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Hurricanes46.1%57.0+129.411.30.44.3
Chiefs24.0%52.5+92.610.30.45.4
Crusaders20.9%51.8+82.810.10.45.5
Brumbies3.7%43.0+5.38.10.47.4
Blues1.7%39.6-26.97.40.48.2
Queensland Reds1.5%39.3-10.97.20.48.4
Western Force1.2%37.8-29.06.90.48.7
New South Wales Waratahs0.4%33.0-63.85.70.49.9
Highlanders0.3%33.1-77.55.80.49.8
Fijian Drua0.1%30.6-102.05.20.410.4

Position Distribution

Percentage of simulations each team finished in each position. Darker cells indicate higher likelihood.

Team#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10
Hurricanes50.1%26.0%13.9%5.5%2.9%1.0%0.4%0.1%--
Chiefs23.5%27.4%23.2%12.7%6.6%3.6%1.7%0.9%0.3%0.1%
Crusaders20.4%27.5%23.5%13.3%7.0%4.6%2.1%0.9%0.5%0.2%
Brumbies2.9%7.7%13.5%19.9%16.8%14.0%10.1%7.8%4.7%2.5%
Blues1.1%3.5%7.9%13.4%17.1%15.9%14.2%12.2%9.2%5.4%
Queensland Reds1.0%3.4%7.3%13.0%17.0%16.4%15.2%11.3%8.5%6.8%
Western Force0.7%2.7%5.4%10.7%13.9%16.3%15.5%14.7%12.1%8.1%
New South Wales Waratahs0.1%0.8%2.2%4.4%7.1%10.1%15.0%17.6%21.8%21.1%
Highlanders0.1%0.7%2.0%4.6%6.9%11.1%14.1%18.5%20.7%21.2%
Fijian Drua-0.3%1.1%2.5%4.6%7.0%11.8%16.0%22.1%34.6%

Nobody is fixed into a tie — who plays whom is itself a simulated outcome, so a tie is described by who turned up in it rather than by a pairing. Select any tie for everyone who reached it, or switch to Likely path for the bracket drawn as a tree.

Each tie lists every team that reached it. The first figure is how often the team reaches the tie; the second, shaded darker, how often it reaches the tie and wins. Both are shares of every simulation, so they are not a head-to-head between two sides.

Quarter-finals

  • Crusaders28% · 22%
  • Brumbies28% · 13%
  • Chiefs27% · 21%
  • Blues24% · 9%
  • Queensland Reds24% · 7%
5 more
  • Western Force22% · 7%
  • Hurricanes15% · 13%
  • Highlanders13% · 3%
  • New South Wales Waratahs12% · 3%
  • Fijian Drua8% · 1%
  • Brumbies37% · 19%
  • Blues31% · 14%
  • Queensland Reds30% · 12%
  • Western Force25% · 10%
  • Crusaders20% · 15%
5 more
  • Chiefs19% · 14%
  • Highlanders12% · 4%
  • New South Wales Waratahs12% · 4%
  • Hurricanes8% · 6%
  • Fijian Drua7% · 2%

Semi-finals

  • Hurricanes55% · 44%
  • Chiefs36% · 23%
  • Crusaders33% · 19%
  • Brumbies22% · 5%
  • Blues16% · 3%
5 more
  • Queensland Reds13% · 3%
  • Western Force12% · 2%
  • Highlanders6% · <1%
  • New South Wales Waratahs5% · <1%
  • Fijian Drua2% · <1%
  • Crusaders51% · 27%
  • Chiefs51% · 29%
  • Hurricanes40% · 28%
  • Brumbies21% · 6%
  • Blues12% · 3%
5 more
  • Queensland Reds11% · 2%
  • Western Force8% · 2%
  • Highlanders3% · <1%
  • New South Wales Waratahs3% · <1%
  • Fijian Drua1% · <1%

Final

  • Hurricanes72% · 46%
  • Chiefs52% · 24%
  • Crusaders46% · 21%
  • Brumbies11% · 4%
  • Blues6% · 2%
4 more
  • Queensland Reds5% · 2%
  • Western Force5% · 1%
  • Highlanders2% · <1%
  • New South Wales Waratahs1% · <1%

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