2012 7s Premier League

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2012 7s Premier League
Host nation Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Date14–15 December 2012
Cup
ChampionSamurai Sevens
Runner-up Cheetahs
Plate
WinnerLiving Ball
Runner-up Blue Bulls
Bowl
Winner Lions
Runner-up Western Province
Shield
WinnerNo Shield competition
Runner-upNo Shield competition
2013 →

The 2012 7s Premier League (also known as the NBM 7s Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the 7s Premier League tournament and was held at Outeniqua Park, George on 14 and 15 December 2012. [1]

Contents

Format

The teams will be divided into four pools of three teams. On Day 1, each team in Pool A and Pool B will play cross-conference games against the three teams in the other pool. Similarly, each team in Pool C and Pool D will play cross-conference games against the three teams in the other pool.

The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals and the bottom team in each pool will qualify for the Bowl Semi-Finals. The winners of the Cup Quarter-finals will advance to the Cup Semi-Finals, while the losers of the quarter-finals will advance to the Plate Semi-Finals. In the Cup, Plate and Bowl Semi-Finals, the winners will advance to the Final, while the losers will advance to the 3rd-place play-off.

Pools

Pool A

Log

2012 7s Premier League Pool A Log
PositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferencePoints
1NBM All-Stars33006439+259
2 Blue Bulls 320110359+447
3Vikings30033894–563
The top 2 teams will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals.

Points breakdown:
*3 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 point for a loss

Pool B

Log

2012 7s Premier League Pool B Log
PositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferencePoints
1 Cheetahs 32017138+337
2 Boland Cavaliers 31026889–215
3Mighty Mohicans31025378–255
The top 2 teams will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals.

Points breakdown:
*3 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 point for a loss

Pool C

Log

2012 7s Premier League Pool C Log
PositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferencePoints
1Samurai Sevens33006936+339
2 Kaizer Chiefs 32017961+187
3 Western Province 300327102–753
The top 2 teams will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals.

Points breakdown:
*3 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 point for a loss

Pool D

Log

2012 7s Premier League Pool D Log
PositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferencePoints
1 Sharks 32016465–17
2Living Ball31026952+175
3 Lions 31026658+85
The top 2 teams will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals.

Points breakdown:
*3 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 point for a loss

Fixtures and results

Pool A v B

Round one

14 December 2012NBM All-Stars26 – 12 Boland Cavaliers  
11:04
14 December 2012Vikings24 – 26Mighty Mohicans 
11:26
14 December 2012 Blue Bulls 19 – 26 Cheetahs  
11:48

Round two

14 December 2012NBM All-Stars19 – 12 Cheetahs  
14:00
14 December 2012Vikings14 – 35 Boland Cavaliers  
14:22
14 December 2012 Blue Bulls 35 – 12Mighty Mohicans 
14:44

Round three

14 December 2012NBM All-Stars19 – 15Mighty Mohicans 
17:18
14 December 2012Vikings0 – 33 Cheetahs  
17:40
14 December 2012 Blue Bulls 49 – 21 Boland Cavaliers  
18:02

Pool C v D

Round one

14 December 2012Samurai Sevens19 – 12Living Ball 
12:10
14 December 2012 Kaizer Chiefs 22 – 14 Lions  
12:32
14 December 2012 Western Province 22 – 24 Sharks  
12:54

Round two

14 December 2012Samurai Sevens19 – 12 Sharks  
15:06
14 December 2012 Kaizer Chiefs 33 – 19Living Ball 
15:28
14 December 2012 Western Province 5 – 40 Lions  
15:50

Round three

14 December 2012Samurai Sevens31 – 12 Lions  
18:24
14 December 2012 Kaizer Chiefs 24 – 28 Sharks  
18:46
14 December 2012 Western Province 0 – 38Living Ball 
19:08

Cup

Quarter-finals

The four Cup Quarter-final winners will advance to the Cup Semi-Finals. The four losers will advance to the Plate Semi-Finals.

15 December 2012NBM All-Stars31 – 26 (aet) Kaizer Chiefs  
11:04
15 December 2012 Cheetahs 19 – 14 (aet)Living Ball 
11:26
15 December 2012Samurai Sevens12 – 7 Blue Bulls  
11:48
15 December 2012 Sharks 8 – 5 Boland Cavaliers  
12:10

Semi-finals

15 December 2012NBM All-Stars17 – 29 Cheetahs  
14:44
15 December 2012Samurai Sevens22 – 5 Sharks  
15:06

3rd-place play-off

15 December 2012NBM All-Stars29 – 5 Sharks  
17:18

Final

15 December 2012 Cheetahs 14 – 29Samurai Sevens 
18:02

Plate

Semi-finals

15 December 2012 Kaizer Chiefs 12 – 24Living Ball 
14:00
15 December 2012 Blue Bulls 22 – 7 Boland Cavaliers  
14:22

3rd-place play-off

15 December 2012 Kaizer Chiefs 24 – 12 Boland Cavaliers  
16:12

Final

15 December 2012Living Ball24 – 12 Blue Bulls  
16:56

Bowl

Semi-finals

15 December 2012Vikings12 – 15 Western Province  
12:32
15 December 2012Mighty Mohicans0 – 17 Lions  
12:54

3rd-place play-off

15 December 2012Vikings19 – 12Mighty Mohicans 
15:50

Final

15 December 2012 Western Province 14 – 26 Lions  
16:34

Final classification

PositionTeam
Cup
1Samurai Sevens
2 Cheetahs
3NBM All-Stars
4 Sharks
Plate
5Living Ball
6 Blue Bulls
7 Kaizer Chiefs
8 Boland Cavaliers
Bowl
9 Lions
10 Western Province
11Vikings
12Mighty Mohicans

