Chiefs coach record – Clayton McMillan
Head coaching career
Matches: 81
Won: 58
Drew: 0
Lost: 23
Points for: 2611
Points against: 1824
Biggest win: 85-7 v Moana Pasifika at Hamilton 2025 (78 points)
Biggest loss: 10-41 v Blues at Auckland 2024 (final) (31 points)
Highest score for: 85 v Moana Pasifika at Hamilton 2025
Highest score against: 41 v Blues at Auckland 2024 (final)
Longest winning sequence: 10 matches in 2023
Longest unbeaten sequence: 10 matches in 2023
Longest losing sequence: 2 matches on three occasions
Longest sequence without a win: 2 matches on three occasions
Season by season placing
2021 – 2nd of 5, Super Rugby Aotearoa, beaten finalist
5th of 10, Super Rugby Trans-Tasman
2022 – 3rd of 12, beaten semi-finalist
2023 – 1st of 12, beaten finalist
2024 – 4th of 12, beaten finalist
2025 – 1st of 11, beaten finalist
Players
Most players used in a season: 44 in 2021
Fewest players used in a season: 38 in 2025
Average number of players used in a season: 41.20
Total number of players chosen: 78
Most appearances by an individual: 71 by Samisoni Taukei’aho, 53 starts
68 by Luke Jacobson, 64 starts
67 by Tupou Vaa’i, 64 starts
42 replacement appearances by Ollie Norris, 64 matches
Substitutions
Possible substitutions: 648
Substitutions made: 645
