The 2012 7s Premier League (also known as the NBM 7s Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the 7s Premier League tournament and was held at Outeniqua Park, George on 14 and 15 December 2012.
Format The teams will be divided into four pools of three teams. On Day 1, each team in Pool A and Pool B will play cross-conference games against the three teams in the other pool. Similarly, each team in Pool C and Pool D will play cross-conference games against the three teams in the other pool.
The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals and the bottom team in each pool will qualify for the Bowl Semi-Finals. The winners of the Cup Quarter-finals will advance to the Cup Semi-Finals, while the losers of the quarter-finals will advance to the Plate Semi-Finals. In the Cup, Plate and Bowl Semi-Finals, the winners will advance to the Final, while the losers will advance to the 3rd-place play-off.
Pools
Pool A
Log 2012 7s Premier League Pool A LogPositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferencePoints 1 NBM All-Stars 3 3 0 0 64 39 +25 9 2 3 2 0 1 103 59 +44 7 3 Vikings 3 0 0 3 38 94 –56 3 The top 2 teams will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals.Points breakdown:*3 points for a win*2 points for a draw*1 point for a loss
Pool B
Log 2012 7s Premier League Pool B LogPositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferencePoints 1 3 2 0 1 71 38 +33 7 2 3 1 0 2 68 89 –21 5 3 Mighty Mohicans 3 1 0 2 53 78 –25 5 The top 2 teams will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals.Points breakdown:*3 points for a win*2 points for a draw*1 point for a loss
Pool C
Log 2012 7s Premier League Pool C LogPositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferencePoints 1 Samurai Sevens 3 3 0 0 69 36 +33 9 2 Kaizer Chiefs 3 2 0 1 79 61 +18 7 3 3 0 0 3 27 102 –75 3 The top 2 teams will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals.Points breakdown:*3 points for a win*2 points for a draw*1 point for a loss
Pool D
Log 2012 7s Premier League Pool D LogPositionTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferencePoints 1 3 2 0 1 64 65 –1 7 2 Living Ball 3 1 0 2 69 52 +17 5 3 3 1 0 2 66 58 +8 5 The top 2 teams will qualify for the Cup Quarter-finals.Points breakdown:*3 points for a win*2 points for a draw*1 point for a loss
Fixtures and results
Pool A v B
Round one
Round two
Round three
Pool C v D
Round one
Round two
Round three
Cup
Quarter-finals The four Cup Quarter-final winners will advance to the Cup Semi-Finals. The four losers will advance to the Plate Semi-Finals.
Semi-finals
3rd-place play-off
Final
Plate
Semi-finals
3rd-place play-off
Final
Bowl
Semi-finals
3rd-place play-off
Final
Final classification Position Team Cup 1 Samurai Sevens 2 3 NBM All-Stars 4 Plate 5 Living Ball 6 7 Kaizer Chiefs 8 Bowl 9 10 11 Vikings 12 Mighty Mohicans
Teams and Players The participating teams were:
+ 2012 Blue Bulls 7s Premier League squad Players Shaun Adendorff Clayton Blommetjies Cornelius Cooper Christiaan de Bruin Travis Ismaiel Rohan Janse van Rensburg Dan Kriel Jason Kriel Jesse Kriel Jacques Rossouw Roelof Smit André Warner Coach Fielies Coetzee
+ 2012 Boland Cavaliers 7s Premier League squad Players Tythan Adams Brendon April Garth April Ashton Constant Dual Erasmus Thor Halvorsen Adi Jacobs Ntando Kebe Franzel September Albert Trytsman Philip van Zyl Ben Venter Deston Wellman Eric Zana Coach Abie Davids
+ 2012 Cheetahs 7s Premier League squad Players Rayno Benjamin Philip Burger Tertius Daniller Barry Geel Hansie Graaff Leon Karemaker Willie le Roux Kevin Luiters Sarel Pretorius Boom Prinsloo Raymond Rhule Johann Sadie Marnus Schoeman Torsten van Jaarsveld Robbie van Schalkwyk Piet van Zyl Coach Hawies Fourie
+ 2012 Kaizer Chiefs 7s Premier League squad Players Junior Bester Adrian Jacobs Cameron Jacobs Wilhelm Koch Gareth Krause Wandile Mjekevu Friedrich Lombard Jongi Nokwe Breyton Paulse Bom Samaai Elmo Thomas Coach Gcobani Bobo
+ 2012 Lions 7s Premier League squad Players Andries Coetzee Robin Coetzee Ruan Combrinck Ross Cronjé Morné Laubscher Derick Minnie Whestley Moolman Jacques Nel Ruhan Nel Senzo Shabalala Claude Tshidibi Coach JP Ferreira
+ 2012 Living Ball 7s Premier League squad Players Alshaun Bock Shaun Davids Marius Delport Dirk Dippenaar Dean Heymans Earl Lewis Donovan Marais Jonathan Mokuena Reg Muller Stefan Terblanche Berty Visser Wendal Wehr Coach Freddie Grobler
+ 2012 Mighty Mohicans 7s Premier League squad Players Karlo Aspeling Tiger Bax Josh Bassingthwaighte Jandré Blom Chris Cloete Stefan de Villiers Julian Erasmus Christopher Juries Justin Peach Richard Prinsloo Izak Saaiman Juan Smit André Smit NW Smit Mark Winter Coach Dawie Snyman
+ 2012 Sharks 7s Premier League squad Players Peet Coetzee Calvin Karnezos Sizo Maseko Mzo Mbona Gareth Meikle Tera Mtembu Milo Nqoro Gouws Prinsloo Sean Robinson S'bura Sithole Brynard Stander Jaco van Tonder Anton Verster Coach Roelof Kotzé
+ 2012 NBM All-Stars 7s Premier League squad Players Bok Barnard Stefan Basson Jaco Bouwer Danie Dames Danwel Demas Ben Gollings Deon Helberg JW Jonker Zar Lawrence MJ Mentz Roscko Speckman Juan Swanepoel Coach Jimmy Stonehouse
+ 2012 Samurai Sevens 7s Premier League squad Players Derich Badenhorst Henk de Ridder Carel du Preez Pieter Engelbrecht Justin Geduld Werner Kok Shannon Rick Seabelo Senatla Kwagga Smith Sergio Torrens Jack Welsch Jack Wilson Coach Marius Schoeman
+ 2012 Vikings 7s Premier League squad Players Enrico Acker Jonathan Adendorf Guy Cronjé Jacques Erasmus Fabian Juries Ruan Mostert Kempie Rautenbach Jody Reynecke Lean Schwartz Shane Spring Mzwandile Stick Anthony Volmink Coach Darryl Weir + 2012 Western Province 7s Premier League squad Players Craig Berry Dean Hammond Arno Johnson Clearance Khumalo Dillyn Leyds Freddie Muller Sibusiso Notshe Craig Pheiffer Ryan Smith Tim Swiel Chevandré van Schoor Kobus van Wyk Coach Jerome Paarwater
References
External links Official Site