Английская Википедия:2008 Super 14 season

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The 2008 Super 14 season started in February 2008 with pre-season matches held from mid-January. It finished on 31 May, when the Crusaders won their seventh Super Rugby title with a 20–12 victory over the Waratahs in front of the Crusaders' home fans at AMI Stadium. The 2008 season was the third of the expansion, which led to the name change to the Super 14. The schedule, which covered 3½ months, featured a total of 94 matches, with each team playing one full round robin against the 13 other teams, two semi-finals and a final. Every team received one bye over the 14 rounds.

Introduction of Experimental law variations

Шаблон:See also The 2008 competition is currently the highest level competition to trial any of the International Rugby Board's (IRB) Experimental law variations (ELVs). The laws had been trialled in various competitions in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. The highest level competition the laws had previously been introduced to was the 2007 Australian Rugby Championship. The introduction of the laws for the 2008 season was approved by the competition's governing body, SANZAR, at a meeting on 4 December 2007.

SANZAR decided not to adopt all the ELVs, and decided to adopt the following:

• The corner posts are moved so that they are outside the junction of the touchline and goal-line. A player will also not be in touch if they are touching the corner post unless they are also touching either the touchline, or ground over the touchline.
• A ball can be thrown backwards on a quick throw-in rather than having to be thrown straight.
• The offside line will now occur immediately once a tackle is made.
• At the breakdown the Scrum-half (half-back) cannot be touched unless they are touching the ball.
• During a scrum, with the exception of forwards in the scrum, and each team's scrum-half, the offside line will now be 5 metres behind the hindmost foot of a scrum.
• With the exception of offside, not entering the breakdown through the gate, and foul-play, the punishment will be a free kick.

Table

Key to colours

Top four teams advance to playoffs.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Crusaders	13	11	0	2	369	176	+193	8	52
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Waratahs	13	9	1	3	255	186	+69	5	43
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Sharks	13	9	1	3	271	209	+62	4	42
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Hurricanes	13	8	1	4	310	204	+106	7	41
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers	13	8	1	4	269	211	+58	7	41
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Blues	13	8	0	5	354	267	+87	8	40
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Chiefs	13	7	0	6	348	349	−1	6	34
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Force	13	7	0	6	247	278	−31	4	32
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Brumbies	13	6	0	7	277	317	−40	6	30
10	Шаблон:Flagicon Bulls	13	6	0	7	324	347	−23	4	28
11	Шаблон:Flagicon Highlanders	13	3	0	10	257	338	−81	7	19
12	Шаблон:Flagicon Reds	13	3	1	9	258	323	−65	4	18
13	Шаблон:Flagicon Cheetahs	13	1	0	12	255	428	−173	9	13
14	Шаблон:Flagicon Lions	13	2	1	10	206	367	−161	2	12

Finals

Grand final

The final of the 2008 Super 14 season took place on 31 May 2008 at AMI Stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The match was hosted by the Crusaders who defeated the New South Wales Waratahs by 20 points to 12.

The match

First half

The Crusaders scored the first points of the game when fly-half Dan Carter kicked a penalty in the fourth minute, giving the Crusaders a 3–0 lead. The Waratahs scored their first points of the match when Kurtley Beale kicked the ball across field, and Waratah's winger Lachlan Turner caught the ball to score a try. The attempted conversion by Beale was unsuccessful, leaving the Waratahs with a 5–3 lead.

The next score occurred in the 25th minute when Waratahs flanker Phil Waugh intercepted a pass from Dan Carter. Waugh passed to Turner who chipped the ball and then collected to score his second try. Beale's conversion was successful and the Waratahs extended their lead to 12–3. Carter kicked a penalty in the 32nd minute to reduce the Waratahs lead to 12–6. The final score before half time came in the 38th minute when Crusaders No. 8 Mose Tuiali'i scored in the right hand corner. Carter's conversion was unsuccessful, and the half ended with the Waratahs leading by 12 points to 11.

Second half

In the 46th minute the Crusaders took the lead again by 14 points to 12 via a Dan Carter penalty. The Crusaders looked to have scored their second try in the 56th minute when prop Wyatt Crockett landed on a loose ball in the Waratahs in-goal area, but play was taken back 60 metres after touch judge Cobus Wessels reported that Crusaders lock Brad Thorn had thrown a punch. The try was disallowed and the Crusaders penalised. Thorn was given a yellow card and sent to the sin bin for ten minutes.

