1999 Super 12 season

1999 Super 12
McDonald's Super 12 rugby ball, 1999
Countries	Australia South Africa New Zealand
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Canterbury Crusaders (2nd title)
Matches played	69
Top point scorer(s)	Andrew Mehrtens (192) (Canterbury Crusaders)
Top try scorer(s)	Joe Roff (8) (ACT Brumbies)
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The 1999 Super 12 season was the fourth 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 1999, 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 the Otago Highlanders at Carisbrook, Dunedin. The Crusaders won 24–19 to win their second Super 12 title.

Teams

The 1999 Super 12 competition consisted of 12 teams: four from South Africa, three from Australia and five from New Zealand.

• ACT Brumbies (Australia)
• Auckland Blues (New Zealand)
• Canterbury Crusaders (New Zealand)
• Cats (South Africa)
• Bulls (South Africa)
• Otago Highlanders (New Zealand)
• Queensland Reds (Australia)
• Sharks (South Africa)
• Stormers (South Africa)
• Waikato Chiefs (New Zealand)
• Waratahs (Australia)
• Wellington Hurricanes (New Zealand)

Table

Key to colours

Top four teams advance to playoffs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	Queensland Reds	11	8	1	2	233	170	+63	2	36
2	Stormers	11	8	0	3	290	244	+46	4	36
3	Otago Highlanders	11	8	0	3	280	203	+77	3	35
4	Canterbury Crusaders	11	7	1	3	324	262	+62	3	33
5	ACT Brumbies	11	5	0	6	278	195	+83	8	28
6	Waikato Chiefs	11	5	0	6	248	301	−53	6	26
7	Sharks	11	5	1	5	241	232	+9	3	25
8	Waratahs	11	4	1	6	246	248	−2	6	24
9	Auckland Blues	11	4	1	6	202	201	+1	5	23
10	Wellington Hurricanes	11	4	1	6	213	226	−13	4	22
11	Cats	11	4	0	7	312	341	−29	6	22
12	Bulls	11	1	0	10	203	447	−244	3	7

Results

Round 1

26 February 1999

Cats	33–22	ACT Brumbies
Try: Venter Small Con: Engelbrecht Pen: Engelbrecht (7)		Try: Penalty try Hardy Mortlock Con: Mortlock (2) Pen: Mortlock

Ellis Park, Johannesburg Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

26 February 1999

Canterbury Crusaders	48–3	Waikato Chiefs
Try: So'oalo Gibson Kerr Robertson Lancaster Con: Mehrtens (4) Pen: Mehrtens (5)		Pen: Feeney

Jade Stadium, Christchurch Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

27 February 1999

Sharks	13–13	Waratahs
Try: Fyvie Con: Benade Pen: Benade (2)		Try: Whitaker Warner Pen: Warner

Kings Park Stadium, Durban Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand)

27 February 1999

Northern Bulls	19–42	Stormers
Try: Venter Con: Smith Pen: Smith (4)		Try: Rossouw (2) Fleck Con: Van Straaten (3) Pen: Van Straaten (7)

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

27 February 1999

Queensland Reds	11–0	Wellington Hurricanes
Try: Williams Pen: Spooner (2)

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

27 February 1999

Otago Highlanders	19–13	Auckland Blues
Try: Kelleher Con: Brown Pen: Brown		Try: Spencer Con: Cashmore Pen: Cashmore (2)

Carisbrook, Dunedin Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

Round 2

5 March 1999

Sharks	21–16	ACT Brumbies
Try: Gillingham Terblanche Con: Honiball Pen: Honiball (3)		Try: Penalty try Con: Mortlock Pen: Mortlock (3)

Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

5 March 1999

Auckland Blues	16–22	Canterbury Crusaders
Try: Vidiri (2) Con: Spencer (2)		Try: Marshall Con: Mehrtens Pen: Mehrtens (5)

Eden Park, Auckland Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

6 March 1999

Cats	10–39	Waratahs
Try: Venter Con: Engelbrecht Pen: Engelbrecht		Try: McRae Jones-Hughes Dowling Grey Bowman Con: Warner (2) Edmonds (2) Pen: Warner Edmonds

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Referee: Paul Macfie (New Zealand)

6 March 1999

Waikato Chiefs	17–19	Queensland Reds
Try: Duggan Pen: Cooper (4)		Try: Smith Connors Waugh Con: Spooner (2)

