2012 7s Premier League

2012 7s Premier League
2012 7s Premier League
Host nation	South Africa
Date	14–15 December 2012
Cup
Champion	Samurai Sevens
Runner-up	Cheetahs
Plate
Winner	Living Ball
Runner-up	Blue Bulls
Bowl
Winner	Lions
Runner-up	Western Province
Shield
Winner	No Shield competition
Runner-up	No Shield competition
	2013 →

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.^[1]

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[]

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points
2012 7s Premier League Pool A Log
1	NBM All-Stars	3	3	0	0	64	39	+25	9
2	Blue Bulls	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[]

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points
2012 7s Premier League Pool B Log
1	Cheetahs	3	2	0	1	71	38	+33	7
2	Boland Cavaliers	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[]

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points
2012 7s Premier League Pool C Log
1	Samurai Sevens	3	3	0	0	69	36	+33	9
2	Kaizer Chiefs	3	2	0	1	79	61	+18	7
3	Western Province	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[]

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Points
2012 7s Premier League Pool D Log
1	Sharks	3	2	0	1	64	65	–1	7
2	Living Ball	3	1	0	2	69	52	+17	5
3	Lions	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[]

	14 December 2012	NBM All-Stars	26 – 12	Boland Cavaliers
	11:04

	14 December 2012	Vikings	24 – 26	Mighty Mohicans
	11:26

	14 December 2012	Blue Bulls	19 – 26	Cheetahs
	11:48

Round Two[]

	14 December 2012	NBM All-Stars	19 – 12	Cheetahs
	14:00

	14 December 2012	Vikings	14 – 35	Boland Cavaliers
	14:22

	14 December 2012	Blue Bulls	35 – 12	Mighty Mohicans
	14:44

Round Three[]

	14 December 2012	NBM All-Stars	19 – 15	Mighty Mohicans
	17:18

	14 December 2012	Vikings	0 – 33	Cheetahs
	17:40

	14 December 2012	Blue Bulls	49 – 21	Boland Cavaliers
	18:02

Pool C v D[]

Round One[]

	14 December 2012	Samurai Sevens	19 – 12	Living Ball
	12:10

	14 December 2012	Kaizer Chiefs	22 – 14	Lions
	12:32

	14 December 2012	Western Province	22 – 24	Sharks
	12:54

Round Two[]

	14 December 2012	Samurai Sevens	19 – 12	Sharks
	15:06

	14 December 2012	Kaizer Chiefs	33 – 19	Living Ball
	15:28

	14 December 2012	Western Province	5 – 40	Lions
	15:50

Round Three[]

	14 December 2012	Samurai Sevens	31 – 12	Lions
	18:24

	14 December 2012	Kaizer Chiefs	24 – 28	Sharks
	18:46

	14 December 2012	Western Province	0 – 38	Living Ball
	19:08

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.

	15 December 2012	NBM All-Stars	31 – 26 (aet)	Kaizer Chiefs
	11:04

	15 December 2012	Cheetahs	19 – 14 (aet)	Living Ball
	11:26

	15 December 2012	Samurai Sevens	12 – 7	Blue Bulls
	11:48

	15 December 2012	Sharks	8 – 5	Boland Cavaliers
	12:10

Semi-Finals[]

	15 December 2012	NBM All-Stars	17 – 29	Cheetahs
	14:44

	15 December 2012	Samurai Sevens	22 – 5	Sharks
	15:06

3rd Place Play-off[]

	15 December 2012	NBM All-Stars	29 – 5	Sharks
	17:18

Final[]

	15 December 2012	Cheetahs	14 – 29	Samurai Sevens
	18:02

Plate[]

Semi-Finals[]

	15 December 2012	Kaizer Chiefs	12 – 24	Living Ball
	14:00

	15 December 2012	Blue Bulls	22 – 7	Boland Cavaliers
	14:22

3rd Place Play-off[]

	15 December 2012	Kaizer Chiefs	24 – 12	Boland Cavaliers
	16:12

Final[]

	15 December 2012	Living Ball	24 – 12	Blue Bulls
	16:56

Bowl[]

Semi-Finals[]

