2005 Super 12 season

2005 Super 12
Countries  Australia
 South Africa
 New Zealand
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Champions New Zealand Canterbury Crusaders (5th title)
Matches played 69
Top point scorer(s) Australia Peter Hewat (174)
(NSW Waratahs)
Top try scorer(s) New Zealand Rico Gear (15)
(Canterbury Crusaders)
2004 (Previous) (Next) 2006

The 2005 Super 12 season was the tenth season of the Super 12, contested by teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The season ran from February to May 2005, 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 New South Wales Waratahs at Jade Stadium, Christchurch. The Crusaders won 35 25 to win their fifth Super 12 title.

This was the final season of Super 12 before the expansion to Super 14 with the Western Force and Central Cheetahs.

Table

Key to colours
     Top four teams advance to playoffs.
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 New Zealand Crusaders 11902459281178845
2 Australia Waratahs 11902322174148541
3 South Africa Bulls 1170430122972634
4 New Zealand Hurricanes 1180328124833234
5 Australia Brumbies 11515260266-6729
6 New Zealand Chiefs 1151527225022628
7 New Zealand Blues 1160524321627327
8 New Zealand Highlanders 116142212147127
9 South Africa Stormers 11317215320-105418
10 Australia Reds 11308185282-97517
11 South Africa Cats 11119226326-100713
12 South Africa Sharks 11119205384-179511


Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Finals

Semi finals

Grand final

Crusaders
FB 15Leon MacDonald
RW 14Rico Gear
OC 13Caleb Ralph
IC 12Aaron Mauger
LW 11Scott Hamilton
FH 10Dan Carter
SH 9 Justin Marshall
N8 8 Mose Tuiali'i
OF 7 Richie McCaw (c)
BF 6 Reuben Thorne
RL 5 Ross Filipo
LL 4 Chris Jack
TP 3 Greg Somerville
HK 2 Corey Flynn
LP 1 David Hewett
Substitutes:
HK 16Tone Kopelani
PR 17Campbell Johnstone
FL 18Sam Broomhall
FL 19Johnny Leo'o
FH 20Jamie Nutbrown
CE 21Andrew Mehrtens
CE 22Casey Laulala
Coach:
New Zealand Robbie Deans
Waratahs
FB 15Mat Rogers
RW 14Peter Hewat
OC 13Morgan Turinui
IC 12Nathan Grey
LW 11Lote Tuqiri
FH 10Lachlan MacKay
SH 9 Chris Whitaker(c)
N8 8 David Lyons
OF 7 Phil Waugh
BF 6 Rocky Elsom
RL 5 Daniel Vickerman
LL 4 Justin Harrison
TP 3 Al Baxter
HK 2 Brendan Cannon
LP 1 Matt Dunning
Substitutions:
HK 16Adam Freier
PR 17Gareth Hardy
LK 18Alex Kanaar
N8 19Stephen Hoiles
SH 20Chris O'Young
FH 21Shaun Berne
CE 22Cameron Shepherd
Coach:
Australia Ewen McKenzie

Player statistics

Leading try-scorers

Top 3 try scorers
Pos Name Tries Team
1 Rico Gear 15 Crusaders
2 Peter Hewat 10 Waratahs
3 Bryan Habana 9 Bulls

Leading point-scorers

Top 3 Point Scorers
Pos Name Points Team
1 Peter Hewat 174 NSW Waratahs
2 Daniel Carter 171 Crusaders
3 Jimmy Gopperth 139 Hurricanes

Notes and References

Further reading