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Andrew Turner (South Africa)

6 March 1999

Otago Highlanders	65–23	Northern Bulls
Try: Timmins Kelleher (2) Maka Wilson Stanley (2) Middleton Ropati Con: Brown (7) Pen: Brown (2)		Try: Van Wyk Ribbens (2) Raubenheimer Pen: Smith

Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

7 March 1999

Wellington Hurricanes	22–24	Stormers
Try: Telea Heaps Pen: Holwell (4)		Try: Leonard Marais Rossouw Pen: Van Straaten (3)

Athletic Park, Wellington Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

Round 3

12 March 1999

Otago Highlanders	46–14	Stormers
Try: Lima Kelleher Maka Kronfeld Middleton Alatini Ropati (2) Con: Brown (3)		Try: Daniels Pen: Koen (3)

Carisbrook, Dunedin Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)

12 March 1999

Queensland Reds	19–18	ACT Brumbies
Try: Herbert Con: Spooner Pen: Spooner (4)		Try: Williams (2) Con: Mortlock Pen: Mortlock (2)

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

13 March 1999

Cats	20–36	Sharks
Try: Van der Walt Venter Con: O'Neill (2) Pen: O'Neill (2)		Try: Slade Brink Atherton Con: Honiball (3) Pen: Honiball (5)

Ellis Park, Johannesburg Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)

13 March 1999

Wellington Hurricanes	37–18	Northern Bulls
Try: Cullen (2) Tonu'u Umaga Con: Holwell Pen: Holwell (5)		Try: Esterhuizen Bekker Con: Smith Pen: Smith (2)

Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North Referee: Scott Young (Australia)

13 March 1999

Waratahs	36–30	Waikato Chiefs
Try: Warner Dowling Brial Kearns Strauss Con: Warner Pen: Warner (2)		Try: Marsh Randle Little Con: Cooper (3) Pen: Cooper (3)

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

Round 4

19 March 1999

ACT Brumbies	37–15	Stormers
Try: Roff (3) Gregan McInally Con: Mortlock (3) Pen: Mortlock (2)	Report	Try: Paulse Hattingh Con: Montgomery Pen: Van Straaten

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

19 March 1999

Canterbury Crusaders	18–18	Wellington Hurricanes

Jade Stadium, Christchurch

20 March 1999

Waratahs	39–23	Northern Bulls

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

20 March 1999

Auckland Blues	12–12	Queensland Reds

North Harbour Stadium, Albany Attendance: 16,000

20 March 1999

Cats	28–29	Otago Highlanders

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Round 5

26 March 1999

Sharks	32–8	Otago Highlanders

Kings Park Stadium, Durban

26 March 1999

Waikato Chiefs	18–29	Auckland Blues

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

26 March 1999

Waratahs	18–28	Stormers

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

27 March 1999

Cats	43–27	Wellington Hurricanes

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

27 March 1999

Canterbury Crusaders	23–36	Queensland Reds

Jade Stadium, Christchurch

27 March 1999

ACT Brumbies	73–9	Northern Bulls
Try: Rod Kafer (2) Joe Roff (2) George Gregan (2) Stephen Larkham Jim Williams Mark Bartholomeusz Gordon Falcon Con: Joe Roff (3) Stephen Larkham (4) Pen: Joe Roff (2) Stirling Mortlock	Report	Pen: Franco Smith (3)

Canberra Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 4,000

Round 6

2 April 1999

ACT Brumbies	21–28	Canterbury Crusaders
Try: Joe Roff Mitch Hardy George Gregan Pen: Joe Roff (2)	Report	Try: Afato So'oalo Con: Andrew Mehrtens Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (6) Drop: Andrew Mehrtens

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

3 April 1999

Waikato Chiefs	16–27	Otago Highlanders

Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua

3 April 1999

Waratahs	20–21	Auckland Blues

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

3 April 1999

Cats	57–24	Northern Bulls

Ellis Park, Johannesburg

3 April 1999

Stormers	35–14	Queensland Reds

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 30,000

3 April 1999

Sharks	18–34	Wellington Hurricanes

Buffalo City Stadium, East London

Round 7

9 April 1999

Otago Highlanders	23–6	Canterbury Crusaders

Carisbrook, Dunedin

9 April 1999

Northern Bulls	7–17	Queensland Reds

Bosman Stadium, Brakpan

10 April 1999

Auckland Blues	23–7	Wellington Hurricanes

Eden Park, Auckland

10 April 1999

ACT Brumbies	13–16	Waikato Chiefs
Try: Joe Roff Con: Joe Roff Pen: Joe Roff (2)	Report	Try: Scott McLeod Con: Glen Jackson Pen: Glen Jackson Matthew Cooper

