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2002 Super 12
Countries	Australia  South Africa  New Zealand
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Canterbury Crusaders (4th title)
Matches played	69
Top point scorer(s)	Andrew Mehrtens (182) (Canterbury Crusaders)
Top try scorer(s)	Roger Randle (12) (Waikato Chiefs)
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The 2002 Super 12 season was the seventh 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 2002, 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 Crusaders and the Brumbies at Jade Stadium, Christchurch. The Crusaders won 31–13 to win their fourth Super 12 title.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	Crusaders	11	11	0	0	469	264	+205	7	51
2	Waratahs	11	8	0	3	337	284	+53	7	39
3	Brumbies	11	7	0	4	374	230	+144	10	38
4	Highlanders	11	8	0	3	329	207	+122	6	38
5	Reds	11	7	0	4	336	287	+49	6	34
6	Blues	11	6	0	5	318	249	+69	5	29
7	Stormers	11	5	0	6	310	314	−4	7	27
8	Chiefs	11	4	0	7	323	341	−18	8	24
9	Hurricanes	11	5	0	6	232	317	−85	3	23
10	Sharks	11	4	0	7	221	309	−88	3	19
11	Cats	11	1	0	10	228	407	−179	2	6
12	Bulls	11	0	0	11	232	500	−268	1	1

Results

Round 1

Coastal Sharks	18–25	Stormers
Try: Stefan Terblanche (2) Con: Gaffie du Toit Pen: Gaffie du Toit (2)		Try: Marius Goosen Percy Montgomery Pieter Rossouw Con: Marius Goosen (2) Pen: Marius Goosen Drop: Bolla Conradie

Wellington Hurricanes	7–60	Auckland Blues
Try: Jason Spice Con: Daryl Lilley		Try: Doug Howlett (4) Rupeni Caucaunibuca (2) Mark Mayerhofler Troy Flavell Con: Carlos Spencer (6) James Arlidge Pen: Carlos Spencer (2)

Canterbury Crusaders	30–28	Otago Highlanders
Try: Andrew Mehrtens Joe Maddock Con: Andrew Mehrtens Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (6)		Try: Jeff Wilson Ryan Nicholas Willie Walker Con: Tony Brown (2) Pen: Tony Brown (3)

Waikato Chiefs	25–42	NSW Waratahs

Northern Bulls	31–44	Golden Cats

ACT Brumbies	29–19	Queensland Reds

Round 2

Waikato Chiefs	27–34	Canterbury Crusaders
Try: Mark Ranby Roger Randle Todd Miller Con: David Hill (3) Pen: David Hill (2)		Try: Aaron Mauger Daryl Gibson Joe Maddock Con: Andrew Mehrtens (2) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (4) Drop: Aaron Mauger

ACT Brumbies	64–16	Golden Cats

Northern Bulls	18–37	Wellington Hurricanes

Otago Highlanders	45–5	Coastal Sharks
Try: Anton Oliver Craig Newby Jeff Wilson Joe McDonnell Romi Ropati Con: Tony Brown (4) Pen: Tony Brown (4)		Try: Nicky van der Walt

