The Super 14 Trophy is a silver trophy awarded to the winner of the Super 14, a rugby union competition, final. Jens Hansen Gold and Silversmith in Nelson, New Zealand hand made the trophy. The same workshop made the gold ring in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Three different silversmiths constructed the trophy. This required soldering together a number of silver sheets as well as sanding, buffing and polishing. The trophy is 49 cm high and weighs 2.7 kg. Image File history File links Super_14_Trophy. ... Image File history File links Super_14_Trophy. ... The current Super 14 logo The Super 14 is a rugby union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ... The city of Nelson stands on the eastern side of Tasman Bay at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. ... Peter Jackson in New York (USA), at the premiere of King Kong, December 5, 2005 Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961, Pukerua Bay) is a New Zealand-born filmmaker best-known as the director of the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, which he, along with Fran... The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie poster (2001) The Lord of the Rings (film) redirects here. ...

The trophy was unveiled in Wellington for the first time on Tuesday, 7 February 2006. The public will be able to view the trophy for the first time when the Blues play the Hurricanes in the Super 14's opening match in Auckland. Alternative meanings at Wellington (disambiguation) A view of Wellington from the top of Mount Victoria. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Auckland Blues is a New Zealand rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand, and representing the Northland, North Harbour and Auckland unions. ... The Hurricanes, formerly known as Wellington Hurricanes, are a New Zealand rugby union team based in Wellington, and representing the East Coast, Poverty Bay, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa-Bush, Horowhenua-Kapiti and Wellington unions. ... Eden Park viewed from Mount Eden Eden Park is a sports ground in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

The trophy is sterling silver and has the Super 14 logo on a globe, on a four-sided twisted spiral. Fraser Holland, the New Zealand Rugby Union sponsorship and marketing manager, oversaw the construction of the trophy. He said that the SANZAR unions were happy to have a new trophy to launch the expanded competition. SANZAR is an abbrevation of the South African Rugby Football Union, the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and the Australian Rugby Union. ...

"We also wanted to move away from the traditional cup-style trophy and have a dynamic trophy to reflect the spirit of the Super 14. I think the designers have certainly achieved that - it's a superbly crafted, iconic trophy with a definite international look about it," Holland said.

Like the Stanley Cup in the National Hockey League and the Super 12 trophy, the trophy is a rotating trophy, held only during the offseason and returned to the competition organisers in time for it to be awarded to the next season's champions. This is dissimilar to the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which is permanently awarded to each winner of the Super Bowl, which in turn means that a new trophy is created every season. The Stanley Cup on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame. ... The modernized NHL shield logo debuted in 2005, replacing the orange and black shield, which had been used since the leagues inception. ... Categories: American football stubs | American football trophies and awards ... The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ...

The 2006 Super 14 Season will be the first season that the trophy will be used. The 2006 Super 14 Season will start on Friday, February 10, 2006, with the Grand Final being held on Saturday May 27, 2006. ...

See also

• Rugby Union
• Super 14
• Super 12 Champions
• Vince Lombardi Trophy
• Rugby Union World Cup
• Stanley Cup

Image from a test-match between Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks. ... The current Super 14 logo The Super 14 is a rugby union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ... In the history of the Super 12 (1996 - 2005), a SANZAR provincial rugby union competition, there were only three teams which lifted the Super 12 trophy. ... Categories: American football stubs | American football trophies and awards ... The Rugby Union World Cup is the premier international Rugby Union contest in the world, first held jointly in Australia and New Zealand in 1987, a full 33 years after the first Rugby League World Cup and now held every four years. ... The Stanley Cup on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame. ...

External links

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