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2003 Super 12
Countries	Australia  South Africa  New Zealand
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Auckland Blues (3rd title)
Matches played	69
Attendance	1,686,678 (24,445 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Carlos Spencer (143) (Auckland Blues)
Top try scorer(s)	Doug Howlett (12) (Auckland Blues)
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The 2003 Super 12 season was the eighth season of the Super 12, contested by teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The season ran from February to May 2003, 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 Blues and the Crusaders at Eden Park, Auckland. The Blues won 21–17 to win their third Super 12 title, and their first since 1997, it was their first Grand Final appearance since 1998.

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	Blues	11	10	0	1	393	185	+208	9	49
2	Crusaders	11	8	0	3	360	263	+97	8	40
3	Hurricanes	11	7	0	4	324	277	+47	7	35
4	Brumbies	11	6	0	5	358	313	+45	7	31
5	Waratahs	11	6	0	5	313	344	−31	7	31
6	Bulls	11	6	0	5	320	354	−34	5	30
7	Highlanders	11	6	0	5	287	246	+41	5	29
8	Reds	11	5	0	6	281	318	−37	6	26
9	Stormers	11	5	0	6	255	353	−98	3	23
10	Chiefs	11	2	0	9	257	274	−17	9	17
11	Sharks	11	3	0	8	239	306	−67	5	17
12	Cats	11	2	0	9	259	398	−139	4	12

Results

Round 1

Waikato Chiefs	16–29	Otago Highlanders
Try: Paul Miller Con: Glen Jackson Pen: Glen Jackson (3)		Try: Aisea Tuilevu Pen: Willie Walker (8)

NSW Waratahs	18–31	Auckland Blues
Try: Morgan Turinui Duncan McRae Con: Matt Burke (1/2) Pen: Matt Burke (3)		Try: Rupeni Caucaunibuca (2) Joe Rokocoko David Gibson Con: Orene Ai'i (1/4) Pen: Orene Ai'i (3)

Golden Cats	26–34	Northern Bulls
Try: Gcobani Bobo Friedrich Lombard Con: André Pretorius (2/2) Pen: André Pretorius (4)		Try: Joost van der Westhuizen Con: Louis Koen (1/1) Pen: Louis Koen (6) Drop: Louis Koen (3)

Stormers	40–18	Coastal Sharks
Con: Chris Rossouw (3/5) Pen: Chris Rossouw (3)		Pen: Butch James

Canterbury Crusaders	37–21	Wellington Hurricanes
Try: Dan Carter (2) Caleb Ralph Marika Vunibaka Aaron Mauger Con: Leon MacDonald (3/5) Pen: Leon MacDonald (2)		Try: Ma'a Nonu Joe Ward Con: Riki Flutey (1/2) Pen: Riki Flutey (3)

Queensland Reds	19–22	ACT Brumbies
Try: Chris Latham Con: Julian Huxley (1/1) Pen: Julian Huxley (4)		Try: Joe Roff Con: Stirling Mortlock (1/1) Pen: Stirling Mortlock (5)

Round 2

Canterbury Crusaders	34–6	Queensland Reds
		Pen: Elton Flatley(2)

