2000 Super 12 season
Encyclopedia
The 2000 Super 12 season was the fifth season of the Super 12, contested by teams from Australia
, New Zealand
and South Africa
. The season ran from February to May 2000, with each team playing all the others once. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams entered the playoff semi finals, with the first placed team playing the fourth and the second placed team playing the third. The winner of each semi final qualified for the final, which was contested by the Canterbury Crusaders and the Brumbies at Bruce Stadium, Canberra
. The Crusaders won 20 – 19 to win their third consecutive Super 12 title.
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Cusaders
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Leon MacDonald
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Caleb Ralph
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Daryl Gibson
12
Mark Robinson
11
Marika Vunibaka
10
Andrew Mehrtens
9
Ben Hurst
8
Ron Cribb
7
Reuben Thorne
6
Scott Robertson
5
Norm Maxwell
4
Todd Blackadder
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Greg Feek
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Mark Hammett
1
Greg Somerville
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Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The season ran from February to May 2000, with each team playing all the others once. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams entered the playoff semi finals, with the first placed team playing the fourth and the second placed team playing the third. The winner of each semi final qualified for the final, which was contested by the Canterbury Crusaders and the Brumbies at Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
. The Crusaders won 20 – 19 to win their third consecutive Super 12 title.
Table
| Top four teams advance to playoffs. |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts | |
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| 1 |  BrumbiesBrumbies Rugby The Brumbies are a Super 15 rugby union team based in Canberra, Australia and named for the wild horses which inhabit Canberra's hinterland... |
11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 393 | 196 | 9 | 45 | |
| 2 | Crusaders |
11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 369 | 293 | 7 | 39 | |
| 3 | Highlanders |
11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 320 | 280 | 8 | 32 | |
| 4 |  CatsLions (rugby franchise) The Lions, known as the Cats between the 1998 and 2006 seasons, are a South African rugby union franchise that competes in the Super Rugby competition. From 2011 they are known as the MTNLions for sponsorship reasons. They have not achieved great success in this competition, finishing at the bottom... |
11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 320 | 334 | |||
| 4 | 32 | |||||||||
| 5 | Stormers Stormers The Stormers, for sponsorship reasons referred to as DHL Stormers, are a South African rugby union team based in Cape Town competing in the Super Rugby competition . Despite their lack of silverware over the years, their home stadium, Newlands, typically draws the highest average attendance figures... |
11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 298 | 276 | 5 | 31 | |
| 6 | Blues |
11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 300 | 262 | 6 | 30 | |
| 7 | Reds Queensland Reds The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland... |
11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 317 | 305 | 6 | 30 | |
| 8 | Hurricanes Hurricanes (Super rugby franchise) The Hurricanes are a New Zealand professional Rugby union team based in Wellington that competes in the Super Rugby competition... |
11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 308 | 329 | −29 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | Waratahs New South Wales Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition... |
11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 273 | 258 | 5 | 25 | |
| 10 | Chiefs Chiefs (Super rugby franchise) The Chiefs are a professional Rugby union team based in Hamilton, New Zealand. Their home ground is Waikato Stadium. The Chiefs play in black, red and yellow coloured jerseys... |
11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 257 | 352 | −95 | 8 | 20 |
| 11 | 'Bulls Bulls (rugby franchise) The Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Bulls, are a South African rugby union team competing in the Super Rugby competition. They are based in Pretoria and play their home matches at Loftus Versfeld... |
11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 231 | 395 | −164 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | Sharks Sharks (rugby franchise) The Sharks are a South African rugby union team competing in the Super Rugby competition... |
11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 235 | 341 | −106 | 3 | 9 |
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Semi finals
Grand final
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| 15 | Andrew Walker | ||
| 14 | Joe Roff Joe Roff Joe Roff is a retired Australian rugby union footballer and a product of the Tuggeranong Vikings Rugby Union Club in Canberra, who played on the wing or at fullback for Brumbies and Australia and played 5 tests as a centre in the early part of his test career... |
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| 13 | Rod Kafer Rod Kafer Rodney "Rod" B. Kafer was a rugby union player for the ACT Brumbies and the Australian Wallabies. He is remembered by Brumbies fans for kicking a drop-goal in the final minute in a 2001 game against the Cats giving the Brumbies a one point win... |
