1996 season of Super 12

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1996 season of Super 12
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master New ZealandNew Zealand Blues (1st track)
Teams 12
countries AustraliaAustralia Australia (3 teams) New Zealand (5 teams) South Africa (4 teams)
New ZealandNew Zealand 
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Games 69  (of which 69 played)
tries 442  (ø 6.41 per game)
Most of the points AustraliaAustralia Matt Burke , Waratahs (157)
Most attempts South AfricaSouth Africa James Small , Sharks (14)

The 1996 season was the first edition of Super 12 , a rugby union competition with eight franchise teams from Australia and New Zealand and four provincial teams from South Africa .

The season began on March 1, 1996 and ended with the final on May 25, 1996. A total of 69 games were played, with each team playing a round robin against the 11 other teams. There followed two semi-finals and finally the final. Masters were the blues from the New Zealand city of Auckland .

Due to an internal regulation of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), the Free State provincial team from South Africa replaced the worst-placed South African provincial team after the season. This was the Western Province team .

Results

table

  • Participation in the semifinals
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. AustraliaAustralia Queensland Reds 11 9 0 2 320: 247 + 73 5 41
    02. New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Blues 11 8th 0 3 408: 354 + 54 9 41
    03. South AfricaSouth Africa Northern Transvaal 11 8th 0 3 329: 208 + 121 6th 38
    04th South AfricaSouth Africa Natal Sharks 11 6th 0 5 389: 277 + 112 9 33
    05. AustraliaAustralia ACT brumbies 11 7th 0 4th 306: 273 + 33 4th 32
    06th New ZealandNew Zealand Waikato Chiefs 11 6th 0 5 291: 269 + 22 4th 28
    07th AustraliaAustralia NSW Waratahs 11 5 0 6th 312: 290 + 22 8th 28
    08th. New ZealandNew Zealand Otago Highlanders 11 5 0 6th 329: 391 - 62 6th 26th
    09. New ZealandNew Zealand Wellington Hurricanes 11 3 0 8th 290: 353 - 63 5 17th
    10. South AfricaSouth Africa Transvaal 11 3 0 8th 228: 299 - 71 4th 16
    11. South AfricaSouth Africa Western Province 11 3 1 7th 251: 353 - 102 1 15th
    12. New ZealandNew Zealand Canterbury Crusaders 11 2 1 8th 234: 373 - 139 2 13

    The points are distributed as follows:

    • 4 points if you win
    • 2 points if there is a tie
    • 0 points in the event of a loss (before possible bonus points)
    • 1 bonus point for four or more attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Semifinals

    May 18, 1996
    		 AustraliaAustralia Queensland Reds 25:43 South AfricaSouth Africa Natal Sharks Ballymore Stadium , Brisbane
    Referee: Paddy O'Brien ( New Zealand )
    Attempts: Foley , Horan , penalty attempt
    Elevations: Eales (2)
    Penalty kicks: Eales (1)
    		 (8:24)
    report     		Attempts: van der Westhuisen (3), Joubert (2), Thomson , van Heerden
    Increases: Joubert (2), Honiball (2)
    May 25, 1996
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Blues 48: 11 South AfricaSouth Africa Northern Transvaal Eden Park , Auckland
    Referee: Wayne Erickson ( Australia )
    Tries : Lomu (2), Cashmore , Vidiri , Ngauamo , Tonu'u , Brooke , Fitzpatrick
    Increases: Cashmore (4)
    		 (15: 6)
    Report     		Attempts: Breytenbach
    Penalty kicks: Kruger (2)

    final

    May 19, 1996
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Blues 45: 21 South AfricaSouth Africa Natal Sharks Eden Park, Auckland
    Referee: Wayne Erickson ( Australia )
    Attempts: Blowers , Spencer , Riechelmann , Clarke , Ngauamo , Lomu
    Elevations: Cashmore (3)
    Penalty kicks: Cashmore (3)
    		 (20:16)
    Report     		Attempts: Joubert , Small Raises
    : Honiball (1)
    Penalty kicks : Honiball (3)
    15th Adrian Cashmore
    14th Joeli Vidiri
    13 Eroni Clarke
    12 Johnny Ngauamo
    11 Jonah Lomu
    10 Carlos Spencer
    09 Ofisa Tonu'u
    08th Zinzan Brooke ( c )
    07th Andrew Blowers
    06th Michael Jones
    05 Charles Riechelmann
    04th Robin Brooke
    03 Olo Brown
    02 Sean Fitzpatrick
    01 Craig Dowd
    Substitute:
    16 Lee Stensness
    17th Cameron Rackham
    18th Michael Scott
    19th Jason Chandler
    20th Kevin Nepia
    21st Andrew Roose
    15th André Joubert
    14th James Small
    13 Jeremy Thomson
    12 Dick Muir
    11 Cabous van der Westhuisen
    10 Henry Honiball
    09 Kevin Putt
    08th Gary Teichmann ( c )
    07th Wickus van Heerden
    06th Wayne Fyvie
    05 Mark Andrews
    04th Steve Atherton
    03 Adrian Garvey
    02 John Allan
    01 Ollie Le Roux
    Substitute:
    16 Jozuzi Joubert
    17th Roland de Marigny
    18th Robert du Preez
    19th Dieter Kriese
    20th John Slade
    21st Federico Méndez

    statistics

    Most attempts made

    player team tries
    1. South AfricaSouth Africa James Small Natal Sharks 14th
    2. South AfricaSouth Africa André Joubert Natal Sharks 12
    3. New ZealandNew Zealand Joeli Vidiri Auckland Blues 10

    Most points scored

    player team Points
    1. AustraliaAustralia Matt Burke NSW Waratahs 157
    2. AustraliaAustralia John Eales Queensland Reds 155
    3. South AfricaSouth Africa Jannie Kruger Northern Transvaal 139
    4th South AfricaSouth Africa Henry Honiball Natal Sharks 138
    5. South AfricaSouth Africa Joel Stransky Western Province 120

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