2004 Super 12 season

2004 Super 12
Countries	Australia South Africa New Zealand
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	ACT Brumbies (2nd title)
Matches played	69
Top point scorer(s)	Dan Carter (201) (Canterbury Crusaders)
Top try scorer(s)	Mark Gerrard (10) (ACT Brumbies) Stirling Mortlock (10) (ACT Brumbies)
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The 2004 Super 12 season was the ninth season of the Super 12, contested by teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The season ran from February to May 2004, 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 Brumbies and the Crusaders at Canberra Stadium. The Brumbies won 47 – 38 to win their second 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	8	0	3	408	269	+139	8	40
2	Crusaders	11	7	0	4	345	303	+42	6	34
3	Stormers	11	7	0	4	286	260	+26	5	33
4	Chiefs	11	7	0	4	274	251	+23	5	33
5	Blues	11	6	1	4	337	309	+28	6	32
6	Bulls	11	5	1	5	302	320	-18	6	28
7	Sharks	11	5	0	6	267	305	-38	8	28
8	Waratahs	11	5	0	6	342	274	+68	7	27
9	Highlanders	11	4	1	5	299	347	-48	8	26
10	Reds	11	5	0	6	217	246	-29	5	25
11	Hurricanes	11	4	1	6	275	303	-28	5	23
12	Cats	11	1	0	10	294	459	-165	7	11

Results

Round 1

	20 February 2004	Otago Highlanders	39 – 8	Queensland Reds	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill

	20 February 2004	Golden Cats	23 – 28	Stormers	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

	21 February 2004	Northern Bulls	18 – 23	Coastal Sharks	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	21 February 2004	ACT Brumbies	44 – 27	Auckland Blues	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

	21 February 2004	Waikato Chiefs	19 – 7	Wellington Hurricanes	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	21 February 2004	Canterbury Crusaders	19 – 43	NSW Waratahs	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

Round 2

	27 February 2004	Canterbury Crusaders	29 – 38	Auckland Blues	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	27 February 2004	ACT Brumbies	68 – 28	Golden Cats	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

	28 February 2004	NSW Waratahs	48 – 14	Coastal Sharks	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

	28 February 2004	Queensland Reds	39 – 25	Waikato Chiefs	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

	28 February 2004	Northern Bulls	40 – 19	Wellington Hurricanes	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	28 February 2004	Stormers	46 – 25	Otago Highlanders	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

Round 3

	5 March 2004	Northern Bulls	16 – 16	Otago Highlanders	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	5 March 2004	Auckland Blues	20 – 27	Waikato Chiefs	Eden Park, Auckland

	5 March 2004	NSW Waratahs	46 – 10	Golden Cats	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

	6 March 2004	Stormers	19 – 25	Wellington Hurricanes	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

	6 March 2004	ACT Brumbies	23 – 20	Coastal Sharks	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

	6 March 2004	Queensland Reds	17 – 20	Canterbury Crusaders	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Round 4

	12 March 2004	Otago Highlanders	35 – 36	Coastal Sharks	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	13 March 2004	Northern Bulls	32 – 21	ACT Brumbies	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	13 March 2004	Queensland Reds	20 – 3	Auckland Blues	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

	13 March 2004	Stormers	27 – 23	NSW Waratahs	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

	13 March 2004	Wellington Hurricanes	42 – 25	Golden Cats	Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Round 5

	19 March 2004	Wellington Hurricanes	20 – 21	Coastal Sharks	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth

	19 March 2004	Northern Bulls	38 – 27	NSW Waratahs	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	20 March 2004	Stormers	15 – 33	ACT Brumbies	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

	20 March 2004	Otago Highlanders	29 – 17	Golden Cats	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	20 March 2004	Waikato Chiefs	15 – 36	Canterbury Crusaders	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Round 6

	26 March 2004	Wellington Hurricanes	26 – 26	Auckland Blues	Westpac Stadium, Wellington

	27 March 2004	Canterbury Crusaders	46 – 29	Otago Highlanders	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	27 March 2004	Waikato Chiefs	32 – 17	NSW Waratahs	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	27 March 2004	Stormers	25 – 11	Northern Bulls	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

	28 March 2004	ACT Brumbies	51 – 8	Queensland Reds	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Round 7

	2 April 2004	Otago Highlanders	31 – 36	Waikato Chiefs	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	3 April 2004	Coastal Sharks	42 – 28	Golden Cats	ABSA Stadium, Durban

	3 April 2004	Wellington Hurricanes	29 – 12	Queensland Reds	Westpac Stadium, Wellington

	3 April 2004	Canterbury Crusaders	47 – 28	ACT Brumbies	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	4 April 2004	Auckland Blues	22 – 17	NSW Waratahs	Eden Park, Auckland

