1998 season of Super 12

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1998 season of Super 12
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master New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders (1st title)
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 New ZealandNew Zealand Andrew Mehrtens , Crusaders (206)
Most attempts South AfricaSouth Africa Stefan Terblanche , Sharks Joeli Vidiri , Blues Jeff Wilson , Highlanders (10 each)
New ZealandNew Zealand 
New ZealandNew Zealand 
← 1997 season of Super 12

The 1998 season marked the third edition of Super 12 , a rugby union competition involving twelve franchise teams from Australia , New Zealand and South Africa .

This season, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) also introduced fixed Super 12 franchises instead of the previous provincial teams. These were the Coastal Sharks , Golden Cats , Northern Bulls, and Western Stormers . There was no relegation between the South African teams.

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 Crusaders from the New Zealand city of Christchurch for the first time .

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 9 0 2 388: 296 + 92 7th 43
    02. New ZealandNew Zealand Canterbury Crusaders 11 8th 0 3 340: 260 + 80 9 41
    03. South AfricaSouth Africa Coastal Sharks 11 7th 0 4th 329: 263 + 66 8th 36
    04th New ZealandNew Zealand Otago Highlanders 11 7th 0 4th 343: 279 + 64 6th 34
    05. AustraliaAustralia Queensland Reds 11 6th 1 4th 273: 229 + 44 5 31
    06th AustraliaAustralia NSW Waratahs 11 6th 1 4th 306: 276 + 30 4th 30th
    07th New ZealandNew Zealand Waikato Chiefs 11 6th 0 5 279: 291 - 12 5 29
    08th. New ZealandNew Zealand Wellington Hurricanes 11 5 0 6th 313: 342 - 29 6th 26th
    09. South AfricaSouth Africa Western Stormers 11 3 0 8th 248: 364 - 116 6th 18th
    10. AustraliaAustralia ACT brumbies 11 3 0 8th 228: 308 - 80 4th 20th
    11. South AfricaSouth Africa Northern Bulls 11 3 0 8th 249: 306 - 57 4th 16
    12. South AfricaSouth Africa Golden cats 11 2 0 9 266: 346 - 80 7th 15th

    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 23, 1998
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Blues 37: 31 New ZealandNew Zealand Otago Highlanders Eden Park , Auckland
    Referee: Tappe Henning ( South Africa )
    Attempts: Cashmore (2), Vidiri , Stensness
    Increases: Cashmore (4)
    Penalty kicks: Cashmore (3)
    		 (20:16)
    Report     		Attempts: Maka , Wilson , Randell
    Elevations: Culhane (1), Brown (1)
    Penalty kicks: Culhane (3), Brown (1)
    May 24, 1998
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Canterbury Crusaders 36:32 South AfricaSouth Africa Coastal Sharks Lancaster Park , Christchurch
    Referee: Peter Marshall ( Australia )
    Attempts: Berryman (2), Gibson , Lilley
    Increases: Mehrtens (2)
    Penalties: Mehrtens (4)
    		 (23:10)
    Report     		Attempts: Le Roux (2), Payne , Putt , Terblanche
    Elevations: Joubert (2)
    Penalty kicks: Joubert (1)

    final

    May 30, 1998
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Blues 13: 20 New ZealandNew Zealand Canterbury Crusaders Eden Park, Auckland
    Referee: Paddy O'Brien ( New Zealand )
    Attempts: Christian
    Increases: Cashmore (1)
    Penalty Kicks: Cashmore (1)
    Dropgoals: Cashmore (1)     		(0: 3)
    report     		Attempts: Kerr , Maxwell
    Increases: Mehrtens (2)
    Penalties: Mehrtens (2)
    15th Adrian Cashmore
    14th Joeli Vidiri
    13 Eroni Clarke
    12 Lee Stensness
    11 Caleb Ralph
    10 Carlos Spencer
    09 Ofisa Tonu'u
    08th Xavier Rush
    07th Mark Carter
    06th Michael Jones ( c )
    05 Royce Willis
    04th Robin Brooke
    03 Olo Brown
    02 James Christian
    01 Craig Dowd
    Substitute:
    16 Jason Spice
    17th Brian Lima
    18th Hayden Taylor
    19th Andrew Blowers
    20th Leo Lafaiali'i
    21st Lee Lidgard
    22nd Andrew Roose
    15th Daryl Gibson
    14th James Kerr
    13 Tabai Matson
    12 Mark Mayerhofler
    11 Norm Berryman
    10 Andrew Mehrtens
    09 Aaron Flynn
    08th Steve Surridge
    07th Scott Robertson
    06th Todd Blackadder ( c )
    05 Norm Maxwell
    04th Reuben Thorne
    03 Stu Loe
    02 Mark Hammett
    01 Kevin Nepia
    Substitute:
    16 Daryl Lilley
    17th Tony Marsh
    18th Blair Feeney
    19th Angus Gardiner
    20th Steve Lancaster
    21st Greg Feek
    22nd Ace Tiatia

    statistics

    Most attempts made

    player team tries
    1. South AfricaSouth Africa Stefan Terblanche Natal Sharks 10
    New ZealandNew Zealand Joeli Vidiri Auckland Blues
    New ZealandNew Zealand Jeff Wilson Otago Highlanders

    Most points scored

    player team Points
    1. New ZealandNew Zealand Andrew Mehrtens Canterbury Crusaders 206
    2. New ZealandNew Zealand Adrian Cashmore Auckland Blues 180
    3. New ZealandNew Zealand Jon Preston Wellington Hurricanes 112
    4th AustraliaAustralia John Eales Queensland Reds 109
    5. South AfricaSouth Africa Henry Honiball Coastal Sharks 097

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