Otago Highlanders	41–17	Stormers

Wellington Hurricanes	34–46	Northern Bulls

Waikato Chiefs	27–30	Auckland Blues

Coastal Sharks	25–17	ACT Brumbies

Golden Cats	36–48	NSW Waratahs

Round 3

Otago Highlanders	29–22	Northern Bulls

Wellington Hurricanes	33–18	Stormers

Golden Cats	34–32	ACT Brumbies

Waikato Chiefs	43–27	Queensland Reds

Auckland Blues	39–5	Canterbury Crusaders

Coastal Sharks	36–49	NSW Waratahs

Round 4

Canterbury Crusaders	36–29	Waikato Chiefs

ACT Brumbies	37–22	Stormers

Coastal Sharks	20–35	Wellington Hurricanes

NSW Waratahs	26–16	Northern Bulls

Golden Cats	33–21	Otago Highlanders

Round 5

Auckland Blues	62–20	Queensland Reds

NSW Waratahs	29–39	Stormers

Coastal Sharks	19–23	Otago Highlanders

ACT Brumbies	64–26	Northern Bulls

Golden Cats	21–28	Wellington Hurricanes

Round 6

Auckland Blues	41–15	ACT Brumbies

NSW Waratahs	23–35	Queensland Reds

Otago Highlanders	16–17	Canterbury Crusaders

Wellington Hurricanes	24–14	Waikato Chiefs

Golden Cats	23–29	Coastal Sharks

Round 7

Otago Highlanders	22–11	Auckland Blues

Queensland Reds	23–26	Wellington Hurricanes

NSW Waratahs	34–31	Canterbury Crusaders

Northern Bulls	24–27	Stormers

ACT Brumbies	55–31	Waikato Chiefs

Round 8

Wellington Hurricanes	42–26	NSW Waratahs

Waikato Chiefs	25–31	Coastal Sharks

Canterbury Crusaders	65–34	Golden Cats

Northern Bulls	28–56	Auckland Blues

Stormers	20–41	Queensland Reds

Round 9

Canterbury Crusaders	23–18	Coastal Sharks

ACT Brumbies	41–15	NSW Waratahs

Waikato Chiefs	40–9	Golden Cats

Wellington Hurricanes	37–15	Otago Highlanders

Stormers	8–36	Auckland Blues

Northern Bulls	39–19	Queensland Reds

Round 10

Otago Highlanders	45–19	ACT Brumbies

Auckland Blues	25–16	Coastal Sharks

Queensland Reds	41–13	Golden Cats

Northern Bulls	32–31	Canterbury Crusaders

Stormers	24–23	Waikato Chiefs

Round 11

Auckland Blues	33–9	Golden Cats

Northern Bulls	29–26	Waikato Chiefs

Otago Highlanders	23–27	NSW Waratahs

Wellington Hurricanes	27–35	ACT Brumbies

Queensland Reds	22–13	Coastal Sharks

Stormers	13–51	Canterbury Crusaders

Round 12

Auckland Blues	29–17	Wellington Hurricanes

ACT Brumbies	21–28	Canterbury Crusaders

Queensland Reds	28–23	Otago Highlanders

NSW Waratahs	25–14	Waikato Chiefs

Coastal Sharks	16–24	Northern Bulls

Stormers	27–21	Golden Cats

Finals

Semi finals

Canterbury Crusaders	39–16	Wellington Hurricanes

Auckland Blues	42–21	ACT Brumbies

Grand final

Auckland Blues	21–17	Canterbury Crusaders
Try: Braid Howlett Con: Spencer (1/2) Pen: Spencer (3)		Try: Hammett (2) Ralph Con: Carter (0/1) Mehrtens (1/2)

Blues

Crusaders

Attendances

Team	Main stadium	Capacity	Total attendance	Average attendance	% Capacity
Blues	Eden Park	50,000	236,000	29,500	66%
Chiefs	Waikato Stadium	25,800	49,000	9,800	37%
Hurricanes	Westpac Stadium	34,500	145,847	24,307	77%
Crusaders	Jade Stadium	36,500	150,100	25,016	68%
Highlanders	Carisbrook	29,000	111,876	18,646	68%
Reds	Ballymore Stadium	18,000	92,127	18,425	100%
Brumbies	Canberra Stadium	25,011	107,681	21,536	86%
Waratahs	Sydney Football Stadium	44,000	183,128	30,521	69%
Sharks	Kings Park Stadium	52,000	154,300	30,860	59%
Bulls	Loftus Versfeld	51,762	137,376	27,475	53%
Cats	Ellis Park	62,567	150,174	25,029	46%
Stormers	Newlands Stadium	51,900	178,558	29,759	57%

References

1. ^ "Wellington Regional Stadium Trust (Inc) Annual Report 2003" (PDF). Sky Stadium.
2. "Rugby".
3. "Blues are Super 12 champs - Sport News".

External links

• 2003 Super 12 season at www.rugby.com.au

• 2003 in South African rugby union
• Super Rugby seasons
• 2003 in Australian rugby union
• 2003 in New Zealand rugby union
• 2003 rugby union tournaments for clubs