Super 12
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Super 12 was the original professional southern hemisphere rugby union competition featuring 12 provincial and franchise teams from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, which later expanded and was rebranded as Super Rugby.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Super 12 canonical | 17 |
| 1996 Super 12 season | 6 |
| Super 14 | 4 |
| 1996 Super 12 | 1 |
| 1997 Super 12 | 1 |
| 2003 Super 12 | 1 |
| Pro14 | 1 |
| Super 12 Rugby | 1 |
| Super 12 competition | 1 |
| Super 15 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3347971 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Super 12 Context triple: [Super Rugby, formerName, Super 12]
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A.
The Invincibles
The Invincibles is the historic nickname given to Preston North End’s legendary late-19th-century team that went unbeaten in the inaugural English Football League season and FA Cup campaign.
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B.
The Invincibles
The Invincibles were Arsenal’s legendary 2003–04 Premier League side that completed an entire league season unbeaten under manager Arsène Wenger.
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C.
Stormers
The Stormers are a professional rugby union team based in Cape Town that competes in top-tier southern hemisphere and international club competitions.
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D.
Blue Bulls
The Blue Bulls are a professional South African rugby union team based in Pretoria that competes in domestic competitions such as the Currie Cup.
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E.
World XI
World XI is an annual all-star football team composed of the best players in the world as selected by professional footballers under the FIFA FIFPro awards.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Super 12 Target entity description: Super 12 was the original professional southern hemisphere rugby union competition featuring 12 provincial and franchise teams from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, which later expanded and was rebranded as Super Rugby.
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A.
The Invincibles
The Invincibles is the historic nickname given to Preston North End’s legendary late-19th-century team that went unbeaten in the inaugural English Football League season and FA Cup campaign.
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B.
The Invincibles
The Invincibles were Arsenal’s legendary 2003–04 Premier League side that completed an entire league season unbeaten under manager Arsène Wenger.
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C.
Stormers
The Stormers are a professional rugby union team based in Cape Town that competes in top-tier southern hemisphere and international club competitions.
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D.
Blue Bulls
The Blue Bulls are a professional South African rugby union team based in Pretoria that competes in domestic competitions such as the Currie Cup.
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E.
World XI
World XI is an annual all-star football team composed of the best players in the world as selected by professional footballers under the FIFA FIFPro awards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
professional sports league
ⓘ
rugby union competition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Super 12 Rugby
ⓘ
linked to:
Super 12
|
| competitionScope | international provincial competition ⓘ |
| competitionType | club competition ⓘ |
| confederation |
SANZAR
ⓘ
linked to:
SANZAAR
|
| continent |
Africa
ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ |
| country |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ South Africa ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2005 ⓘ |
| era | professional era of rugby union ⓘ |
| expansionTo | Super 14 ⓘ |
| expansionYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Super 14
ⓘ
Super Rugby ⓘ |
| formatChange | expanded to 14 teams in 2006 ⓘ |
| fullName | Super 12 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
SANZAR
ⓘ
linked to:
SANZAAR
|
| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| laterRebrandedAs | Super Rugby ⓘ |
| levelOnPyramid | top tier ⓘ |
| memberNation |
Australian Rugby Union
ⓘ
linked to:
Rugby Australia
New Zealand Rugby Union ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand Rugby
South African Rugby Union ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first fully professional southern hemisphere rugby union competition ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 12 ⓘ |
| organiser |
SANZAR
ⓘ
linked to:
SANZAAR
|
| participantsFrom |
Australian provincial and franchise teams
ⓘ
New Zealand provincial and franchise teams ⓘ South African provincial and franchise teams ⓘ |
| precededBy | Super 10 ⓘ |
| region | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| seasonFormat |
knockout stage
ⓘ
round-robin ⓘ |
| sport | rugby union ⓘ |
| teamType |
franchise teams
ⓘ
provincial teams ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Super 12 Description of subject: Super 12 was the original professional southern hemisphere rugby union competition featuring 12 provincial and franchise teams from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, which later expanded and was rebranded as Super Rugby.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Highlanders rugby union team