2009 season of Super 14

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2009 season of Super 14
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master South AfricaSouth Africa Bulls (2nd 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 506  (ø 5.38 per game)
Most of the points South AfricaSouth Africa Morné Steyn , Bulls (191)
Most attempts New ZealandNew Zealand Ma'a Nonu , Hurricanes (9)
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The 2009 season was the fourth edition of Super 14 , a rugby union competition with 14 franchise teams from Australia , New Zealand and South Africa (from 1996 to 2005 the competition was called Super 12).

The season began on February 13, 2009 and ended with the final on May 30, 2009. 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 defending champions were the Crusaders from the New Zealand city of Christchurch . The Bulls from the South African capital Pretoria won the title for the second time and defeated the Chiefs in the final with 61:17, which meant the highest final victory in the history of the tournament.

Results

table

  • Participation in the semifinals

    • M = officiating master

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. South AfricaSouth Africa Bulls 13 10 0 3 338: 271 + 67 6th 46
    02. New ZealandNew Zealand Chiefs 13 9 0 4th 338: 236 + 102 9 45
    03. New ZealandNew Zealand Hurricanes 13 9 0 4th 380: 279 + 101 8th 44
    04th New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders 13 8th 1 4th 231: 198 + 33 7th 41
    05. AustraliaAustralia Waratahs 13 9 0 4th 241: 212 + 29 5 41
    06th South AfricaSouth Africa Sharks 13 8th 0 5 282: 239 + 43 6th 38
    07th AustraliaAustralia Brumbies 13 8th 0 5 311: 305 + 6 6th 38
    08th. AustraliaAustralia Western Force 13 6th 1 6th 328: 275 + 53 10 36
    09. New ZealandNew Zealand blues 13 5 0 8th 339: 369 - 30 12 32
    10. South AfricaSouth Africa Stormers 13 5 0 8th 235: 249 - 14 7th 27
    11. New ZealandNew Zealand Highlanders 13 4th 0 9 254: 269 - 15 9 25th
    12. South AfricaSouth Africa Lions 13 4th 0 9 294: 419 - 125 8th 24
    13. AustraliaAustralia Reds 13 3 0 10 258: 380 - 122 7th 19th
    14th South AfricaSouth Africa Cheetahs 13 2 0 11 213: 341 - 128 5 13

    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 22, 2009
    		 New ZealandNew Zealand Chiefs 14:10 New ZealandNew Zealand Hurricanes Waikato Stadium , Hamilton
    Spectators: 25,000
    Referees: Stuart Dickinson ( Australia )
    Attempts: Lauaki 32nd increased
    Muliaina 54th
    increased increases: Donald (2/2)
    		 (7: 7)
    Report     		Attempts: Nonu 20th
    increments: Weepu (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Weepu (1/2) 66.
    May 23, 2009
    		 South AfricaSouth Africa Bulls 36:23 New ZealandNew Zealand Crusaders Loftus Versfeld Stadium , Pretoria
    Spectators: 52,000
    Referee: Bryce Lawrence ( New Zealand )
    Attempts: Habana 11th,
    Ndungane 33th,
    Spies 40th,
    incremental increases: Steyn (3/3)
    Penalty kicks: Steyn (1/1)
    67.Dropgoals: Steyn (4/6) 36th, 38th, 69th ., 71.     		(27:20)
    report     		Attempts: Whitelock 14th.
    Read 24th.
    Increases: MacDonald (2/2)
    Penalties: Stephen Brett (1/1) 8.
    MacDonald (1/1) 21.
    Dropgoals: Ellis (1/1) 51.

    final

    May 30, 2009
    		 South AfricaSouth Africa Bulls 61: 17 New ZealandNew Zealand Chiefs Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
    Spectators: 52,000
    Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa )
    Attempts: Du Preez (2) 9th received, 12th received
    Habana (2) 15th received 40th received
    Matfield 58th received
    Olivier 67th edition
    Spies 72nd increased
    Rossouw 79th
    increased increases: Steyn (5/6)
    Francis (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Steyn (2/2) 29th, 49th
    Dropgoals: Steyn (1/1) 22nd     		(34: 7)
    Report     		Attempts: Masaga 7th increased
    Muliaina 46th
    increased increases: Donald (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: Donald (1/2) 52.
    15th Zane Kirchner
    14th Akona Ndungane
    13 Jaco Pretorius
    12 Wynand Olivier Changed after 74 minutes 74.
    11 Bryan Habana Medical care from 55th to 59th minute 55th to 59th
    10 Morné Steyn Changed after 75 minutes 75.
    09 Fourie du Preez Changed after 68 minutes 68.
    08th Pierre Spies
    07th Dewald Potgieter
    06th Deon Stegmann Changed after 20 minutes 20th
    05 Victor Matfield
    04th Bakkies Botha Changed after 59 minutes 59.
    03 Werner Kruger Changed after 59 minutes 59.
    02 Derick Kuun Changed after 52 minutes 52.
    01 Gurthrö Steenkamp
    Substitute:
    16 Chiliboy Ralepelle Substituted after 52 minutes 52.
    17th Rayno Gerber Substituted after 59 minutes 59.
    18th Danie Rossouw Substituted after 59 minutes 59.
    19th Pedrie Wannenburg Substituted after 20 minutes 20th
    20th Heini Adams Substituted after 68 minutes 68.
    21st Burton Francis Substituted after 75 minutes 75.
    22nd Marius Delport Substituted after 55 minutes55, 59, 74.Changed after 59 minutes Substituted after 74 minutes
    15th Malili Muliaina
    14th Lelia Masaga
    13 Richard Kahui
    12 Callum Bruce Changed after 68 minutes 68.
    11 Dwayne Sweeney Changed after 62 minutes 62.
    10 Stephen Donald
    09 Toby Morland Changed after 74 minutes 74.
    08th Sione Lauaki Changed after 55 minutes 55.
    07th Tanerau Latimer
    06th Liam Messam
    05 Kevin O'Neill Changed after 55 minutes 55.
    04th Craig Clarke
    03 James McGougan
    02 Aled de Malmanche Changed after 13 minutes 13.
    01 Sona Taumalolo Changed after 69 minutes 69.
    Substitute:
    16 Hika Elliot Substituted after 13 minutes 13.
    17th Joe Savage Substituted after 69 minutes 69.
    18th Toby Lynn Substituted after 55 minutes 55.
    19th Serge Lilo Substituted after 55 minutes 55.
    20th David Bason Substituted after 74 minutes 74.
    21st Mike Delany Substituted after 68 minutes 68.
    22nd Sosene Anesi Substituted after 62 minutes 62.

    statistics

    Most attempts made

    player team tries
    1. New ZealandNew Zealand Ma'a Nonu Hurricanes 9
    2. South AfricaSouth Africa Bryan Habana Bulls 8th
    3. New ZealandNew Zealand Joe Rocococo blues 7th
    AustraliaAustralia Cameron Shepherd Western Force
    South AfricaSouth Africa Pierre Spies Bulls
    New ZealandNew Zealand Isaia Toeava blues
    South AfricaSouth Africa Jano Vermaak Lions

    Most points scored

    player team Points
    1. South AfricaSouth Africa Morné Steyn Bulls 191
    2. New ZealandNew Zealand Stephen Donald Chiefs 141
    3. AustraliaAustralia Matt Giteau Western Force 128
    4th South AfricaSouth Africa Rory Kockott Sharks 116
    5. New ZealandNew Zealand Jimmy Gopperth blues 104

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