2000 season of Super 12

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2000 season of Super 12
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master New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders (3rd 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 AustraliaAustralia Stirling Mortlock , Brumbies (194)
Most attempts AustraliaAustralia Andrew Walker , Brumbies (13)
← Season 1999 of Super 12

The 2000 season was the fifth edition of Super 12 , a rugby union competition with twelve franchise teams from Australia , New Zealand and South Africa .

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 third time .

Results

table

  • Participation in the semifinals

    • M = officiating master

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. AustraliaAustralia Brumbies 11 9 0 2 393: 196 + 197 9 45
    02. New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders (M) 11 8th 0 3 369: 293 + 76 7th 39
    03. New ZealandNew Zealand Highlanders 11 6th 0 5 320: 280 + 40 8th 32
    04th South AfricaSouth Africa Cats 11 7th 0 4th 320: 334 - 14 4th 32
    05. South AfricaSouth Africa Stormers 11 6th 1 4th 298: 276 + 22 5 31
    06th New ZealandNew Zealand blues 11 6th 0 5 300: 262 + 38 6th 30th
    07th AustraliaAustralia Queensland Reds 11 6th 0 5 317: 305 + 12 6th 30th
    08th. New ZealandNew Zealand Hurricanes 11 6th 0 5 308: 329 - 21 5 29
    09. AustraliaAustralia NSW Waratahs 11 5 0 6th 273: 258 + 15 5 25th
    10. New ZealandNew Zealand Chiefs 11 3 0 8th 257: 352 - 95 8th 20th
    11. South AfricaSouth Africa Northern Bulls 11 1 2 8th 231: 395 - 164 3 11
    12. South AfricaSouth Africa Sharks 11 1 1 9 235: 341 - 106 3 9

    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 20, 2000
    		 AustraliaAustralia Brumbies 28: 5 South AfricaSouth Africa Cats Canberra Stadium , Canberra
    Referee: Paddy O'Brien ( New Zealand )
    Attempts: Hardy , Roff , Walker
    Elevations: Mortlock (2)
    Penalty Kicks: Mortlock (3)
    		 (6: 5)
    Report     		Tries: van der Walt
    May 20, 2000
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders 37:15 New ZealandNew Zealand Highlanders Jade Stadium , Christchurch
    Referee: Wayne Erickson ( Australia )
    Attempts: Cribb , Vunibaka (2)
    Increases: Mehrtens (2)
    Penalties: Mehrtens (6)
    		 (19: 8)
    Report     		Attempts: Kelleher , Maling
    Elevations: Laney (1)
    Penalty Kicks: Brown (1)

    final

    May 27, 2000
    		 AustraliaAustralia Brumbies 19:20 New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders Canberra Stadium, Canberra
    Referee: André Watson ( South Africa )
    Attempts: Smith
    raises: Mortlock (1)
    Penalty kicks: Mortlock (4)
    		 (3:12)
    Report     		Attempts: Cribb
    Penalty kicks: Mehrtens (5)
    15th Andrew Walker
    14th Mark Bartholomeusz
    13 Stirling Mortlock
    12 Rod Kafer
    11 Joe Roff
    10 Stephen Larkham
    09 George Gregan
    08th Jim Williams
    07th Brett Robinson ( c )
    06th Ipolito Fenukitau
    05 David Giffin
    04th Justin Harrison
    03 Patricio Noriega
    02 Jeremy Paul
    01 Bill Young
    Substitute:
    16 Mitch Hardy
    17th James Holbeck
    18th Travis Hall
    19th George Smith
    20th Troy Jaques
    21st Ben Darwin
    22nd Tom Murphy
    15th Leon MacDonald
    14th Marika Vunibaka
    13 Mark Robinson
    12 Daryl Gibson
    11 Caleb Ralph
    10 Andrew Mehrtens
    09 Ben Hurst
    08th Ron Cribb
    07th Scott Robertson
    06th Reuben Thorne
    05 Norm Maxwell
    04th Todd Blackadder ( c )
    03 Greg Somerville
    02 Mark Hammett
    01 Greg Feek
    Substitute:
    16 Aaron Mauger
    17th Mark Mayerhofler
    18th Aaron Flynn
    19th Dallas Seymour
    20th Chris Jack
    21st Con Barrell
    22nd Slade McFarland

    statistics

    Most attempts made

    player team tries
    1. AustraliaAustralia Andrew Walker Brumbies 13
    2. FijiFiji Marika Vunibaka Crusaders 11
    3. South AfricaSouth Africa Breyton Paulse Stormers 10
    New ZealandNew Zealand Christian Cullen Hurricanes

    Most points scored

    player team Points
    1. AustraliaAustralia Stirling Mortlock Brumbies 194
    2. New ZealandNew Zealand Andrew Mehrtens Crusaders 160
    3. AustraliaAustralia Matt Burke NSW Waratahs 158
    4th New ZealandNew Zealand Tony Brown (rugby player) Highlanders 150
    5. South AfricaSouth Africa Braam van Straaten Northern Bulls 129

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