Crusaders teammates Dan Carter (left) and Richie McCaw out-run downed Bulls players during a Super 14 semi-final in South Africa in May 2007 (which the Bulls eventually won, 27–12). Known as Super Rugby since 2011, the competition (originally called Super 12) is the southern hemisphere's leading professional rugby-union competition. The number of participating teams rose from 12 in 1996 to 15 in 2011 (five each from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa) and an unwieldy 18 in 2016 (with new franchises in Argentina, South Africa and Japan) before falling to 15 in 2018. Carter, McCaw and five other members of the 2007 Crusaders were selected for that year's All Black team.
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