2006 season of Super 14

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2006 season of Super 14
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master New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders (6th title)
Teams 14th
countries AustraliaAustralia Australia (4 teams) New Zealand (5 teams) South Africa (5 teams)
New ZealandNew Zealand 
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Games 94  (of which 94 played)
tries 447  (ø 4.76 per game)
spectator 2321833  (ø 24,700 per game)
Most of the points New ZealandNew Zealand Daniel Carter , Crusaders (221)
Most attempts SamoaSamoa Lome Fa'atau , Hurricanes (10)
← 2005 season of Super 12

The 2006 season marked the first edition of Super 14 , a rugby union competition involving 14 franchise teams from Australia , New Zealand and South Africa . The Super 12 competition, which has existed since 1996, was expanded to include two teams, Western Force from Perth (Australia) and Central Cheetahs from Bloemfontein (South Africa).

The season began on February 10, 2006 and ended with the final on May 27, 2006. A total of 94 games were played, with each team playing a round robin against the 13 other teams. There followed two semi-finals and finally the final. The champions were for the sixth time the Crusaders from the New Zealand city of Christchurch .

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 Crusaders (M) 13 11 1 1 412: 210 + 202 5 51
    02. New ZealandNew Zealand Hurricanes 13 10 0 3 328: 226 + 102 7th 47
    03. AustraliaAustralia NSW Waratahs 13 9 0 4th 362: 192 + 170 9 45
    04th South AfricaSouth Africa Bulls 13 7th 1 5 355: 290 + 65 7th 38
    05. South AfricaSouth Africa Sharks 13 7th 0 6th 361: 297 + 64 10 38
    06th AustraliaAustralia Brumbies 13 8th 1 4th 326: 269 + 57 4th 38
    07th New ZealandNew Zealand Chiefs 13 7th 1 5 325: 298 + 27 6th 36
    08th. New ZealandNew Zealand blues 13 6th 0 7th 290: 344 - 54 5 29
    09. New ZealandNew Zealand Highlanders 13 6th 0 7th 228: 276 - 48 3 27
    10. South AfricaSouth Africa Central Cheetahs 13 5 0 8th 272: 367 - 95 7th 27
    11. South AfricaSouth Africa Stormers 13 4th 1 8th 263: 334 - 71 5 23
    12. AustraliaAustralia Queensland Reds 13 4th 0 9 240: 320 - 80 6th 22nd
    13. South AfricaSouth Africa Cats 13 2 1 10 220: 405 - 185 5 15th
    14th AustraliaAustralia Western Force 13 1 2 10 223: 373 - 150 4th 12

    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 successful attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Semifinals

    May 19, 2006
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Hurricanes 16:14 AustraliaAustralia NSW Waratahs Westpac Stadium , Wellington
    Spectators: 34,500
    Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa )
    Attempts: Fa'atau
    raises: Holwell (1)
    Penalty kicks : Holwell (1), Gopperth (1), Weepu (1)
    		 (13: 8)
    Report     		Attempts: Hewat
    Penalty kicks: Hewat (3)
    May 20, 2006
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders 35:15 South AfricaSouth Africa Bulls Jade Stadium , Christchurch
    Spectators: 24,000
    Referees: Stuart Dickinson ( Australia )
    Attempts: Gear (2), Flynn , Jack , Mauger
    Increases: Carter (2)
    Penalty Kicks: Carter (1)
    Dropgoals: Carter (1)     		(16: 8)
    Report     		Attempts: Habana , Spies
    Elevations: Steyn (1)
    Penalty kicks: Steyn (1)

    final

    May 27, 2006
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders 19:12 New ZealandNew Zealand Hurricanes Jade Stadium, Christchurch
    Spectators: 36,500
    Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa )
    Attempts: Laulala 62nd
    increases: Carter (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Carter (4/5) 32nd, 37th, 46th, 69th.
    		 (6: 3)
    Report     		Penalty kicks: Weepu (1/1) 14.
    Holwell (1/2) 44.
    Gopperth (1/1) 56., 70.
    15th Leon MacDonald
    14th Rico Gear
    13 Casey Laulala
    12 Aaron Mauger
    11 Scott Hamilton
    10 Daniel Carter
    09 Kevin Senio
    08th Moses Tuiali'i
    07th Richie McCaw ( c )
    06th Reuben Thorne
    05 Ross Filipo
    04th Chris Jack
    03 Greg Somerville
    02 Corey Flynn
    01 Wyatt Crockett
    Substitute:
    16 Tone Kopelani
    17th Campbell Johnstone
    18th Johnny Leo'o
    19th Tanerau Latimer
    20th Stephen Brett
    21st Cameron McIntyre
    22nd Caleb Ralph
    15th Isaia Toeava
    14th Lome Fa'atau
    13 Ma'a Nonu
    12 Tana Umaga
    11 Shannon Paku
    10 David Holwell
    09 Piri Weepu
    08th Rodney So'oialo ( c )
    07th Chris Masoe
    06th Jerry Collins
    05 Jason Eaton
    04th Paul Tito
    03 Neemia Tialata
    02 Andrew Hore
    01 John Schwalger
    Substitute:
    16 Luke Mahoney
    17th Joe McDonnell
    18th Luke Andrews
    19th Thomas Waldrom
    20th Brendan Haami
    21st Jimmy Gopperth
    22nd Tamati Ellison

    statistics

    Most attempts made

    rank player team tries
    1 SamoaSamoa Lome Fa'atau Hurricanes 10
    2 AustraliaAustralia Stirling Mortlock Brumbies 9
    AustraliaAustralia Scott Staniforth Western Force
    4th New ZealandNew Zealand Rico Gear Crusaders 8th
    5 New ZealandNew Zealand Leon MacDonald Crusaders 7th
    New ZealandNew Zealand Sitiveni Sivivatu Chiefs
    South AfricaSouth Africa Percy Montgomery Sharks
    AustraliaAustralia Cameron Shepherd Western Force
    South AfricaSouth Africa Bryan Habana Bulls

    Most points scored

    rank player team Points
    1. New ZealandNew Zealand Daniel Carter Crusaders 221
    2. AustraliaAustralia Peter Hewat NSW Waratahs 191
    3. New ZealandNew Zealand Stephen Donald Chiefs 133
    4th AustraliaAustralia Stirling Mortlock Brumbies 126
    5. AustraliaAustralia Cameron Shepherd Western Force 118

    Web links

    Commons : Super 14 2006  - Collection of images, videos and audio files