2005 Super 12 season

2005 Super 12
2005 Super 12
Countries	Australia; South Africa; New Zealand
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Crusaders (5th title)
Matches played	69
Attendance	1,806,017 (26,174 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Peter Hewat (174; Waratahs)
Top try scorer(s)	Rico Gear (15; 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 Crusaders and New South Wales Waratahs at Lancaster Park, 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 Cheetahs.

Table edit

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 edit

Round 1 edit

25 February 2005

Stormers	26–12	Sharks

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 48,719

25 February 2005

Highlanders	14–30	Blues

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 20,106

25 February 2005

Waratahs	25–7	Chiefs

ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 30,815

26 February 2005

Cats	23–17	Bulls

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 49,040

26 February 2005

Brumbies	32–21	Crusaders

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 24,115

26 February 2005

Reds	10–24	Hurricanes

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 20,097

Round 2 edit

4 March 2005

Blues	18–15	Reds

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 25,542

4 March 2005

Brumbies	21–19	Bulls

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 20,927

5 March 2005

Highlanders	16–16	Stormers

Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Attendance: 8,141

5 March 2005

Cats	32–45	Hurricanes

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 27,882

5 March 2005

Sharks	13–36	Waratahs

ABSA Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 29,322

5 March 2005

Crusaders	50–18	Chiefs

AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 25,128

Round 3 edit

11 March 2005
19:35

Sharks	23–29	Hurricanes

Kings Park, Durban
Attendance: 20,442

11 March 2005

Highlanders	23–0	Bulls

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 9,030

11 March 2005

Brumbies	22–19	Stormers

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 22,316

12 March 2005

Crusaders	59–24	Reds

Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Attendance: 15,514

12 March 2005

Cats	19–40	Waratahs

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 36,365

12 March 2005

Chiefs	18–9	Blues

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 23,095

Round 4 edit

18 March 2005

Chiefs	6–20	Reds

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 13,641

19 March 2005

Cats	29–34	Brumbies

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 14,283

19 March 2005

Hurricanes	12–21	Bulls

Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 23,300

19 March 2005

Sharks	7–43	Highlanders

Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 26,351

19 March 2005

Blues	19–41	Crusaders

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 39,000

19 March 2005

Waratahs	25–10	Stormers

ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 31,184

Round 5 edit

25 March 2005

Cats	12–16	Highlanders

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 20,000

25 March 2005

Hurricanes	12–9	Stormers

Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
Attendance: 14,000

26 March 2005

Sharks	36–24	Brumbies

Kings Park, Durban
Attendance: 23,557

26 March 2005

Waratahs	42–12	Bulls

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 25,133

Round 6 edit

1 April 2005

Hurricanes	28–16	Chiefs

Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 23,325

1 April 2005

Reds	16–23	Highlanders

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 19,567

2 April 2005

Blues	17–0	Brumbies

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 31,503

2 April 2005

Waratahs	27–33	Crusaders

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 39,363

Round 7 edit

8 April 2005

Highlanders	19–18	Brumbies

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 15,000

9 April 2005

Stormers	15–13	Reds

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 39,531

9 April 2005

Bulls	35–20	Crusaders

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance: 27,267

9 April 2005

Chiefs	40–5	Sharks

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 11,000

9 April 2005

Blues	23–6	Cats

North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Attendance: 12,677

10 April 2005

Hurricanes	26–24	Waratahs

Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 25,400

Round 8 edit

15 April 2005

Bulls	32–7	Reds

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance: 33,243

15 April 2005

Chiefs	45–14	Cats

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 12,223

16 April 2005

Stormers	23–51	Crusaders

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 40,153

16 April 2005

Blues	36–13	Sharks

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 26,794

16 April 2005

Brumbies	6–10	Waratahs

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 27,040

Round 9 edit

22 April 2005

Hurricanes	16–26	Highlanders

Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 30,270

23 April 2005

Bulls	29–26	Chiefs

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance: 26,382

23 April 2005

Stormers	24–37	Blues

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 27,000

23 April 2005

Crusaders	40–36	Cats

AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 34,000

23 April 2005

Reds	30–25	Sharks

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 12,274

Round 10 edit

29 April 2005

Bulls	38–24	Blues

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance: 34,357

29 April 2005

Crusaders	77–34	Sharks

AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 24,500

29 April 2005

Reds	21–15	Cats

Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 10,482

30 April 2005

Stormers	34–37	Chiefs

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 25,000

30 April 2005

Highlanders	20–41	Waratahs

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 16,033

30 April 2005

Hurricanes	49–37	Brumbies

Wellington Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 30,560

Round 11 edit

6 May 2005

Blues	10–22	Hurricanes

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 45,017

6 May 2005

Waratahs	27–8	Reds

Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 38,220

7 May 2005

Sharks	17–23	Bulls

Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 31,342

7 May 2005

Stormers	25–20	Cats

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 27,503

7 May 2005

Highlanders	13–27	Crusaders

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 22,000

7 May 2005

Brumbies	28–28	Chiefs

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 20,077

Round 12 edit

13 May 2005

Crusaders	40–20	Hurricanes

Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 35,700

13 May 2005

Waratahs	25–20	Blues

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 36,031

14 May 2005

Bulls	75–14	Stormers

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance: 50,000

14 May 2005

Cats	20–20	Sharks

Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Attendance: 8,675

14 May 2005

Chiefs	31–8	Highlanders

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 20,317

14 May 2005

Reds	21–38	Brumbies

Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 28,233

Finals edit

Semi-finals edit

20 May 2005

Crusaders	47–7	Hurricanes
Try: Hamilton (3) Gear Carter Somerville Con: Carter (4) Pen: Carter (3)		Try: Gopperth Con: Gopperth

Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)

21 May 2005

Waratahs	23–13	Bulls
Try: Turinui Grey Con: Hewat (2) Pen: Hewat (3)		Try: Roets Con: Steyn Pen: Steyn (2)

Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 35,433
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

Grand final edit

28 May 2005

Crusaders	35–25	Waratahs
Try: Hamilton Hewett MacDonald Ralph Con: Carter (3) Pen: Carter (2) Drop: Mauger		Try: Rogers (2) Waugh Con: Hewat Rogers Pen: Hewat (2)

Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 36,500

Crusaders

Waratahs


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 edit

Leading try-scorers edit

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 edit

Top 3 point scorers
Pos	Name	Points	Team
1	Peter Hewat	174	Waratahs
2	Dan Carter	171	Crusaders
3	Jimmy Gopperth	139	Hurricanes

2005 Super 12 season

Contents

Table edit

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Round 2 edit

Round 3 edit

Round 4 edit

Round 5 edit

Round 6 edit

Round 7 edit

Round 8 edit

Round 9 edit

Round 10 edit

Round 11 edit

Round 12 edit

Finals edit

Semi-finals edit

Grand final edit

Player statistics edit

Leading try-scorers edit

Leading point-scorers edit

Notes and references edit

Further reading edit