Despite having an extra man for the next ten minutes, the Waratahs were unable to score, and were further hampered by the loss of Kurtley Beale to injury. In the 70th minute Carter kicked a drop-goal to take the Crusaders lead to 17–12, and four minutes later kicked a penalty to further extend the lead to 20–12. With only minutes remaining Crusaders winger Scott Hamilton dropped the ball only metres from the Waratahs try-line. The score remained at 20–12, and the Crusaders won their seventh Super rugby title.

Match details

Crusaders: FB 15 Leon MacDonald RW 14 Kade Poki CT 13 Casey Laulala SF 12 Tim Bateman LW 11 Scott Hamilton FF 10 Dan Carter HB 9 Andy Ellis N8 8 Mose Tuiali'i OF 7 Richie McCaw BF 6 Kieran Read RL 5 Ali Williams LL 4 Brad Thorn TP 3 Greg Somerville HK 2 Ti’i Paulo LP 1 Wyatt Crockett Substitutes: HK 16 Steve Fualau LP 17 Ben Franks RL 18 Reuben Thorne N8 19 Nasi Manu HB 20 Kahn Fotuali'i FF 21 Stephen Brett RW 22 Sean Maitland Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon Robbie Deans

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Waratahs: FB 15 Sam Norton-Knight RW 14 Lachlan Turner CT 13 Rob Horne SF 12 Tom Carter LW 11 Lote Tuqiri FF 10 Kurtley Beale HB 9 Luke Burgess N8 8 Wycliff Palu OF 7 Phil Waugh BF 6 Rocky Elsom RL 5 Dean Mumm LL 4 Dan Vickerman TP 3 Al Baxter HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau LP 1 Benn Robinson Substitutions: HK 16 Adam Freier LP 17 Matt Dunning RL 18 Will Caldwell N8 19 Beau Robinson HB 20 Brett Sheehan FF 21 Matthew Carraro FB 22 Timana Tahu Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon Ewen McKenzie

Touch judges: Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Joubert Шаблон:Flagicon Cobus Wessels Television match official: Шаблон:Flagicon Shaun Veldsman

Player statistics

Leading try scorers

Top 3 try scorers (Stats)
Pos	Name	Tries	Pld	Team
1	Lelia Masaga	8	11	Chiefs
2	Ma'a Nonu	7	11	Hurricanes
3	Fetuʻu Vainikolo	6	10	Highlanders
	Stephen Donald	6	11	Chiefs
5	Jacques Botes	6	14	Sharks
	Odwa Ndungane	6	13	Sharks
7	Ryan Kankowski	5	14	Sharks
	John Roe	5	9	Reds
	Peter Hynes	5	13	Reds
	Andy Ellis	5	8	Crusaders
	Akona Ndungane	5	8	Bulls
	Jongi Nokwe	5	10	Cheetahs
	Wycliff Palu	5	10	Waratahs
	Andrew Hore	5	11	Hurricanes
	Dan Carter	5	11	Crusaders

Leading point scorers

Top 3 overall point scorers (Stats)
Pos	Name	Points	Pld	Team
1	Stephen Donald	143 (6T, 28C, 19P)	12	Chiefs
2	Nick Evans	136 (4T, 22C, 23P)	11	Blues
3	Dan Carter	112 (5T, 24C, 13P)	8	Crusaders

Attendances

Team	Main Stadium	Capacity	Total Attendance	Average Attendance	% Capacity
Шаблон:Flagicon Blues	Eden Park	50,000
Шаблон:Flagicon Chiefs	Waikato Stadium	25,800
Шаблон:Flagicon Hurricanes	Westpac Stadium	34,500
Шаблон:Flagicon Crusaders	Jade Stadium	36,500
Шаблон:Flagicon Highlanders	Carisbrook	29,000
Шаблон:Flagicon Reds	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Шаблон:Flagicon Brumbies	Canberra Stadium	25,011
Шаблон:Flagicon Western Force	Subiaco Oval	43,500
Шаблон:Flagicon Waratahs	Sydney Football Stadium	44,000
Шаблон:Flagicon Sharks	ABSA Stadium	52,000
Шаблон:Flagicon Bulls	Loftus Versfeld	51,762
Шаблон:Flagicon Lions	Ellis Park	62,567
Шаблон:Flagicon Cheetahs	Free State Stadium	46,000
Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers	Newlands Stadium	51,900

External links

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