2001 Super 12 season

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2001 Super 12
CountriesFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Champions Flag of Australia (converted).svg ACT Brumbies (1st title)
Matches played69
Top point scorer(s) Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Koen (157)
(Golden Cats)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Walker (8)
(ACT Brumbies)
Flag of Fiji.svg Aisea Tuilevu (8)
(Otago Highlanders)
2000 (Previous)(Next) 2002

The 2001 Super 12 season was the sixth season of the Super 12, an annual rugby union competition 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, and became the first Super Rugby champions from outside New Zealand. [1] It was the Brumbies first Grand Final appearance since 1997, this was the first year where a New Zealand team failed to make the playoffs.

Contents

Table

Key to colours
    Top four teams advance to playoffs
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brumbies 11803348204+144840
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Sharks 11803322246+76638
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Cats 11704285244+41634
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Reds 11605300277+33832
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Highlanders 11605284295−11529
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chiefs 11605301330−29428
7 Flag of South Africa.svg Stormers 11506278285−7626
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Waratahs 11506306302+4525
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hurricanes 11506291316−25525
10 Flag of New Zealand.svg Crusaders 11407307331−55723
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Blues 11407243298−55420
12 Flag of South Africa.svg Bulls 11209241378−137311

Results

Round 1

23 February 2001
Coastal Sharks Flag of South Africa.svg 30–17 Flag of South Africa.svg Northern Bulls
Kings Park Stadium, Durban
23 February 2001
ACT Brumbies Flag of Australia (converted).svg 51–16 Flag of New Zealand.svg Canterbury Crusaders
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
23 February 2001
Otago Highlanders Flag of New Zealand.svg 23–8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland Blues
Carisbrook, Dunedin
24 February 2001
Stormers Flag of South Africa.svg 24–29 Flag of South Africa.svg Golden Cats
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 46,544
24 February 2001
Queensland Reds Flag of Australia (converted).svg 27–18 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington Hurricanes
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 20,000
24 February 2001
NSW Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg 42–23 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Round 2

2 March 2001
Auckland Blues Flag of New Zealand.svg 17–12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Canterbury Crusaders
Pen: Aaron Mauger, Ben Blair(3)
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
3 March 2001
Wellington Hurricanes Flag of New Zealand.svg 26–20 Flag of South Africa.svg Northern Bulls
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 29,848
3 March 2001
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 32–29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Queensland Reds
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Attendance: 12,000
3 March 2001
Coastal Sharks Flag of South Africa.svg 17–16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg ACT Brumbies
Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 32,000
3 March 2001
Golden Cats Flag of South Africa.svg 56–21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago Highlanders
Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Attendance: 26,000
4 March 2001
NSW Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg 35–7 Flag of South Africa.svg Stormers
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 20,755

Round 3

9 March 2001
Wellington Hurricanes Flag of New Zealand.svg 15–27 Flag of South Africa.svg Stormers
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 31,682
10 March 2001
Canterbury Crusaders Flag of New Zealand.svg 40–11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Jade Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 18,000
10 March 2001
NSW Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg 53–7 Flag of South Africa.svg Northern Bulls
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 23,019
10 March 2001
Golden Cats Flag of South Africa.svg 17–19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg ACT Brumbies
Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Attendance: 40,000
10 March 2001
Coastal Sharks Flag of South Africa.svg 30–29 Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago Highlanders
Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 33,500
11 March 2001
Auckland Blues Flag of New Zealand.svg 39–35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Queensland Reds
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 20,000

Round 4

16 March 2001
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 34–16 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland Blues
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Attendance: 14,000
17 March 2001
ACT Brumbies Flag of Australia (converted).svg 39–30 Flag of South Africa.svg Northern Bulls
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 15,900
17 March 2001
Golden Cats Flag of South Africa.svg 28–21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg NSW Waratahs
Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Attendance: 32,000
17 March 2001
Coastal Sharks Flag of South Africa.svg 39–21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington Hurricanes
Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 34,090
18 March 2001
Otago Highlanders Flag of New Zealand.svg 24–23 Flag of South Africa.svg Stormers
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 12,000

Round 5

23 March 2001
Golden Cats Flag of South Africa.svg 18–15 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington Hurricanes
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Attendance: 10,000
23 March 2001
Canterbury Crusaders Flag of New Zealand.svg 32–26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Queensland Reds
Jade Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 18,500
24 March 2001
Otago Highlanders Flag of New Zealand.svg 32–10 Flag of South Africa.svg Northern Bulls
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 11,400
24 March 2001
ACT Brumbies Flag of Australia (converted).svg 40–25 Flag of South Africa.svg Stormers
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 15,534
24 March 2001
Coastal Sharks Flag of South Africa.svg 42–17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg NSW Waratahs
Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 51,344

