1998 Chiefs (rugby union) season

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.

Chiefs

1998 season
Head coach	Ross Cooper
Captain	Errol Brain
Stadium	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Placing	7th
Record	Won 6, Lost 5
Top try scorer	All: Roger Randle (6)
Top points scorer	All: Ian Foster (56)
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Standing

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

Results

28 February 1998

Waikato Chiefs	25–23	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	25–28	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	19–22	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	25–23	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	29–11	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	37–25	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	35–36	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	52–18	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	26–7	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	35–15	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	21–33	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

The Chiefs squad for the 1998 season was:

1998 Chiefs squad
Props Con Barrell Michael Collins Hookers Greg Smith Locks Mark Cooksley Ian Jones	Loose forwards Errol Brain Blair Larsen Glen Marsh Justin Collins Nick Holten Scrum-halves Brett McCormack Fly-halves Ian Foster	Midfield Scott McLeod Walter Little Wings Roger Randle Bruce Reihana Fullbacks Leon MacDonald Glen Osborne Todd Miller
(c) denotes team captain,Bold denotes player is internationally capped.