Round 8

	9 April 2004	Auckland Blues	56 – 19	Northern Bulls	Albany

	9 April 2004	ACT Brumbies	50 – 18	Otago Highlanders	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

	10 April 2004	Queensland Reds	20 – 21	Stormers	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

	10 April 2004	Coastal Sharks	29 – 25	Canterbury Crusaders	ABSA Stadium, Durban

	10 April 2004	Golden Cats	23 – 21	Waikato Chiefs	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Round 9

	16 April 2004	Coastal Sharks	27 – 34	Waikato Chiefs	ABSA Stadium, Durban

	16 April 2004	Queensland Reds	17 – 23	Northern Bulls	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

	16 April 2004	Auckland Blues	23 – 51	Stormers	Eden Park, Auckland

	17 April 2004	Golden Cats	37 – 39	Canterbury Crusaders	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

	17 April 2004	NSW Waratahs	49 – 31	Wellington Hurricanes	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Round 10

	23 April 2004	Waikato Chiefs	29 – 14	Stormers	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	24 April 2004	Coastal Sharks	5 – 6	Queensland Reds	ABSA Stadium, Durban

	24 April 2004	Canterbury Crusaders	40 – 21	Northern Bulls	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	24 April 2004	Otago Highlanders	26 – 14	Wellington Hurricanes	Carisbrook, Dunedin

	24 April 2004	NSW Waratahs	37 – 29	ACT Brumbies	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

	24 April 2004	Golden Cats	28 – 35	Auckland Blues	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Round 11

	30 April 2004	Coastal Sharks	26 – 37	Auckland Blues	ABSA Stadium, Durban

	30 April 2004	Waikato Chiefs	24 – 22	Northern Bulls	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	1 May 2004	Canterbury Crusaders	24 – 9	Stormers	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

	1 May 2004	NSW Waratahs	28 – 29	Otago Highlanders	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

	1 May 2004	ACT Brumbies	46 – 25	Wellington Hurricanes	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

	1 May 2004	Golden Cats	23 – 47	Queensland Reds	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

Round 12

	7 May 2004	Wellington Hurricanes	37 – 20	Canterbury Crusaders	Westpac Stadium, Wellington

	8 May 2004	Waikato Chiefs	12 – 15	ACT Brumbies	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

	8 May 2004	Auckland Blues	50 – 22	Otago Highlanders	Eden Park, Auckland

	8 May 2004	Queensland Reds	23 – 7	NSW Waratahs	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

	8 May 2004	Northern Bulls	62 – 52	Golden Cats	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

	8 May 2004	Coastal Sharks	24 – 31	Stormers	ABSA Stadium, Durban

Finals

Semi finals

15 May 2004	Canterbury Crusaders	27 – 16	Stormers	Jade Stadium, Christchurch

15 May 2004	ACT Brumbies	32 – 17	Waikato Chiefs	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Grand final

22 May 2004 19:35	ACT Brumbies	47 – 38	Canterbury Crusaders	Canberra Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 28 753 Referee: Andre Watson
	Tries:Gerrard (3), Roff (2), Paul, Giteau Con:Roff (6)		Tries:McCaw, Mauger, Thorn, King, Laulala, Carter Con:Carter (4)

Brumbies 15 Joe Roff 14 Clyde Rathbone 13 Joel Wilson 12 Matt Giteau 11 Mark Gerrard 10 Stephen Larkham 9 George Gregan 8 Scott Fava 7 George Smith 6 Owen Finegan (c) 5 Radike Samo 4 Mark Chisholm 3 Nic Henderson 2 Jeremy Paul 1 Bill Young Substitutes: 16 David Palavi 17 Guy Shepherdson 18 David Giffin 19 Jone Tawake 20 Matt Henjak 21 Mark Bartholomeusz 22 Lenny Beckett Coach: David Nucifora

Crusaders 15 Ben Blair 14 Marika Vunibaka 13 Aaron Mauger 12 Dan Carter 11 Caleb Ralph 10 Cameron McIntyre 9 Justin Marshall 8 Sam Broomhall 7 Richie McCaw 6 Reuben Thorne (c) 5 Chris Jack 4 Brad Thorn 3 Greg Somerville 2 Tone Kopelani 1 David Hewett Substitutions: 16 Corey Flynn 17 Chris King 18 Ross Filipo 19 Johnny Leo'o 20 Jamie Nutbrown 21 Andrew Mehrtens 22 Casey Laulala Coach: Robbie Deans