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| 12 | Stirling Mortlock Stirling Mortlock Stirling Austin Mortlock is an Australian professional rugby union player. He has scored over 1,000 points in Super Rugby, and nearly 500 test points for the Wallabies. Mortlock is a former Wallaby and Brumbies captain, and the current captain of the Melbourne Rebels.-Early life:Mortlock began... |
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| 11 | Mark Bartholomeusz Mark Bartholomeusz Mark Bartholomeusz is an Australian rugby union footballer.-Career:Mark attended Brisbane State High School. He has played for the ACT Brumbies and Ulster. In 2008, it was announced that Mark would join Italian Super 10 side Padova for the 2008/09 season. Mark holds a record for having the fourth... |
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| 10 | Stephen Larkham Stephen Larkham Stephen Larkham is an Australian rugby union footballer currently playing for the Ricoh Black Rams in Japan. He is best known for his career with the Brumbies in Super Rugby, for whom he played from the inception of the professional Super 12 in 1996 through 2007, and his long tenure with the... |
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| 9 | George Gregan George Gregan George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history.... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... ) |
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| 8 | Jim Williams | ||
| 7 | Ipolito Fenukitau Ipolito Fenukitau Ipolito Fenukitau is a Tongan rugby union footballer. He has played over 10 times for the Tonga national rugby union team, including representing them at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa and 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia... |
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| 6 | Brett Robinson Brett Robinson Brett Robinson is a former Australian Rugby union player and sports executive with the Australian Rugby Union. Robinson was captain of the ACT Brumbies in the Super 12 competition and played 16 Test matches for the Australia national rugby union team, the "Wallabies". Robinson attended Downlands... (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... ) |
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| 5 | Justin Harrison Justin Harrison Justin Harrison, born 20 April 1974 in Sydney, is a former Australian international rugby union player, who played lock forward as is currently forwards coach for Brumbies.-Career:... |
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| 4 | David Giffin David Giffin David Giffin is a former vice-captain of the Wallabies in rugby union, where he played in the lock position. Queensland-born, he played most of his professional career with the ACT Brumbies in what was then the Super 12. At this level, he earned 81 caps - earning a further 49 at international level... |
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| 3 | Patricio Noriega Patricio Noriega Patricio Noriega is a former Argentine Rugby Union footballer who played prop. He started his career in local club Hindu and had his test debut for Los Pumas in 1991 against Paraguay. After playing two Rugby World Cup's he then migrated to Australia to join Super 12 team the ACT Brumbies in 1996... |
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| 2 | Jeremy Paul Jeremy Paul Jeremy Paul is a New Zealand-born Australia rugby union player. He played hooker and prop for the wallabies and the ACT Brumbies.At the end of 2005, Paul was awarded the John Eales Medal, receiving 194 votes from his teammates... |
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| 1 | Bill Young Bill Young Charles William "Bill" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. He is a member of the Republican Party, and is currently the longest-serving Republican member of Congress... |
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Leon MacDonald
Leon Raymond MacDonald is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer, and now assistant coach for the Tasman Makos rugby team, who played 56 tests for the national team, All Blacks. He plays first five-eighths and fullback.-Biography:MacDonald was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, and attended...
Caleb Ralph
Caleb Stan Ralph is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Ralph began his first-class career with Bay of Plenty, then moved to Auckland before heading to Canterbury. He started his Super Rugby career with the Chiefs in 1997, Blues , Crusaders and a cameo role with the Queensland Reds...
Daryl Gibson
Daryl Peter Earl Gibson is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer who played inside centre for Canterbury Crusaders in the southern hemisphere and Bristol Shoguns, Leicester Tigers and Glasgow Warriors in the northern hemisphere...
Mark Robinson
Mark Robinson may refer to:Politics*Mark Robinson *Mark Robinson *Mark Robinson *Mark Allan Robinson , Canadian political activistSports...
Marika Vunibaka
Marika "Dawainavesi" Vunibaka is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He has represented the national team on numerous occasions, including at the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales and the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia....
Andrew Mehrtens
Andrew Philip Mehrtens MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, currently playing in France for Béziers, a club in the third-level Fédérale 1 league...
