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.

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
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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

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:

External links

• Official Site