Winger Dom Shipperley scored a runaway try on the stroke of fulltime to give Super Rugby premiers Queensland a remarkable victory over NSW at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night.

The Highlanders overturned a ten point deficit early in the secondhalf to beat the Chiefs in round one of their Super Rugby clash at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.

Weepu's return to the World Cup field of glory ended in injury-time despair as his dropped-goal attempt was deflected.

The Brumbies' new Super Rugby era under Jake White began as planned with a hard-fought 19-17 victory over the Western Force in their season-opener on Friday night.

The Crusaders held on to their first half lead to pip the Blues narrowly 19-18 at Eden park in Auckland.

Our rugby expects have analyse the Super 15 season and share their thoughts on the season ahead.