Ron Cribb
Ronald Te Huia Cribb is a real estate agent and formerNew Zealand rugby union player. A very talented loose forward, the 1.94 m, 110 kg Cribb is a former All Black, and mainly plays number eight.- Career :...
Reuben Thorne
Reuben David Thorne is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks.-Super 12:...
Norm Maxwell
Norman Michael Clifford Maxwell is a New Zealand rugby union player. His usual position is at lock. He is 1.98m tall and weighs 106 kg. He played for Canterbury in the NPC and he also represented Crusaders in the Super 12 rugby competition...
Todd Blackadder
Todd Julian Blackadder is a former professional New Zealand rugby union player and professional rugby coach. He served as Director of Rugby for the Tasman Rugby Union before being appointed to succeed Robbie Deans as coach of Super 14 team the Crusaders...
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Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...
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Greg Feek
Gregory Edward Feek is a New Zealand rugby union player who has played 10 tests for the All Blacks between 1999 and 2001 as a prop, in addition to 63 appearances with the Crusaders. He was born in New Plymouth. He had played provincial rugby for Taranaki between 1996 and 1998 and Canterbury...
Mark Hammett
Mark Garry Hammett is a rugby union coach and former New Zealand rugby union player. Hammett played provincial rugby for Canterbury, as a hooker, between 1992 and 2002. When the Crusaders franchise was formed for the Super 12 in 1996, Hammett was contracted, becoming a founding player...
Greg Somerville
Greg Mardon Somerville is a New Zealand rugby union player. He is a former All Black and a specialised tighthead prop who can also play loosehead. Somerville made his All Black debut in 2000 against Tonga, a match in which the All Blacks won 102–0...
New Zealand Robbie DeansRobbie Deans
Robert Maxwell Deans is the current coach of the Wallabies and former All Black. He is the former coach of the Crusaders. He also served as assistant to former All Blacks coach John Mitchell between late 2001 and 2003...
Top point scorers
| Name | Tries | Convs | Pens | DGs | Total |
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| Stirling Mortlock Stirling Mortlock Stirling Austin Mortlock is an Australian professional rugby union player. He has scored over 1,000 points in Super Rugby, and nearly 500 test points for the Wallabies. Mortlock is a former Wallaby and Brumbies captain, and the current captain of the Melbourne Rebels.-Early life:Mortlock began... |
4 | 39 | 32 | - | 194 |
| Andrew Mehrtens Andrew Mehrtens Andrew Philip Mehrtens MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, currently playing in France for Béziers, a club in the third-level Fédérale 1 league... |
- | 25 | 36 | 1 | 161 |
| Willem de Waal Willem de Waal Willem de Waal is a South African rugby union footballer who is currently playing for Benetton Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12 competition. He plays in the position of fly-half... |
8 | 10 | 46 | ||
| Peter Grant Peter Grant (rugby player) Peter Grant is a South African rugby player. He was educated at Maritzburg College where he matriculated in 2001. He plays at fly-half for the Super 14 team, Stormers and for Western Province in the Currie Cup. He also has 5 tests for the Springboks team... |
10 | 5 | 35 | ||
| Justin Peach | 1 | 6 | 5 | 32 |
Top try scorers
| Name | Tries |
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| Andrew Walker | 13 |
| Marika Vunibaka Marika Vunibaka Marika "Dawainavesi" Vunibaka is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He has represented the national team on numerous occasions, including at the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales and the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.... |
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| Christian Cullen Christian Cullen Christian Mathias Cullen is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played most of his rugby at fullback for New Zealand , for the Hurricanes in the Super 12, and for Manawatu, Wellington and later Munster at first-class level. He was nicknamed the Paekakariki Express... |
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| Breyton Paulse Breyton Paulse Breyton Paulse is a South African rugby union player who has played at wing for the national team, the Springboks, since 1999.... |
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| Caleb Ralph Caleb Ralph Caleb Stan Ralph is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Ralph began his first-class career with Bay of Plenty, then moved to Auckland before heading to Canterbury. He started his Super Rugby career with the Chiefs in 1997, Blues , Crusaders and a cameo role with the Queensland Reds... |
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