −57 4 16
12 South Africa Cats 11 2 0 9 266 346 −80 7 15

Results

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28 February 1998
Waikato Chiefs New Zealand25–23New Zealand Canterbury Crusaders
Try: McLeod
Little
Pen: MacDonald (5)
Try: Mehrtens
Kerr
Marshall
Mayerhofler
Pen: Mehrtens
North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
7 March 1998
Queensland Reds Australia25–28New Zealand Waikato Chiefs
Try: Smith
Flatley
Horan
Con: Flatley (2)
Pen: Flatley (2)
Try: Reihana
Cooper
Randle
Con: MacDonald
Cooper
Pen: Foster
Cooper
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
Referee: Johan Meuwesen (South Africa)
13 March 1998
Waikato Chiefs New Zealand19–22New Zealand Wellington Hurricanes
Try: Robinson
Randle
Pen: Foster
MacDonald (2)
Try: Telea (2)
Leaupepe
Umaga
Con: Preston
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Glenn Wahlstrom (New Zealand)
21 March 1998
Auckland Blues New Zealand25–23New Zealand Waikato Chiefs
Try: Vidiri
Con: Cashmore
Pen: Cashmore (6)
Try: Marsh
Randle
Con: Cooper (2)
Pen: Cooper (3)
Eden Park, Auckland
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
4 April 1998
Otago Highlanders New Zealand29–11New Zealand Waikato Chiefs
Try: Wilson
Stanley
Leslie
Falaniko
Con: Culhane (3)
Pen: Culhane
Try: McLeod
Pen: Cooper (2)
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
11 April 1998
Waikato Chiefs New Zealand37–25South Africa Northern Transvaal
Try: Marsh
Collins
Cooksley
Miller
Flavell
Con: Foster (2)
Cooper
Pen: Foster (2)
Try: Van Schalkwyk
Grobbelaar
Van der Westhuizen
Con: Smith (2)
Pen: Smith (2)
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Andrew Cole (New Zealand)
18 April 1998
Golden Cats South Africa35–36New Zealand Waikato Chiefs
Try: Van der Walt
Swanepoel
Con: De Beer (2)
Pen: De Beer (7)
Try: Brain
Marsh
Moore
Little (2)
Con: Foster (4)
Pen: Foster
Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
25 April 1998
Coastal Sharks South Africa52–18New Zealand Waikato Chiefs
Try: Wessels
Terblanche (4)
Brink
Minnaar
Con: Wessels
Honiball (6)
Pen: Honiball
Try: Larsen
Osborne
Con: Little
Pen: Cooper (2)
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Referee: Andrew Cole (New Zealand)
2 May 1998
Waikato Chiefs New Zealand26–7South Africa Western Stormers
Try: McLeod (2)
Con: Foster (2)
Pen: Foster (4)
Try: Penalty try
Con: Koen
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)
8 May 1998
Waikato Chiefs New Zealand35–15Australia ACT Brumbies
Try: Reihana (2)
Randle (2)
Con: Foster (2)
Cooper
Pen: Foster (3)
Try: Birch
Larkham
Mortlock
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Tappe Henning (South Africa)
15 May 1998
Waikato Chiefs New Zealand21–33Australia Waratahs
Try: Cooper
Randle
Con: Cooper
Pen: Cooper (3)
Try: Welborn
Dowling (2)
Con: Burke (3)
Pen: Burke (4)
North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Referee: Johan Meuwesen (South Africa)

Squad

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The Chiefs squad for the 1998 season was:[citation needed]

1998 Chiefs squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Midfield

Wings

Fullbacks

(c)

denotes team captain,Bold denotes player is internationally capped.

Notes and references

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