	15 December 2012	Vikings	12 – 15	Western Province
	12:32

	15 December 2012	Mighty Mohicans	0 – 17	Lions
	12:54

3rd Place Play-off[]

	15 December 2012	Vikings	19 – 12	Mighty Mohicans
	15:50

Final[]

	15 December 2012	Western Province	14 – 26	Lions
	16:34

Final Classification[]

Position	Team
Cup
1	Samurai Sevens
2	Cheetahs
3	NBM All-Stars
4	Sharks
Plate
5	Living Ball
6	Blue Bulls
7	Kaizer Chiefs
8	Boland Cavaliers
Bowl
9	Lions
10	Western Province
11	Vikings
12	Mighty Mohicans

Teams and Players[]

The participating teams were:^[2]

2012 Blue Bulls 7s Premier League squad
Players		Shaun Adendorff • Clayton Blommetjies • • Christiaan de Bruin • Travis Ismaiel • Rohan Janse van Rensburg • Dan Kriel • Jason Kriel • Jesse Kriel • • Roelof Smit • André Warner
Coach

2012 Boland Cavaliers 7s Premier League squad
Players		Tythan Adams • Brendon April • Garth April • Ashton Constant • • Thor Halvorsen • Adi Jacobs • Ntando Kebe • Franzel September • Albert Trytsman • • Ben Venter • • Eric Zana
Coach

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 • • Piet van Zyl
Coach		Hawies Fourie

2012 Kaizer Chiefs 7s Premier League squad
Players		Junior Bester • Adrian Jacobs • Cameron Jacobs • • Gareth Krause • Wandile Mjekevu • Friedrich Lombard • Jongi Nokwe • Breyton Paulse • • Elmo Thomas
Coach		Gcobani Bobo

2012 Lions 7s Premier League squad
Players		Andries Coetzee • • Ruan Combrinck • Ross Cronjé • • Derick Minnie • Whestley Moolman • Jacques Nel • Ruhan Nel • • Claude Tshidibi
Coach		JP Ferreira

2012 Living Ball 7s Premier League squad
Players		Alshaun Bock • • Marius Delport • • • • • • Reg Muller • Stefan Terblanche • • Wendal Wehr
Coach

2012 Mighty Mohicans 7s Premier League squad
Players		Karlo Aspeling • • • Jandré Blom • Chris Cloete • • • • • • • • • •
Coach		Dawie Snyman

2012 Sharks 7s Premier League squad
Players		Peet Coetzee • • Sizo Maseko • • • Tera Mtembu • Milo Nqoro • Gouws Prinsloo • Sean Robinson • S'bura Sithole • Brynard Stander • Jaco van Tonder •
Coach

2012 NBM All-Stars 7s Premier League squad
Players		• • Jaco Bouwer • Danie Dames • Danwel Demas • Ben Gollings • Deon Helberg • JW Jonker • Zar Lawrence • MJ Mentz • Roscko Speckman •
Coach		Jimmy Stonehouse

2012 Samurai Sevens 7s Premier League squad
Players		• • Carel du Preez • • Justin Geduld • Werner Kok • Shannon Rick • Seabelo Senatla • Kwagga Smith • Sergio Torrens • • Jack Wilson
Coach

2012 Vikings 7s Premier League squad
Players		Enrico Acker • Jonathan Adendorf • Guy Cronjé • • Fabian Juries • • Kempie Rautenbach • • • Shane Spring • Mzwandile Stick • Anthony Volmink
Coach

2012 Western Province 7s Premier League squad
Players		• Dean Hammond • Arno Johnson • • Dillyn Leyds • Freddie Muller • • Craig Pheiffer • • Tim Swiel • Chevandré van Schoor • Kobus van Wyk
Coach		Jerome Paarwater

References[]

^ "SPL inaugural tournament". sevenspremierleague.co.za. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "7's PL Teams & Players". sevenspremierleague.co.za. Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

External links[]

Official Site

[SPL_inaugural_tournament-1] "SPL inaugural tournament". sevenspremierleague.co.za. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[7's_PL_Teams_and_Players-2] "7's PL Teams & Players". sevenspremierleague.co.za. Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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