Queensland Reds	34–23	Auckland Blues

Stormers	25–26	NSW Waratahs

Round 3

ACT Brumbies	38–8	Coastal Sharks

Otago Highlanders	40–8	Golden Cats

Stormers	40–13	Wellington Hurricanes

Northern Bulls	19–51	NSW Waratahs

Canterbury Crusaders	30–11	Auckland Blues

Queensland Reds	27–13	Waikato Chiefs

Round 4

Wellington Hurricanes	40–17	Coastal Sharks

Northern Bulls	35–45	ACT Brumbies

Stormers	20–21	Otago Highlanders

NSW Waratahs	44–21	Golden Cats

Queensland Reds	27–34	Canterbury Crusaders

Round 5

Northern Bulls	17–54	Otago Highlanders

Wellington Hurricanes	30–21	Golden Cats

Auckland Blues	37–30	Waikato Chiefs

Stormers	15–36	ACT Brumbies

NSW Waratahs	42–8	Coastal Sharks

Round 6

Auckland Blues	22–20	NSW Waratahs

Wellington Hurricanes	22–18	Queensland Reds

Otago Highlanders	24–29	Waikato Chiefs

Canterbury Crusaders	33–32	ACT Brumbies

Round 7

Otago Highlanders	19–10	Wellington Hurricanes

Coastal Sharks	20–13	Auckland Blues

Queensland Reds	49–46	Stormers

Canterbury Crusaders	49–15	Northern Bulls

Golden Cats	25–36	Waikato Chiefs

Round 8

Golden Cats	12–24	Auckland Blues

Canterbury Crusaders	41–21	Stormers

Queensland Reds	48–12	Northern Bulls

Coastal Sharks	21–18	Waikato Chiefs

NSW Waratahs	31–13	Otago Highlanders

ACT Brumbies	13–20	Wellington Hurricanes

Round 9

Auckland Blues	65–24	Northern Bulls

Golden Cats	15–27	Queensland Reds

Waikato Chiefs	33–45	Stormers

Coastal Sharks	34–37	Canterbury Crusaders

NSW Waratahs	19–11	ACT Brumbies

Round 10

Auckland Blues	25–6	Stormers

ACT Brumbies	18–25	Otago Highlanders

Golden Cats	30–37	Canterbury Crusaders

Coastal Sharks	29–30	Queensland Reds

Waikato Chiefs	53–24	Northern Bulls

NSW Waratahs	19–13	Wellington Hurricanes

Round 11

Auckland Blues	13–20	Otago Highlanders

Northern Bulls	10–23	Coastal Sharks

Golden Cats	25–36	Stormers

Waikato Chiefs	15–42	ACT Brumbies

Wellington Hurricanes	20–48	Canterbury Crusaders

Queensland Reds	31–24	NSW Waratahs

Round 12

Waikato Chiefs	44–20	Wellington Hurricanes

ACT Brumbies	46–25	Auckland Blues
Try: Graeme Bond Andrew Walker Stephen Larkham Stirling Mortlock Con: Andrew Walker (3) Pen: Andrew Walker (3) Stirling Mortlock (2)		Try: Doug Howlett Rico Gear Samiu Vahafolau Con: Carlos Spencer (2) Pen: Carlos Spencer (2)

Canterbury Crusaders	96–19	NSW Waratahs
Try: Caleb Ralph (4) Leon MacDonald (2) Marika Vunibaka (2) Scott Robertson (2) Aaron Mauger Daryl Gibson Greg Feek Justin Marshall Con: Andrew Mehrtens (13)		Try: Des Tuiavii Francis Cullimore Marc Stcherbina Con: Matt Burke (2)

Otago Highlanders	40–26	Queensland Reds

Coastal Sharks	38–11	Golden Cats

Stormers	31–27	Northern Bulls

Finals

Semi finals

Crusaders	34–23	Highlanders
Try: Mark Robinson (2) Richie McCaw Con: Andrew Mehrtens (2) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (3) Drop: Andrew Mehrtens Aaron Mauger		Try: Jeff Wilson Willie Walker Con: Willie Walker (2) Pen: Willie Walker (3)

Waratahs	10–51	ACT Brumbies
Try: Scott Staniforth Con: Matt Burke Pen: Matthew Burke		Try: Graeme Bond Jeremy Paul Justin Harrison Owen Finegan Pat Howard Con: Julian Huxley (5) Stirling Mortlock Pen: Julian Huxley (2) Andrew Walker

Grand final

Crusaders	31–13	ACT Brumbies
Try: Vunibaka Ralph (2) Con: Mehrtens (2) Pen: Mehrtens (3) Drop: Mehrtens		Try: Walker Con: Walker Pen: Walker (2)

Crusaders

Brumbies

15 Leon MacDonald 14 Marika Vunibaka 13 Mark Robinson 12 Aaron Mauger 11 Caleb Ralph 10 Andrew Mehrtens 9 Justin Marshall 8 Scott Robertson 7 Richie McCaw 6 Chris Jack 5 Norm Maxwell 4 Reuben Thorne (c) 3 Greg Feek 2 Mark Hammett 1 Greg Somerville Replacements: 16 David Hewett 17 Corey Flynn 18 Sam Broomhall 19 Johnny Leo'o 20 Ben Hurst 21 Daryl Gibson 22 Ben Blair Coach: Robbie Deans

15 Mark Bartholomeusz 14 Graeme Bond 13 Stirling Mortlock 12 Pat Howard 11 Andrew Walker 10 Stephen Larkham 9 George Gregan (c) 8 Scott Fava 7 George Smith 6 Owen Finegan 5 Justin Harrison 4 Daniel Vickerman 3 Ben Darwin 2 Jeremy Paul 1 Bill Young Replacements: 16 Damian Flynn 17 Angus Scott 18 David Pusey 19 Peter Ryan 20 Travis Hall 21 Joel Wilson 22 Julian Huxley Coach: David Nucifora

References

1. "Crusaders hang on".
2. "Waratahs boosted by season ticket sales". 21 November 2002.
3. "Blues ponder best use of Spencer brilliance".
4. "Waratahs boosted by season ticket sales". 21 November 2002.
5. "Blues to look into stadium bottleneck".
6. "Waratahs boosted by season ticket sales". 21 November 2002.
7. "Waratahs boosted by season ticket sales". 21 November 2002.
8. "Waratahs boosted by season ticket sales". 21 November 2002.
9. "Waratahs boosted by season ticket sales". 21 November 2002.

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