Round 6

30 March 2001
Golden Cats Flag of South Africa.svg 26–25 Flag of South Africa.svg Coastal Sharks
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Attendance: 35,000
30 March 2001
Queensland Reds Flag of Australia (converted).svg 15–23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg ACT Brumbies
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 17,796
30 March 2001
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 50–19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago Highlanders
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Attendance: 21,476
31 March 2001
NSW Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg 35–19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland Blues
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 30,893
31 March 2001
Canterbury Crusaders Flag of New Zealand.svg 29–41 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington Hurricanes
Jade Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 20,000

Round 7

6 April 2001
Wellington Hurricanes Flag of New Zealand.svg 34–19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg ACT Brumbies
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 34,500
7 April 2001
Stormers Flag of South Africa.svg 29–27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Queensland Reds
Outeniqua Park, George
Attendance: 11,000
7 April 2001
Otago Highlanders Flag of New Zealand.svg 39–20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg NSW Waratahs
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 11,000
7 April 2001
Auckland Blues Flag of New Zealand.svg 27–41 Flag of South Africa.svg Coastal Sharks
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 18,000
8 April 2001
Northern Bulls Flag of South Africa.svg 29–42 Flag of New Zealand.svg Canterbury Crusaders
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Attendance: 16,000
8 April 2001
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 22–18 Flag of South Africa.svg Golden Cats
Tauranga Domain, Tauranga
Attendance: 9,000

Round 8

13 April 2001
Auckland Blues Flag of New Zealand.svg 23–26 Flag of South Africa.svg Golden Cats
Okara Park, Whangārei
13 April 2001
ACT Brumbies Flag of Australia (converted).svg 48–21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg NSW Waratahs
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
14 April 2001
Wellington Hurricanes Flag of New Zealand.svg 35–33 Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago Highlanders
McLean Park, Napier
14 April 2001
Waikato Chiefs Flag of New Zealand.svg 8–24 Flag of South Africa.svg Coastal Sharks
Owen Delany Park, Taupō
14 April 2001
Northern Bulls Flag of South Africa.svg 19–29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Queensland Reds
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
14 April 2001
Stormers Flag of South Africa.svg 49–28 Flag of New Zealand.svg Canterbury Crusaders
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

Round 9

20 April 2001
Otago Highlanders Flag of New Zealand.svg 16–9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg ACT Brumbies
Carisbrook, Dunedin
21 April 2001
Northern Bulls Flag of South Africa.svg 37–49 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
21 April 2001
Stormers Flag of South Africa.svg 12–26 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland Blues
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
22 April 2001
Queensland Reds Flag of Australia (converted).svg 32–27 Flag of South Africa.svg Coastal Sharks
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
22 April 2001
Canterbury Crusaders Flag of New Zealand.svg 31–32 Flag of South Africa.svg Golden Cats
Trafalgar Park, Nelson

Round 10

27 April 2001
Wellington Hurricanes Flag of New Zealand.svg 42–17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg NSW Waratahs
Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
27 April 2001
Stormers Flag of South Africa.svg 29–15 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
28 April 2001
Canterbury Crusaders Flag of New Zealand.svg 34–24 Flag of South Africa.svg Coastal Sharks
Jade Stadium, Christchurch
28 April 2001
Queensland Reds Flag of Australia (converted).svg 22–16 Flag of South Africa.svg Golden Cats
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
28 April 2001
Northern Bulls Flag of South Africa.svg 28–25 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland Blues
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Round 11

4 May 2001
Wellington Hurricanes Flag of New Zealand.svg 27–51 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 34,500
5 May 2001
Auckland Blues Flag of New Zealand.svg 7–35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg ACT Brumbies
Eden Park, Auckland
5 May 2001
Northern Bulls Flag of South Africa.svg 23–34 Flag of South Africa.svg Stormers
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
5 May 2001
Queensland Reds Flag of Australia (converted).svg 33–22 Flag of New Zealand.svg Otago Highlanders
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
5 May 2001
NSW Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg 25–22 Flag of New Zealand.svg Canterbury Crusaders
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Round 12

11 May 2001
Auckland Blues Flag of New Zealand.svg 36–17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington Hurricanes
Eden Park, Auckland
11 May 2001
ACT Brumbies Flag of Australia (converted).svg 49–6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waikato Chiefs
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
11 May 2001
Golden Cats Flag of South Africa.svg 19–21 Flag of South Africa.svg Northern Bulls
Ellis Park, Johannesburg
12 May 2001
Otago Highlanders Flag of New Zealand.svg 26–21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Canterbury Crusaders
Carisbrook, Dunedin
12 May 2001
NSW Waratahs Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20–25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Queensland Reds
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
12 May 2001
Stormers Flag of South Africa.svg 19–23 Flag of South Africa.svg Coastal Sharks
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

Finals

Semi finals

19 May 2001
Coastal Sharks Flag of South Africa.svg 30–12 Flag of South Africa.svg Golden Cats
Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 52,750
19 May 2001
ACT Brumbies Flag of Australia (converted).svg 30–6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Queensland Reds
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 25,273

Grand final

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