1999 Super 12 season

1999 Super 12
1999 Super 12
	McDonald's Super 12 rugby ball, 1999
Countries	Australia ; South Africa ; New Zealand
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Canterbury Crusaders (2nd title)
Matches played	69
Top point scorer(s)	Andrew Mehrtens (192); (Canterbury Crusaders)
Top try scorer(s)	Joe Roff (8); (ACT Brumbies)
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Last updated March 19, 2024

The 1999 Super 12 season was the fourth season of the Super 12, contested by teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The season ran from February to May 1999, 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 Otago Highlanders at Carisbrook, Dunedin. The Crusaders won 24–19 to win their second Super 12 title.

Teams

The 1999 Super 12 competition consisted of 12 teams, four from South Africa, three from Australia and five from New Zealand.

ACT Brumbies (Australia)
Auckland Blues (New Zealand)
Canterbury Crusaders (New Zealand)
Cats (South Africa)
Bulls (South Africa)
Otago Highlanders (New Zealand)
Queensland Reds (Australia)
Sharks (South Africa)
Stormers (South Africa)
Waikato Chiefs (New Zealand)
Waratahs (Australia)
Wellington Hurricanes (New Zealand)

Table

Key to colours
	Top four teams advance to playoffs.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	Queensland Reds	11	8	1	2	233	170	+63	2	36
2	Stormers	11	8	0	3	290	244	+46	4	36
3	Otago Highlanders	11	8	0	3	280	203	+77	3	35
4	Canterbury Crusaders	11	7	1	3	324	262	+62	3	33
5	ACT Brumbies	11	5	0	6	278	195	+83	8	28
6	Waikato Chiefs	11	5	0	6	248	301	−53	6	26
7	Sharks	11	5	1	5	241	232	+9	3	25
8	Waratahs	11	4	1	6	246	248	−2	6	24
9	Auckland Blues	11	4	1	6	202	201	+1	5	23
10	Wellington Hurricanes	11	4	1	6	213	226	−13	4	22
11	Cats	11	4	0	7	312	341	−29	6	22
12	Bulls	11	1	0	10	203	447	−244	3	7

Results

Round 1

	26 February 1999	Cats	33–22	ACT Brumbies	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
		Try: Venter Small Con: Engelbrecht Pen: Engelbrecht (7)		Try: Penalty try Hardy Mortlock Con: Mortlock (2) Pen: Mortlock	Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

	26 February 1999	Canterbury Crusaders	48–3	Waikato Chiefs	Jade Stadium, Christchurch
		Try: So'oalo Gibson Kerr Robertson Lancaster Con: Mehrtens (4) Pen: Mehrtens (5)		Pen: Feeney	Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

	27 February 1999	Sharks	13–13	Waratahs	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
		Try: Fyvie Con: Benade Pen: Benade (2)		Try: Whitaker Warner Pen: Warner	Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand)

	27 February 1999	Northern Bulls	19–42	Stormers	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
		Try: Venter Con: Smith Pen: Smith (4)		Try: Rossouw (2) Fleck Con: Van Straaten (3) Pen: Van Straaten (7)	Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

	27 February 1999	Queensland Reds	11–0	Wellington Hurricanes	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
		Try: Williams Pen: Spooner (2)			Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

	27 February 1999	Otago Highlanders	19–13	Auckland Blues	Carisbrook, Dunedin
		Try: Kelleher Con: Brown Pen: Brown		Try: Spencer Con: Cashmore Pen: Cashmore (2)	Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

Round 2

	5 March 1999	Sharks	21–16	ACT Brumbies	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
		Try: Gillingham Terblanche Con: Honiball Pen: Honiball (3)		Try: Penalty try Con: Mortlock Pen: Mortlock (3)	Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

	5 March 1999	Auckland Blues	16–22	Canterbury Crusaders	Eden Park, Auckland
		Try: Vidiri (2) Con: Spencer (2)		Try: Marshall Con: Mehrtens Pen: Mehrtens (5)	Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

	6 March 1999	Cats	10–39	Waratahs	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
		Try: Venter Con: Engelbrecht Pen: Engelbrecht		Try: McRae Jones-Hughes Dowling Grey Bowman Con: Warner (2) Edmonds (2) Pen: Warner Edmonds	Referee: Paul Macfie (New Zealand)

	6 March 1999	Waikato Chiefs	17–19	Queensland Reds	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
		Try: Duggan Pen: Cooper (4)		Try: Smith Connors Waugh Con: Spooner (2)	Attendance: 9,000^[1] Referee: Andrew Turner (South Africa)

	6 March 1999	Otago Highlanders	65–23	Northern Bulls	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
		Try: Timmins Kelleher (2) Maka Wilson Stanley (2) Middleton Ropati Con: Brown (7) Pen: Brown (2)		Try: Van Wyk Ribbens (2) Raubenheimer Pen: Smith	Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

	7 March 1999	Wellington Hurricanes	22–24	Stormers	Athletic Park, Wellington
		Try: Telea Heaps Pen: Holwell (4)		Try: Leonard Marais Rossouw Pen: Van Straaten (3)	Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

Round 3

	12 March 1999	Otago Highlanders	46–14	Stormers	Carisbrook, Dunedin
		Try: Lima Kelleher Maka Kronfeld Middleton Alatini Ropati (2) Con: Brown (3)		Try: Daniels Pen: Koen (3)	Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)

	12 March 1999	Queensland Reds	19–18	ACT Brumbies	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
		Try: Herbert Con: Spooner Pen: Spooner (4)		Try: Williams (2) Con: Mortlock Pen: Mortlock (2)	Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

	13 March 1999	Cats	20–36	Sharks	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
		Try: Van der Walt Venter Con: O'Neill (2) Pen: O'Neill (2)		Try: Slade Brink Atherton Con: Honiball (3) Pen: Honiball (5)	Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)

	13 March 1999	Wellington Hurricanes	37–18	Northern Bulls	Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
		Try: Cullen (2) Tonu'u Umaga Con: Holwell Pen: Holwell (5)		Try: Esterhuizen Bekker Con: Smith Pen: Smith (2)	Referee: Scott Young (Australia)

	13 March 1999	Waratahs	36–30	Waikato Chiefs	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
		Try: Warner Dowling Brial Kearns Strauss Con: Warner Pen: Warner (2)		Try: Marsh Randle Little Con: Cooper (3) Pen: Cooper (3)	Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

Round 4

	19 March 1999	ACT Brumbies	37–15	Stormers	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
		Try: Roff (3) Gregan McInally Con: Mortlock (3) Pen: Mortlock (2)	Report^[2]	Try: Paulse Hattingh Con: Montgomery Pen: Van Straaten

	19 March 1999	Canterbury Crusaders	18–18	Wellington Hurricanes	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	20 March 1999	Waratahs	39–23	Northern Bulls	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

	20 March 1999	Auckland Blues	12–12	Queensland Reds	North Harbour Stadium, Albany
					Attendance: 16,000^[3]

	20 March 1999	Cats	28–29	Otago Highlanders	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Round 5

	26 March 1999	Sharks	32–8	Otago Highlanders	Kings Park Stadium, Durban

	26 March 1999	Waikato Chiefs	18–29	Auckland Blues	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	26 March 1999	Waratahs	18–28	Stormers	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

	27 March 1999	Cats	43–27	Wellington Hurricanes	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

	27 March 1999	Canterbury Crusaders	23–36	Queensland Reds	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	27 March 1999	ACT Brumbies	73–9	Northern Bulls	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
		Try: Rod Kafer (2) Joe Roff (2) George Gregan (2) Stephen Larkham Jim Williams Mark Bartholomeusz Gordon Falcon Con: Joe Roff (3) Stephen Larkham (4) Pen: Joe Roff (2) Stirling Mortlock	Report^[4]	Pen: Franco Smith (3)	Attendance: 4,000^[5]

Round 6

	2 April 1999	ACT Brumbies	21–28	Canterbury Crusaders	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
		Try: Joe Roff Mitch Hardy George Gregan Pen: Joe Roff (2)	Report^[6]	Try: Afato So'oalo Con: Andrew Mehrtens Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (6) Drop: Andrew Mehrtens

	3 April 1999	Waikato Chiefs	16–27	Otago Highlanders	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua

	3 April 1999	Waratahs	20–21	Auckland Blues	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

	3 April 1999	Cats	57–24	Northern Bulls	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

	3 April 1999	Stormers	35–14	Queensland Reds	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
					Attendance: 30,000

	3 April 1999	Sharks	18–34	Wellington Hurricanes	Buffalo City Stadium, East London

Round 7

	9 April 1999	Otago Highlanders	23–6	Canterbury Crusaders	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	9 April 1999	Northern Bulls	7–17	Queensland Reds	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan

