2000 Super 12 season explained

2000 Super 12
Countries:	Australia South Africa New Zealand
Tournament Format:	Round-robin and knockout
Champions:	Crusaders
Count:	3
Matches:	69
Top Point Scorer:	Stirling Mortlock (194) (ACT Brumbies)
Top Try Scorer:	Andrew Walker (13) (ACT Brumbies)
Previous Year:	1999
Previous Tournament:	1999 Super 12 season
Next Year:	2001
Next Tournament:	2001 Super 12 season

The 2000 Super 12 season was the fifth 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 2000, 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 the Brumbies at Bruce Stadium, Canberra. The Crusaders won 20–19 to win their third consecutive Super 12 title.

Table

Key to colours
	Top four teams advance to playoffs

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	Brumbies	11	9	0	2	393	196	+197	9	45
2	Crusaders	11	8	0	3	369	293	+76	7	39
3	Highlanders	11	6	0	5	320	280	+40	8	32
4	Cats	11	7	0	4	320	334	-14	4	32
5	Stormers	11	6	1	4	298	276	+22	5	31
6	Blues	11	6	0	5	300	262	+38	6	30
7	Reds	11	6	0	5	317	305	+12	6	30
8	Hurricanes	11	6	0	5	308	329	−29	5	29
9	Waratahs	11	5	0	6	273	258	+15	5	25
10	Chiefs	11	3	0	8	257	352	−95	8	20
11	Bulls	11	1	2	8	231	395	−164	3	11
12	Sharks	11	1	1	9	235	341	−106	3	9

Results

Round 12

Finals

Grand final


	15	Andrew Walker
	14	Joe Roff
	13	Rod Kafer
	12	Stirling Mortlock
	11	Mark Bartholomeusz
	10	Stephen Larkham
	9	George Gregan (c)
	8	Jim Williams
	7	Ipolito Fenukitau
	6	Brett Robinson (c)
	5	Justin Harrison
	4	David Giffin
	3	Patricio Noriega
	2	Jeremy Paul
	1	Bill Young
Substitutes:
	16
	17
	18
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:
Eddie Jones


	15	Leon MacDonald
	14	Caleb Ralph
	13	Daryl Gibson
	12	Mark Robinson
	11	Marika Vunibaka
	10	Andrew Mehrtens
	9	Ben Hurst
	8	Ron Cribb
	7	Reuben Thorne
	6	Scott Robertson
	5	Norm Maxwell
	4	Todd Blackadder (c)
	3	Greg Feek
	2	Mark Hammett
	1	Greg Somerville
Substitutions:
	16
	17
	18
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:
Robbie Deans

Individual records

Top point scorers

Tries	Convs	Pens	DGs	Total
4	39	32	—	194
—	25	36	1	161
—	8	10	—	46
—	10	5	—	35
1	6	5	—	32

Top try scorers

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Name	Tries
	13
	11
	10
	10
	8