The 2020 Super Rugby AU season, branded as Vodafone Super Rugby AU, was the inaugural season of Super Rugby AU, a professional Australian rugby union competition organised by Rugby Australia (RA). The tournament replaced the Australian component of the incomplete 2020 Super Rugby season that was shut down in March of that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It featured the four teams from the 2020 Australian conference, with the addition of former Super Rugby franchise the Western Force. The season ran from 3 July to 19 September 2020.
The won the inaugural title, defeating the 28âÂÂ23 in the Grand Final at Canberra Stadium.
On 12 June, Rugby Australia announced seven law trials designed to make the game more entertaining for the fans and players. The trials were adapted from the 10 optional law trials available for unions and competitions given by World Rugby in May 2020. The following trials were used during the competition:
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets: