2001 season of Super 12

2001 season of Super 12

master	Australia Brumbies (1st track)
Teams	12
countries	Australia Australia (3 teams) New Zealand (5 teams) South Africa (4 teams) New Zealand South Africa
Games	69 (of which 69 played)
Most of the points	South Africa Braam van Straaten , Bulls (153)
Most attempts	Australia Andrew Walker , Brumbies Aisea Tuilevu , Highlanders (8 each) Fiji
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The 2001 season was the sixth 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 first champions were the Brumbies from the Australian capital Canberra .

Results

table

Participation in the semifinals

M = officiating master

	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
01.	Australia Brumbies	11	8th	3	348: 204	+ 144	8th	40
02.	South Africa Sharks	11	8th	3	322: 246	+ 76	6th	38
03.	South Africa Cats	11	7th	4th	285: 244	+ 41	6th	34
04th	Australia Queensland Reds	11	6th	5	300: 277	+ 23	8th	32
05.	New Zealand Highlanders	11	6th	5	284: 295	- 11	5	29
06th	New Zealand Chiefs	11	6th	5	301: 330	- 29	4th	28
07th	South Africa Stormers	11	5	6th	278: 285	- 7th	6th	26th
08th.	Australia NSW Waratahs	11	5	6th	306: 302	+ 4	5	25th
09.	New Zealand Hurricanes	11	5	6th	291: 316	- 25	5	25th
10.	New Zealand Crusaders (M)	11	4th	7th	307: 331	- 24	7th	23
11.	New Zealand blues	11	4th	7th	243: 298	- 55	5	21st
12.	South Africa Bulls	11	2	9	241: 378	- 137	3	11

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 19, 2001	Australia Brumbies	30: 6	Australia Queensland Reds	Canberra Stadium , Canberra Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa )
May 19, 2001	Attempts: Finegan , Mortlock , Paul Raids: Walker (3) Penalty Kicks: Walker (2) Dropgoals: Larkham (1)	(7: 6) Report	Penalty kicks : Drahm (1), Flatley (1)

May 19, 2001	South Africa Sharks	30: 12	South Africa Cats	Kings Park Stadium , Durban Referee: Stuart Dickinson ( Australia )
May 19, 2001	Attempts: Britz , Halstead , Terblanche , van Rensburg Elevations: James (1) Penalty kicks: James (1)	(5: 0) report	Penalty kicks: Koen (4)

final

May 26, 2001	Australia Brumbies	36: 6	South Africa Sharks	Canberra Stadium, Canberra Referee: Paddy O'Brien ( New Zealand )
May 26, 2001	Attempts: Giffin , Roff (2) Elevations: Walker (3) Penalty Kicks: Walker (5)	(6: 6) Report	Penalty Kicks: James (2)


15th	Andrew Walker
14th	Graeme Bond
13	James Holbeck
12	Rod Kafer
11	Joe Roff
10	Stephen Larkham
09	George Gregan ( c )
08th	Jim Williams
07th	George Smith
06th	Peter Ryan
05	David Giffin
04th	Justin Harrison
03	Ben Darwin
02	Jeremy Paul
01	Bill Young
Substitute:
16	Tom Murphy
17th	Matt Weaver
18th	David Pusey
20th	Travis Hall
22nd	Mark Bartholomeusz


15th	Ricardo Loubscher
14th	Stefan Terblanche
13	Deon Kayser
12	Trevor Halstead
11	Justin Swart
10	Butch James
09	Graig Davidson
08th	AJ Venter
07th	Charl van Rensburg
06th	Warren Britz
05	Mark Andrews ( c )
04th	Albert van den Berg
03	Etienne Fynn
02	John Smit
01	Ollie Le Roux
Substitute:
16	Lukas van Biljon
17th	Brent Moyle
18th	Brad McLeod-Henderson
19th	Shaun Sowerby
20th	Hentie Martens
21st	Gaffie you Toit
22nd	André Snyman

statistics

Most attempts made

	player	team	tries
1.	Australia Andrew Walker	Brumbies	8th
1.	Fiji Aisea Tuilevu	Highlanders	8th
3.	Australia Owen Finegan	Brumbies	7th
	Australia Chris Latham	Queensland Reds
	South Africa Breyton Paulse	Stormers

Most points scored

	player	team	Points
1.	South Africa Braam van Straaten	Bulls	153
2.	Australia Stirling Mortlock	Brumbies	144
3.	Australia Matt Burke	NSW Waratahs	129
4th	New Zealand David Holwell	blues	126
5.	New Zealand Glen Jackson	Chiefs	123