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 first year where a New Zealand team failed to make the playoffs.
Table + Key to colours Top four teams advance to playoffs
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts1 Brumbies11803348204+1448402 Sharks11803322246+766383 Cats11704285244+416344 Reds11605300277+338325 Highlanders11605284295−115296 Chiefs11605301330−294287 Stormers11506278285−76268 Waratahs11506306302+45259 Hurricanes11506291316−2552510 Crusaders11407307331−5572311 Blues11407243298−5542012 Bulls11209241378−137311
Results Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Finals Semi finals
Grand final
FB 15Andrew WalkerRW 14Graeme BondOC 13James HolbeckIC 12Rod KaferLW 11Joe RoffFH 10Stephen LarkhamSH 9 George Gregan(c)N8 8 Jim WilliamsOF 7 George SmithBF 6 Peter RyanRL 5 David GiffinLL 4 Justin HarrisonTP 3 Ben DarwinHK 2 Jeremy PaulLP 1 Bill YoungSubstitutes:HK 16Tom MurphyPR 17Matt WeaverFL 18David PuseyFL 19Radike SamoFH 20Travis HallCE 21Craig McMullenCE 22Mark BartholomeuszCoach: Eddie Jones FB 15Ricardo LoubscherRW 14Stefan TerblancheOC 13Deon KayserIC 12Trevor HalsteadLW 11Justin SwartFH 10Butch JamesSH 9 Craig DavidsonN8 8 AJ VenterOF 7 Charl van RensburgBF 6 Warren BritzRL 5 Mark Andrews (c)LL 4 Albert van den BergTP 3 Etienne FynnHK 2 John SmitLP 1 Ollie le RouxSubstitutions:HK 16Lukas Van BiljonPR 17Brent MoyleLK 18Shaun SowerbyN8 19Brad McLeod-HendersonSH 20Hentie MartensFH 21Gaffie du ToitCE 22André SnymanCoach: Rudolf Straeuli
Top scorers Points: Louis Koen 157 (Cats) Tries: Andrew Walker 8 (Brumbies), Aisea Tuilevu 8 (Highlanders)
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