# 2012 7s Premier League

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.

## 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

2012 7s Premier League Pool A Log :
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Points |
| 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

2012 7s Premier League Pool B Log :
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Points |
| 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

2012 7s Premier League Pool C Log :
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Points |
| 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

2012 7s Premier League Pool D Log :
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Points |
| 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
### 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.

#### Final
### Plate
#### Final
### Bowl
#### Final
## 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:
2012 Blue Bulls 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Shaun Adendorff • Clayton Blommetjies • Cornelius Cooper • Christiaan de Bruin • Travis Ismaiel • Rohan Janse van Rensburg • Dan Kriel • Jason Kriel • Jesse Kriel • Jacques Rossouw • Roelof Smit • André Warner |
| Coach | Coach | Fielies Coetzee |
2012 Boland Cavaliers 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Tythan Adams • Brendon April • Garth April • Ashton Constant • Dual Erasmus • Thor Halvorsen • Adi Jacobs • Ntando Kebe • Franzel September • Albert Trytsman • Philip van Zyl • Ben Venter • Deston Wellman • Eric Zana |
| Coach | Coach | Abie Davids |
2012 Cheetahs 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | 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 • Robbie van Schalkwyk • Piet van Zyl |
| Coach | Coach | Hawies Fourie |
2012 Kaizer Chiefs 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Junior Bester • Adrian Jacobs • Cameron Jacobs • Wilhelm Koch • Gareth Krause • Wandile Mjekevu • Friedrich Lombard • Jongi Nokwe • Breyton Paulse • Bom Samaai • Elmo Thomas |
| Coach | Coach | Gcobani Bobo |
2012 Lions 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Andries Coetzee • Robin Coetzee • Ruan Combrinck • Ross Cronjé • Morné Laubscher • Derick Minnie • Whestley Moolman • Jacques Nel • Ruhan Nel • Senzo Shabalala • Claude Tshidibi |
| Coach | Coach | JP Ferreira |
2012 Living Ball 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Alshaun Bock • Shaun Davids • Marius Delport • Dirk Dippenaar • Dean Heymans • Earl Lewis • Donovan Marais • Jonathan Mokuena • Reg Muller • Stefan Terblanche • Berty Visser • Wendal Wehr |
| Coach | Coach | Freddie Grobler |
2012 Mighty Mohicans 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Karlo Aspeling • Tiger Bax • Josh Bassingthwaighte • Jandré Blom • Chris Cloete • Stefan de Villiers • Julian Erasmus • Christopher Juries • Justin Peach • Richard Prinsloo • Izak Saaiman • Juan Smit • André Smit • NW Smit • Mark Winter |
| Coach | Coach | Dawie Snyman |
2012 Sharks 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Peet Coetzee • Calvin Karnezos • Sizo Maseko • Mzo Mbona • Gareth Meikle • Tera Mtembu • Milo Nqoro • Gouws Prinsloo • Sean Robinson • S'bura Sithole • Brynard Stander • Jaco van Tonder • Anton Verster |
| Coach | Coach | Roelof Kotzé |
2012 NBM All-Stars 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Bok Barnard • Stefan Basson • Jaco Bouwer • Danie Dames • Danwel Demas • Ben Gollings • Deon Helberg • JW Jonker • Zar Lawrence • MJ Mentz • Roscko Speckman • Juan Swanepoel |
| Coach | Coach | Jimmy Stonehouse |
2012 Samurai Sevens 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Derich Badenhorst • Henk de Ridder • Carel du Preez • Pieter Engelbrecht • Justin Geduld • Werner Kok • Shannon Rick • Seabelo Senatla • Kwagga Smith • Sergio Torrens • Jack Welsch • Jack Wilson |
| Coach | Coach | Marius Schoeman |
2012 Vikings 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Enrico Acker • Jonathan Adendorf • Guy Cronjé • Jacques Erasmus • Fabian Juries • Ruan Mostert • Kempie Rautenbach • Jody Reynecke • Lean Schwartz • Shane Spring • Mzwandile Stick • Anthony Volmink |
| Coach | Coach | Darryl Weir |
2012 Western Province 7s Premier League squad :
| Players | Players | Craig Berry • Dean Hammond • Arno Johnson • Clearance Khumalo • Dillyn Leyds • Freddie Muller • Sibusiso Notshe • Craig Pheiffer • Ryan Smith • Tim Swiel • Chevandré van Schoor • Kobus van Wyk |
| Coach | Coach | Jerome Paarwater |