2005 Super 12 season

2005 Super 12
Countries	Australia South Africa New Zealand
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Canterbury Crusaders (5th title)
Matches played	69
Top point scorer(s)	Peter Hewat (174) (NSW Waratahs)
Top try scorer(s)	Rico Gear (15) (Canterbury Crusaders)
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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	Crusaders	11	9	0	2	459	281	178	8	45
2	Waratahs	11	9	0	2	322	174	148	5	41
3	Bulls	11	7	0	4	301	229	72	6	34
4	Hurricanes	11	8	0	3	281	248	33	2	34
5	Brumbies	11	5	1	5	260	266	-6	7	29
6	Chiefs	11	5	1	5	272	250	22	6	28
7	Blues	11	6	0	5	243	216	27	3	27
8	Highlanders	11	6	1	4	221	214	7	1	27
9	Stormers	11	3	1	7	215	320	-105	4	18
10	Reds	11	3	0	8	185	282	-97	5	17
11	Cats	11	1	1	9	226	326	-100	7	13
12	Sharks	11	1	1	9	205	384	-179	5	11

Results

Round 1

	11 February 2005	Stormers	26 – 12	Sharks	Newlands, Cape Town

	11 February 2005	Highlanders	14 – 30	Blues	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	11 February 2005	Waratahs	25 – 7	Chiefs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney

	11 February 2005	Cats	23 – 17	Bulls	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

	11 February 2005	Brumbies	32 – 21	Crusaders	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
					Attendance: 24,115

	11 February 2005	Reds	10 – 24	Hurricanes	Ballymore, Brisbane

Round 2

	18 February 2005	Blues	18 – 15	Reds	Eden Park, Auckland

	18 February 2005	Brumbies	21 – 19	Bulls	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

	18 February 2005	Highlanders	16 – 16	Stormers	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill

	18 February 2005	Cats	32 – 45	Hurricanes	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
					Attendance: 14,000

	18 February 2005	Sharks	13 – 36	Waratahs	ABSA Stadium, Durban

	18 February 2005	Crusaders	50 – 18	Chiefs	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

Round 3

	25 February 2005	Sharks	23 – 29	Hurricanes	Kings Park, Durban
	19:35

	25 February 2005	Highlanders	23 – 0	Bulls	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	25 February 2005	Brumbies	22 – 19	Stormers	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

	25 February 2005	Crusaders	59 – 24	Reds	Trafalgar Park, Nelson

	25 February 2005	Cats	19 – 40	Waratahs	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

	25 February 2005	Chiefs	18 – 9	Blues	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Round 4

	4 March 2005	Chiefs	6 – 20	Reds	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	4 March 2005	Cats	29 – 34	Brumbies	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

	4 March 2005	Hurricanes	12 – 21	Bulls	Wellington Stadium, Wellington
					Attendance: 23,300

	4 March 2005	Sharks	7 – 43	Highlanders	Kings Park Stadium, Durban

	4 March 2005	Blues	19 – 41	Crusaders	Eden Park, Auckland

	4 March 2005	Waratahs	25 – 10	Stormers	ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Round 5

	11 March 2005	Cats	12 – 16	Highlanders	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

	11 March 2005	Hurricanes	12 – 9	Stormers	Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North

	11 March 2005	Sharks	36 – 24	Brumbies	Kings Park, Durban

	11 March 2005	Waratahs	42 – 12	Bulls	ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Round 6

	18 March 2005	Hurricanes	28 – 16	Chiefs	Wellington Stadium, Wellington
					Attendance: 23,325

	18 March 2005	Reds	16 – 23	Highlanders	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

	17 March 2005	Blues	17 – 0	Brumbies	Eden Park, Auckland

	18 March 2005	Waratahs	27 – 33	Crusaders	ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Round 7

	24 March 2005	Highlanders	19 – 18	Brumbies	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	24 March 2005	Stormers	15 – 13	Reds	Newlands, Cape Town

	24 March 2005	Bulls	35 – 20	Crusaders	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	25 March 2005	Chiefs	40 – 5	Sharks	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	25 March 2005	Blues	23 – 6	Cats	North Harbour Stadium, Albany

	25 March 2005	Hurricanes	26 – 24	Waratahs	Wellington Stadium, Wellington
					Attendance: 25,400

Round 8

	31 March 2005	Bulls	32 – 7	Reds	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	31 March 2005	Chiefs	45 – 14	Cats	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	1 April 2005	Stormers	23 – 51	Crusaders	Newlands, Cape Town

