2001 Super 12 season
Encyclopedia
The 2001 Super 12 season was the sixth season of the Super 12, contested by teams from Australia
, New Zealand
and South Africa
. The season ran from February to May 2001, 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 ACT Brumbies and the Coastal Sharks at Bruce Stadium, Canberra
. The ACT Brumbies won 36 – 6 to win their first Super 12 title.
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Sharks:
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FB
15
Ricardo Loubscher
RW
14
Stefan Terblanche
OC
13
Deon Kayser
IC
12
Trevor Halstead
LW
11
Justin Swart
FH
10
Butch James
SH
9
Craig Davidson
N8
8
AJ Venter
OF
7
Charl van Rensburg
BF
6
Warren Britz
RL
5
Mark Andrews
(c
)
LL
4
Albert van den Berg
TP
3
Etienne Fynn
HK
2
John Smit
LP
1
Ollie le Roux
Substitutions:
HK
16
Lukas Van Biljon
PR
17
Brent Moyle
LK
18
Shawn Sowerby
N8
19
Brad McLeod-Henderson
SH
20
Hentie Martens
FH
21
Gaffie du Toit
CE
22
Andre Snyman
Coach:
Rudolf Straeuli
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 2001, 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 ACT Brumbies and the Coastal Sharks 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 ACT Brumbies won 36 – 6 to win their first Super 12 title.
Table
| Top four teams advance to playoffs. |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8 | 3 | 348 | 204 | 8 | 40 | ||
| 2 | Sharks Sharks (rugby franchise) The Sharks are a South African rugby union team competing in the Super Rugby competition... |
11 | 8 | 3 | 322 | 246 | 6 | 38 | ||
| 3 | Cats |
11 | 7 | 4 | 285 | 244 | 6 | 34 | ||
| 4 | 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 | 5 | 300 | 277 | 8 | 32 | ||
| 5 |  Highlanders |
11 | 6 | 5 | 284 | 295 | −11 | 5 | 29 | |
| 6 | 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 | 6 | 5 | 301 | 330 | −29 | 4 | 28 | |
| 7 | 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 | 5 | 6 | 278 | 285 | −7 | 6 | 26 | |
| 8 | 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 | 6 | 306 | 302 | 5 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 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 | 5 | 6 | 291 | 316 | −25 | 5 | 25 | |
| 10 | Crusaders |
11 | 4 | 7 | 307 | 331 | −55 | 7 | 23 | |
| 11 | Blues |
11 | 4 | 7 | 243 | 298 | −55 | 4 | 20 | |
| 12 | 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 | 2 | 9 | 241 | 378 | −137 | 3 | 11 |
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
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | Brumbies: | ||
| FB | 15 | Andrew Walker | |
| RW | 14 | Graeme Bond | |
| OC | 13 | James Holbeck | |
| IC | 12 | 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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| LW | 11 | 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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| FH | 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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| SH | 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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| N8 | 8 | Jim Williams | |
| OF | 7 | George Smith George Smith (rugby player) George Smith is an Australian rugby union player. He is a flanker for Toulon. He won 110 caps for Australia before retiring from international rugby on 5 February 2010. He made his Test debut in 2000 against France in Paris and he is the most capped Wallaby forward, and the most capped flanker in... |
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| BF | 6 | Peter Ryan | |
| RL | 5 | 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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| LL | 4 | 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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| TP | 3 | Ben Darwin Ben Darwin Ben Darwin is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A graduate of the Australian Institute of Sport scholarship program, he played 28 times for the Wallabies, Australia’s national team, from 2001 to 2003. During this time, Darwin played games against the British and Irish Lions and was part... |
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| HK | 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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| LP | 1 | Bill Young Bill Young (rugby player) Bill Young is an Australian former rugby union footballer. He played rugby for the Brumbies in the international Super 14 competition played for Australia over 40 times. Standing at 1.88m and weighing in at 115kg, Young is a loosehead prop... |
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| Substitutes: | |||
| HK | 16 | Tom Murphy | |
| PR | 17 | Matt Weaver | |
| FL | 18 | David Pusey | |
| FL | 19 | Radike Samo Radike Samo Radike Samo is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock, flanker, number 8 and can even play on the wing... |
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| FH | 20 | Travis Hall Travis Hall Travis Hall is an NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers. He plays the defensive tackle position. He went to Brigham Young University. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 6th round in the 1995 NFL Draft... |
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| CE | 21 | Craig McMullin | |
| CE | 22 | 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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| Coach: | |||
| Eddie Jones |
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Ricardo Loubscher
Ricardo Ian Peter Loubscher, born 11 June 1974 in Colesberg , is a South African rugby union player, who has played for South Africa since 2002, and for the Sharks in the Super 14.He plays as a back ....
Stefan Terblanche
Stefan Terblanche is a South African rugby union player. He plays mostly at fullback also has the ability to play at centre or on the wing.-Career:...
Trevor Halstead
Trevor Halstead is a former South African rugby union footballer. His position is centre. He is 1.85m tall, weighs 100 kg, and won 6 caps for the Springboks...
Butch James
Andrew David "Butch" James is a South African rugby union player. He has represented 40 times and was a member of the team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He also played for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership...
AJ Venter
AJ Venter is a retired South African rugby union footballer. Who played for the Sharks in the international Super 14 competition, and the Natal Sharks in the domestic Currie Cup competition. Venter has also played for the South African national team, the Springboks.Venter made his debut for South...
Mark Andrews (rugby player)
Mark Andrews is a former rugby player.He achieved his Junior Springbok colours in waterpolo while still at school. He switched to rugby as his main sport and achieved honours while at school and university...
(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...
)
Albert van den Berg
Albert van den Berg is a South African rugby union rugby player. In 2010, he signed to play in Japan's Top League for Canon Eagles. His usual position is at lock. He played for the Sharks in the international Super 14 competition...
John Smit
John William Smit is the 50th and current captain of the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks. He has played most of his career as a hooker, but played twice for the Springboks off the bench as a prop prior to the South Africa coaching staff's decision to use him as a tighthead...
Ollie le Roux
Andre-Henri "Ollie" le Roux is a South African rugby union footballer who currently plays for Leinster.-Rugby career:...
Gaffie du Toit
Gabriël Stephanus "Gaffie" du Toit is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fly-half, though he has also played at fullback, for the national team, the Springboks....
Andre Snyman
Andre Snyman is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centres. Snyman has earned well over thirty Test caps for the national side, making his debut in 1996 against the All Blacks in Durban. Snyman joined English club Leeds Tykes for the 2003 season...
Rudolf StraeuliTop scorers
- Points: Louis KoenLouis Koen (rugby player)Louis Johannes Koen is a South-African rugby union player who played for the Springboks, up until 2003, when he moved abroad following the World Cup....
157 (Cats) - Tries: Andrew Walker 8 (Brumbies), Aisea TuilevuAisea TuilevuAisea Tuilevu Kurimudu is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He has represented the national team on numerous occasions, including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia...
8 (Highlanders)