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

10 April 1999

Stormers	35–19	Sharks

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 47,315

Round 8

16 April 1999

Wellington Hurricanes	21–24	Waikato Chiefs

Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth

17 April 1999

Sharks	29–0	Northern Bulls

Kings Park Stadium, Durban

17 April 1999

Queensland Reds	19–20	Otago Highlanders

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

17 April 1999

ACT Brumbies	27–16	Waratahs
Try: Adam Magro Craig McMullen Jeremy Paul Con: Stirling Mortlock (3) Pen: Stirling Mortlock (2)	Report	Try: Matthew Dowling Scott Staniforth Pen: Matthew Dowling (2)

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

17 April 1999

Auckland Blues	24–11	Cats

Eden Park, Auckland

18 April 1999

Stormers	28–19	Canterbury Crusaders

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 48,000

Round 9

23 April 1999

Otago Highlanders	15–23	Waratahs

Carisbrook, Dunedin

24 April 1999

Northern Bulls	28–30	Canterbury Crusaders

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

24 April 1999

Auckland Blues	6–12	Sharks

Eden Park, Auckland

24 April 1999

Waikato Chiefs	44–42	Cats

Growers Stadium, Pukekohe

25 April 1999

Wellington Hurricanes	13–21	ACT Brumbies
Try: David Holwell Con: David Holwell Pen: David Holwell (2)	Report	Try: Stirling Mortlock George Gregan Con: Stirling Mortlock Pen: Stirling Mortlock (3)

Athletic Park, Wellington

Round 10

30 April 1999

Waikato Chiefs	32–19	Sharks

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

1 May 1999

Stormers	37–23	Auckland Blues

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 49,000

1 May 1999

Waratahs	13–30	Queensland Reds

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

1 May 1999

Otago Highlanders	9–8	ACT Brumbies
Pen: Tony Brown (3)	Report	Try: Patricio Noriega Pen: Stirling Mortlock

Carisbrook, Dunedin

2 May 1999

Canterbury Crusaders	58–38	Cats

Trafalgar Park, Nelson Attendance: 13,000

Round 11

7 May 1999

Wellington Hurricanes	13–7	Waratahs

McLean Park, Napier

8 May 1999

Northern Bulls	21–19	Auckland Blues

Atlantic Stadium, Witbank Attendance: 10,000

8 May 1999

Queensland Reds	22–12	Cats

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

8 May 1999

Stormers	16–9	Waikato Chiefs

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 49,170

9 May 1999

Canterbury Crusaders	34–29	Sharks

Jade Stadium, Christchurch

Round 12

14 May 1999

Northern Bulls	31–39	Waikato Chiefs

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

14 May 1999

Queensland Reds	34–13	Sharks

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

14 May 1999

Auckland Blues	16–22	ACT Brumbies
Try: Spencer McFarland Pen: Cashmore (2)	Report	Try: Roff Tanivula Kafer Paul Con: Roff

Eden Park, Auckland

15 May 1999

Stormers	16–18	Cats

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 49,725

15 May 1999

Waratahs	22–38	Canterbury Crusaders

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

15 May 1999

Wellington Hurricanes	21–19	Otago Highlanders

Athletic Park, Wellington

Finals

Semi finals

22 May 1999

Queensland Reds	22–28	Canterbury Crusaders
Try: Horan Con: Spooner Pen: Spooner (5)		Try: Ralph Feek MacDonald Robertson Con: Mehrtens Pen: Mehrtens (2)

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

23 May 1999

Stormers	18–33	Otago Highlanders
Try: Paulse Marais Con: Van Straaten Pen: Van Straaten (2)		Try: Lima Kelleher Ropati Randell Con: Brown (2) Pen: Brown (3)

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

Grand final

30 May 1999

Otago Highlanders	19–24	Canterbury Crusaders
Try: Lima Maka Pen: Brown (2) Drop: Laney		Try: So'oalo Gibson Con: Mehrtens Pen: Mehrtens (3) Drop: Mehrtens

Carisbrook, Dunedin Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

Highlanders

Crusaders

Further reading

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