2001 Super 12 season

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB Template:Infobox Super Rugby season The 2001 Super 12 season was the sixth 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 2001, 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 ACT Brumbies and the Coastal Sharks at Bruce Stadium, Canberra. The ACT Brumbies won 36–6 to win their first Super 12 title, and became the first Super Rugby champions from outside New Zealand. It was the Brumbies first Grand Final appearance since 1997, this was the first year where a New Zealand team failed to make the playoffs.

Table

Key to colours

Top four teams advance to playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Brumbies	11	8	0	3	348	204	+144	8	40
2	Template:Flagicon Sharks	11	8	0	3	322	246	+76	6	38
3	Template:Flagicon Cats	11	7	0	4	285	244	+41	6	34
4	Template:Flagicon Reds	11	6	0	5	300	277	+33	8	32
5	Template:Flagicon Highlanders	11	6	0	5	284	295	−11	5	29
6	Template:Flagicon Chiefs	11	6	0	5	301	330	−29	4	28
7	Template:Flagicon Stormers	11	5	0	6	278	285	−7	6	26
8	Template:Flagicon Waratahs	11	5	0	6	306	302	+4	5	25
9	Template:Flagicon Hurricanes	11	5	0	6	291	316	−25	5	25
10	Template:Flagicon Crusaders	11	4	0	7	307	331	−55	7	23
11	Template:Flagicon Blues	11	4	0	7	243	298	−55	4	20
12	Template:Flagicon Bulls	11	2	0	9	241	378	−137	3	11

Finals

Grand final

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FB 15 Andrew Walker RW 14 Graeme Bond OC 13 James Holbeck IC 12 Rod Kafer LW 11 Joe Roff FH 10 Stephen Larkham SH 9 George Gregan(c) N8 8 Jim Williams OF 7 George Smith BF 6 Peter Ryan RL 5 David Giffin LL 4 Justin Harrison TP 3 Ben Darwin HK 2 Jeremy Paul LP 1 Bill Young Substitutes: HK 16 Tom Murphy PR 17 Matt Weaver FL 18 David Pusey FL 19 Radike Samo FH 20 Travis Hall CE 21 Craig McMullen CE 22 Mark Bartholomeusz Coach: Template:Flagicon Eddie Jones

FB 15 Ricardo Loubscher RW 14 Stefan Terblanche OC 13 Deon Kayser IC 12 Trevor Halstead LW 11 Justin Swart FH 10 Butch James SH 9 Craig Davidson N8 8 AJ Venter OF 7 Charl van Rensburg BF 6 Warren Britz RL 5 Mark Andrews (c) LL 4 Albert van den Berg TP 3 Etienne Fynn HK 2 John Smit LP 1 Ollie le Roux Substitutions: HK 16 Lukas Van Biljon PR 17 Brent Moyle LK 18 Shaun Sowerby N8 19 Brad McLeod-Henderson SH 20 Hentie Martens FH 21 Gaffie du Toit CE 22 André Snyman Coach: Template:Flagicon Rudolf Straeuli

Top scorers

• Points: Louis Koen 157 (Cats)
• Tries: Andrew Walker 8 (Brumbies), Aisea Tuilevu 8 (Highlanders)