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.

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

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)

The Chiefs squad for the 1998 season was:^{[citation needed]}