	1 April 2005	Blues	36 – 13	Sharks	Eden Park, Auckland

	1 April 2005	Brumbies	6 – 10	Waratahs	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
					Attendance: 27,040

Round 9

	7 April 2005	Hurricanes	16 – 26	Highlanders	Wellington Stadium, Wellington
					Attendance: 30,270

	8 April 2005	Bulls	29 – 26	Chiefs	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	8 April 2005	Stormers	24 – 37	Blues	Newlands, Cape Town

	8 April 2005	Crusaders	40 – 36	Cats	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

	8 April 2005	Reds	30 – 25	Sharks	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
					Attendance: 17,117

	8 April 2005	Bulls	38 – 24	Blues	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Round 10

	14 April 2005	Crusaders	77 – 34	Sharks	AMI Stadium, Christchurch

	15 April 2005	Reds	21 – 15	Cats	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
					Attendance: 10,482

	15 April 2005	Stormers	34 – 37	Chiefs	Newlands, Cape Town

	15 April 2005	Highlanders	20 – 41	Waratahs	Carisbrook, Dunedin
					Attendance: 16,033

	15 April 2005	Hurricanes	49 – 37	Brumbies	Wellington Stadium, Wellington
					Attendance: 30,560

	16 April 2005	Blues	10 – 22	Hurricanes	Eden Park, Auckland

Round 11

	21 April 2005	Waratahs	27 – 8	Reds	ANZ Stadium, Sydney

	21 April 2005	Sharks	17 – 23	Bulls	Kings Park Stadium, Durban

	21 April 2005	Stormers	25 – 20	Cats	Newlands, Cape Town
					Attendance: 27,503

	22 April 2005	Highlanders	13 – 27	Crusaders	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	22 April 2005	Brumbies	28 – 28	Chiefs	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

	22 April 2005	Crusaders	40 – 20	Hurricanes	Lancaster Park, Christchurch

Round 12

	28 April 2005	Waratahs	25 – 20	Blues	ANZ Stadium, Sydney

	28 April 2005	Bulls	75 – 14	Stormers	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	29 April 2005	Cats	20 – 20	Sharks	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

	29 April 2005	Chiefs	31 – 8	Highlanders	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	29 April 2005	Reds	21 – 38	Brumbies	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Finals

Semi finals

	20 May 2005	Crusaders	47–7	Hurricanes	Jade Stadium, Christchurch
		Tries: Scott Hamilton (3), Rico Gear, Daniel Carter, Greg Somerville Cons: Daniel Carter (4) Pens: Daniel Carter (3)		Tries: Jimmy Gopperth Cons: Jimmy Gopperth	Referee: Andrew Cole

	21 May 2005	Waratahs	23–13	Bulls	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
		Tries: Morgan Turinui, Nathan Grey Cons: Peter Hewat (2) Pens: Peter Hewat (3)		Tries: Johan Roets Con: Morné Steyn Pens: Morné Steyn (2)	Referee: Steve Walsh

Grand final

	28 May 2005	Crusaders	35–25	Waratahs	Jade Stadium, Christchurch
		Tries: Scott Hamilton, Dave Hewett, Leon MacDonald, Caleb Ralph Cons: Daniel Carter (3) Pens: Daniel Carter (2) Drop: Aaron Mauger		Tries: Mat Rogers (2), Phil Waugh Cons: Peter Hewat, Mat Rogers Pens: Peter Hewat (2)	Attendance: 36,500

Crusaders FB 15 Leon MacDonald RW 14 Rico Gear OC 13 Caleb Ralph IC 12 Aaron Mauger LW 11 Scott Hamilton FH 10 Dan 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 16 Tone Kopelani PR 17 Campbell Johnstone FL 18 Sam Broomhall FL 19 Johnny Leo'o FH 20 Jamie Nutbrown CE 21 Andrew Mehrtens CE 22 Casey Laulala Coach: Robbie Deans

Waratahs FB 15 Mat Rogers RW 14 Peter Hewat OC 13 Morgan Turinui IC 12 Nathan Grey LW 11 Lote Tuqiri FH 10 Lachlan 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 16 Adam Freier PR 17 Gareth Hardy LK 18 Alex Kanaar N8 19 Stephen Hoiles SH 20 Chris O'Young FH 21 Shaun Berne CE 22 Cameron Shepherd Coach: 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

• McIlraith, M. (2005).Ten Years of Super 12,Auckland:Hodder Moa. ISBN 1-86971-025-8