	10 April 1999	Auckland Blues	23–7	Wellington Hurricanes	Eden Park, Auckland

	10 April 1999	ACT Brumbies	13–16	Waikato Chiefs	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
		Try: Joe Roff Con: Joe Roff Pen: Joe Roff (2)	Report^[7]	Try: Scott McLeod Con: Glen Jackson Pen: Glen Jackson Matthew Cooper

	10 April 1999	Stormers	35–19	Sharks	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
					Attendance: 47,315

Round 8

	16 April 1999	Wellington Hurricanes	21–24	Waikato Chiefs	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth

	17 April 1999	Sharks	29–0	Northern Bulls	Kings Park Stadium, Durban

	17 April 1999	Queensland Reds	19–20	Otago Highlanders	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

	17 April 1999	ACT Brumbies	27–16	Waratahs	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
		Try: Adam Magro Craig McMullen Jeremy Paul Con: Stirling Mortlock (3) Pen: Stirling Mortlock (2)	Report^[8]	Try: Matt Dowling Scott Staniforth Pen: Matt Dowling (2)

	17 April 1999	Auckland Blues	24–11	Cats	Eden Park, Auckland

	18 April 1999	Stormers	28–19	Canterbury Crusaders	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
					Attendance: 48,000

Round 9

	23 April 1999	Otago Highlanders	15–23	Waratahs	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	24 April 1999	Northern Bulls	28–30	Canterbury Crusaders	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	24 April 1999	Auckland Blues	6–12	Sharks	Eden Park, Auckland

	24 April 1999	Waikato Chiefs	44–42	Cats	Growers Stadium, Pukekohe

	25 April 1999	Wellington Hurricanes	13–21	ACT Brumbies	Athletic Park, Wellington
		Try: David Holwell Con: David Holwell Pen: David Holwell (2)	Report^[9]	Try: Stirling Mortlock George Gregan Con: Stirling Mortlock Pen: Stirling Mortlock (3)

Round 10

	30 April 1999	Waikato Chiefs	32–19	Sharks	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	1 May 1999	Stormers	37–23	Auckland Blues	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
					Attendance: 49,000

	1 May 1999	Waratahs	13–30	Queensland Reds	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

	1 May 1999	Otago Highlanders	9–8	ACT Brumbies	Carisbrook, Dunedin
		Pen: Tony Brown (3)	Report^[10]	Try: Patricio Noriega Pen: Stirling Mortlock

	2 May 1999	Canterbury Crusaders	58–38	Cats	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
					Attendance: 13,000

Round 11

	7 May 1999	Wellington Hurricanes	13–7	Waratahs	McLean Park, Napier

	8 May 1999	Northern Bulls	21–19	Auckland Blues	Atlantic Stadium, Witbank
					Attendance: 10,000

	8 May 1999	Queensland Reds	22–12	Cats	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

	8 May 1999	Stormers	16–9	Waikato Chiefs	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
					Attendance: 49,170

	9 May 1999	Canterbury Crusaders	34–29	Sharks	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

Round 12

	14 May 1999	Northern Bulls	31–39	Waikato Chiefs	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	14 May 1999	Queensland Reds	34–13	Sharks	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

	14 May 1999	Auckland Blues	16–22	ACT Brumbies	Eden Park, Auckland
		Try: Spencer McFarland Pen: Cashmore (2)	Report^[11]	Try: Roff Tanivula Kafer Paul Con: Roff

	15 May 1999	Stormers	16–18	Cats	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
					Attendance: 49,725

	15 May 1999	Waratahs	22–38	Canterbury Crusaders	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

	15 May 1999	Wellington Hurricanes	21–19	Otago Highlanders	Athletic Park, Wellington

Finals

Semi finals

	22 May 1999	Queensland Reds	22–28	Canterbury Crusaders	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
		Try: Horan Con: Spooner Pen: Spooner (5)		Try: Ralph Feek MacDonald Robertson Con: Mehrtens Pen: Mehrtens (2)	Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

	23 May 1999	Stormers	18–33	Otago Highlanders	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
		Try: Paulse Marais Con: Van Straaten Pen: Van Straaten (2)		Try: Lima Kelleher Ropati Randell Con: Brown (2) Pen: Brown (3)	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

Grand final

30 May 1999

Otago Highlanders	19–24	Canterbury Crusaders
Try: Lima Maka Pen: Brown (2) Drop: Laney		Try: So'oalo Gibson Con: Mehrtens Pen: Mehrtens (3) Drop: Mehrtens

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

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