1997 season of Super 12

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1997 season of Super 12
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master New ZealandNew Zealand Blues (2nd 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)
Most of the points South AfricaSouth Africa Gavin Lawless , Sharks (170)
Most attempts AustraliaAustralia Joe Roff , Brumbies (16)
← 1996 season of Super 12

The 1997 season was the second edition of Super 12 , a rugby union competition with eight franchise teams from Australia and New Zealand and four provincial teams from South Africa .

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

A total of 69 games were played, with each team playing a round robin against the eleven other teams. There followed two semi-finals and finally the final. The champions were the blues from the New Zealand city of Auckland for the second time .

This year there were some innovations in the rules of the sport due to the professionalization of rugby union. So there were several world premieres in this edition of Super 12. Yellow and red cards, a ten-minute half-time break and tactical substitutions and substitutions were introduced.

Results

table

  • Participation in the semifinals

    • M = officiating master

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Blues (M) 11 10 1 0 435: 283 + 152 8th 50
    02. AustraliaAustralia ACT brumbies 11 8th 0 3 406: 291 + 115 9 41
    03. New ZealandNew Zealand Wellington Hurricanes 11 6th 0 5 416: 314 + 102 10 34
    04th South AfricaSouth Africa Natal Sharks 11 5 2 4th 321: 350 - 29 6th 30th
    05. South AfricaSouth Africa Gauteng Lions 11 5 1 5 302: 346 - 44 6th 28
    06th New ZealandNew Zealand Canterbury Crusaders 11 5 1 5 272: 235 + 37 4th 26th
    07th South AfricaSouth Africa Free State Cheetahs 11 5 0 6th 301: 327 - 26th 5 25th
    08th. South AfricaSouth Africa Northern Transvaal 11 3 3 5 264: 342 - 78 4th 22nd
    09. AustraliaAustralia NSW Waratahs 11 4th 0 7th 255: 296 - 41 4th 20th
    10. AustraliaAustralia Queensland Reds 11 4th 0 7th 263: 318 - 55 4th 20th
    11. New ZealandNew Zealand Waikato Chiefs 11 4th 0 7th 272: 295 - 23 3 19th
    12. New ZealandNew Zealand Otago Highlanders 11 3 0 8th 299: 409 - 110 5 17th

    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 24, 1997
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Blues 55:36 South AfricaSouth Africa Natal Sharks Eden Park , Auckland
    Referee: Wayne Erickson ( Australia )
    Attempts: Brooke , Carter , Cashmore , Clarke (2), Spencer , Vidiri (2)
    Elevations: Cashmore (6)
    Penalties: Cashmore (1)
    		 (33: 5)
    Report     		Tries : Honiball , Joubert (2), Payne (2), Stewart
    Increases: Honiball (3)
    May 24, 1997
    		 AustraliaAustralia ACT brumbies 33:20 New ZealandNew Zealand Wellington Hurricanes Canberra Stadium , Canberra
    Referee: André Watson ( South Africa )
    Attempts: Gregan , Hardy , Holbeck (2), Roff
    Increases: Knox (1)
    Penalty Kicks : Knox (2)
    		 (13: 3)
    Report     		Attempts: Cullen (2)
    Elevations: Preston (2)
    Penalty Kicks: Preston (2)

    final

    May 31, 1997
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Blues 23: 7 AustraliaAustralia ACT brumbies Eden Park , Auckland
    Referee: Tappe Henning ( South Africa )
    Attempts: Dowd , Jones
    Raise: Cashmore (2)
    Penalty Kicks: Cashmore (3)
    		 (10: 0)
    report     		Tries : Roff
    Increases: Knox (1)
    15th Adrian Cashmore
    14th Joeli Vidiri
    13 Eroni Clarke
    12 Lee Stensness
    11 Brian Lima
    10 Carlos Spencer
    09 Ofisa Tonu'u
    08th Zinzan Brooke ( c )
    07th Mark Carter
    06th Michael Jones
    05 Leo Lafaiali'i
    04th Robin Brooke
    03 Olo Brown
    02 Sean Fitzpatrick
    01 Craig Dowd
    Substitute:
    16 Jeremy Stanley
    17th Michael Scott
    18th Dylan Mika
    19th Charles Riechelmann
    20th Paul Thomson
    21st Andrew Roose
    15th Stephen Larkham
    14th Mitch Hardy
    13 James Holbeck
    12 Pat Howard
    11 Joe Roff
    10 David Knox
    09 George Gregan
    08th Troy Coker
    07th Brett Robinson ( c )
    06th Owen Finegan
    05 David Giffin
    04th John Langford
    03 Ewen McKenzie
    02 Marco Caputo
    01 Patricio Noriega
    Substitute:
    16 Rod Kafer
    17th Geoff Logan
    18th Justin Harrison
    19th Ipolito Fenukitau
    20th Dean Zammit
    21st Timoté Tavalea

    statistics

    Most attempts made

    player team tries
    1. AustraliaAustralia Joe Roff ACT brumbies 16
    2. New ZealandNew Zealand Tana Umaga Wellington Hurricanes 12
    3. New ZealandNew Zealand Christian Cullen Wellington Hurricanes 11

    Most points scored

    player team Points
    1. South AfricaSouth Africa Gavin Lawless Natal Sharks 170
    2. New ZealandNew Zealand Jon Preston Wellington Hurricanes 153
    3. AustraliaAustralia Matt Burke NSW Waratahs 150
    4th New ZealandNew Zealand Adrian Cashmore Auckland Blues 142
    5. AustraliaAustralia David Knox ACT brumbies 136

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