Waikato Chiefs
Sport	Rugby union
Competition	Super 14
Year founded	1996
Region	Waikato
Team colours	Black, yellow and red
Stadium	Waikato Stadium
Captain	Jono Gibbes
Coach	Ian Foster
2005 position	6th
Website	www.chiefs.co.nz

The Chiefs (formerly known as Waikato Chiefs), are a New Zealand rugby union team based in Hamilton, New Zealand, and representing the Counties Manukau, Waikato, Thames Valley, King Country and Bay of Plenty unions; up until 1999 North Harbour which was swapped with the Blues for Counties Manukau. The Chiefs are based in the city of Hamilton, with their home ground being the Waikato Stadium. Waikato Chiefs rugby team logo (fair use) This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... 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. ... Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. ... BLACK is a first-person shooter for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, developed by Criterion Software and published by Electronic Arts. ... Yellow is any of a number of similar colors with a wavelength of 565-590 nanometers. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Waikato Stadium, NZ Māori v Lions, 2005 Waikato Stadium is a major rugby union and soccer venue in Hamilton, New Zealand with a total capacity, seated and standing, of 26,350. ... Ian Foster is known as the Father of grid computing. ... Image from a test-match between Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks. ... Hamilton is New Zealands 4th-largest metropolitan area. ... Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union (CMRFU) is a Rugby Football Union, based in the Franklin district of New Zealand. ... The North Harbour Rugby Union was formed in 1985 and during this time has developed a reputation for playing quality rugby football. ... The Auckland Blues is a New Zealand rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand, and representing the Northland, North Harbour and Auckland unions. ...

Originally the Chiefs had North Harbour and Northland in an effort by the NZRU to prevent the Blues from playing a team of All Blacks in all but name due to the preponderence of All Blacks from the Auckland, Counties Manukau and North Harbour at the time.

They compete in the Super 14 competition (which was known as the Super 12 from 1996 through to 2005), in which it has been the least successful of the competition's five New Zealand sides. In 2004, the Chiefs earned their first semifinal berth. Until this point the Chiefs had been the only New Zealand side that never qualified for the Super 12 semifinals. although they bowed out in 4th place, defeated 37-20 in the semifinal by the ACT Brumbies. The current Super 14 logo The Super 14 is a rugby union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Brumbies (formerly known as the ACT Brumbies, for sponsorship reasons referred to as CA Brumbies) are a Super 14 rugby union team based in Canberra, Australia and named for the wild horses which inhabit Canberras hinterland. ...

Super 12 positions

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External links

• Official site
• Data and statistics itsrugby.com