Teams and Players

The participating teams were: [2]

2012 Blue Bulls 7s Premier League squad
Players Shaun Adendorff  • Clayton Blommetjies  • Cornelius Cooper  • Christiaan de Bruin  • Travis Ismaiel  • Rohan Janse van Rensburg  • Dan Kriel  • Jason Kriel • Jesse Kriel  • Jacques Rossouw  • Roelof Smit  • André Warner
Coach Fielies Coetzee
2012 Boland Cavaliers 7s Premier League squad
Players Tythan Adams  • Brendon April  • Garth April  • Ashton Constant  • Dual Erasmus  • Thor Halvorsen  • Adi Jacobs  • Ntando Kebe  • Franzel September  • Albert Trytsman • Philip van Zyl  • Ben Venter  • Deston Wellman  • Eric Zana
Coach Abie Davids
2012 Cheetahs 7s Premier League squad
Players Rayno Benjamin  • Philip Burger  • Tertius Daniller  • Barry Geel  • Hansie Graaff  • Leon Karemaker  • Willie le Roux  • Kevin Luiters  • Sarel Pretorius  • Boom Prinsloo  • Raymond Rhule  • Johann Sadie  • Marnus Schoeman  • Torsten van Jaarsveld  • Robbie van Schalkwyk  • Piet van Zyl
Coach Hawies Fourie
2012 Kaizer Chiefs 7s Premier League squad
Players Junior Bester  • Adrian Jacobs  • Cameron Jacobs  • Wilhelm Koch  • Gareth Krause  • Wandile Mjekevu  • Friedrich Lombard  • Jongi Nokwe  • Breyton Paulse  • Bom Samaai  • Elmo Thomas
Coach Gcobani Bobo
2012 Lions 7s Premier League squad
Players Andries Coetzee  • Robin Coetzee  • Ruan Combrinck  • Ross Cronjé  • Morné Laubscher  • Derick Minnie  • Whestley Moolman • Jacques Nel  • Ruhan Nel  • Senzo Shabalala  • Claude Tshidibi
Coach JP Ferreira
2012 Living Ball 7s Premier League squad
Players Alshaun Bock  • Shaun Davids  • Marius Delport  • Dirk Dippenaar  • Dean Heymans  • Earl Lewis  • Donovan Marais  • Jonathan Mokuena  • Reg Muller  • Stefan Terblanche  • Berty Visser  • Wendal Wehr
Coach Freddie Grobler
2012 Mighty Mohicans 7s Premier League squad
Players Karlo Aspeling  • Tiger Bax  • Josh Bassingthwaighte  • Jandré Blom  • Chris Cloete  • Stefan de Villiers  • Julian Erasmus  • Christopher Juries  • Justin Peach  • Richard Prinsloo  • Izak Saaiman  • Juan Smit  • André Smit  • NW Smit  • Mark Winter
Coach Dawie Snyman
2012 Sharks 7s Premier League squad
PlayersPeet Coetzee • Calvin Karnezos  • Sizo Maseko • Mzo Mbona  • Gareth Meikle  • Tera Mtembu  • Milo Nqoro  • Gouws Prinsloo  • Sean Robinson  • S'bura Sithole  • Brynard Stander  • Jaco van Tonder  • Anton Verster
Coach Roelof Kotzé
2012 NBM All-Stars 7s Premier League squad
Players Bok Barnard  • Stefan Basson  • Jaco Bouwer  • Danie Dames  • Danwel Demas  • Ben Gollings  • Deon Helberg  • JW Jonker  • Zar Lawrence  • MJ Mentz  • Roscko Speckman  • Juan Swanepoel
Coach Jimmy Stonehouse
2012 Samurai Sevens 7s Premier League squad
Players Derich Badenhorst  • Henk de Ridder  • Carel du Preez  • Pieter Engelbrecht  • Justin Geduld  • Werner Kok  • Shannon Rick • Seabelo Senatla  • Kwagga Smith  • Sergio Torrens • Jack Welsch  • Jack Wilson
Coach Marius Schoeman
2012 Vikings 7s Premier League squad
PlayersEnrico Acker • Jonathan Adendorf  • Guy Cronjé  • Jacques Erasmus  • Fabian Juries  • Ruan Mostert  • Kempie Rautenbach  • Jody Reynecke  • Lean Schwartz  • Shane Spring • Mzwandile Stick  • Anthony Volmink
Coach Darryl Weir
2012 Western Province 7s Premier League squad
Players Craig Berry  • Dean Hammond  • Arno Johnson • Clearance Khumalo  • Dillyn Leyds  • Freddie Muller • Sibusiso Notshe  • Craig Pheiffer • Ryan Smith  • Tim Swiel  • Chevandré van Schoor  • Kobus van Wyk
Coach Jerome Paarwater

References

  1. ↑ "SPL inaugural tournament". sevenspremierleague.co.za. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "7's PL Teams & Players". sevenspremierleague.co.za. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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