Super 12 & Crusaders


The super 12s is a premier rugby union tournament held each year. SANZAR (South Africa New Zealand Australia Rugby) The Crusaders are Christchurch's reprehensive in the Supper 12s. During the early 1990s the Crusaders lost some of their key players and ended up struggling in the mid table of the NPC. After a cash injection by a group of businessmen Crusaders returned to the top of the SANZAR.

Since then the Crusaders rose from mid table obscurity to champions of the Super 12s in 1998, 199, 2000 and 2002. Since then their fortunes haven't been as good and during the 2004 series they lost in the final to the Blues

The teams that compete in the supper 12s (s12) are the ACT Brumbies, The Blues, The Bulls, The Cats, The Chiefs, The Crusaders, The Highlanders, The Hurricanes, NSW Waratahs, Queensland Reds, The Sharks and The Stormers.

The current squad: (2004) Ben Blair, Sam Broomhall, Dan Carter, Ross Filipo, Corey Flynn, Scott Hamilton, Mark Hammett, Dave Hewett, Chris Jack, Campbell Johnstone, Chris King, Anthony Koonwaiyou, Casey Laulala, Johnny Leo'o, Cameron MacIntyre, Justin Marshall, Aaron Mauger, Nathan Mauger, Richie McCaw, Andrew Mehrtens, Jamie Nutbrown, Caleb Ralph, Greg Somerville, Brad Thorn, Reuben Thorne (captain), Mose Tuialii, Marika Vunibaka, Scott Waldrom.

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