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The 1996–2011 results were for the Tri Nations; the results from 2012 to the present are for the Rugby Championship. Teams played only four matches in 2007 and 2011, and three in 2015 and 2019, due to the Rugby World Cup. In 2020, the Tri Nations was contested between Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand.
Flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez scored all of Argentina’s points for the second successive test and the Pumas' remarkable Tri Nations continued with a 15-all draw against Australia at Newcastle on Saturday.
The Tri Nations was created amongst the SANZAR partners (along with the provincial Super 12 competition, now, Super Rugby). The tournament involves three southern hemisphere nations; Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The series was created to form a similar competition to the Six Nations Championship (then, the Five Nations). [2]
With the Rugby League World Cup being held in 2000, the Tri-nations tournament was put on hold indefinitely. Australia was to dominate international rugby league over the next three years, winning the World Cup, defeating Great Britain 2–1 and 3–0 in Kangaroo Tours in 2001 and 2003 , and defeating Great Britain and New Zealand by large ...
The 2024 Rugby Championship [a] was the thirteenth edition of the annual Southern Hemisphere rugby union competition, involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand was the defending champion. [4] [5] On 28 September, South Africa won the championship for the first time since 2019 after a 48-7 win against Argentina ...
The World Rugby Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. There are separate men's and women's rankings. The teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The professional era in rugby union began in 1995, marked by creation of the SANZAR group (a combination of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) [2] which was formed with the purpose of selling TV rights for two new competitions, the domestic Super 12 competition and the Tri-Nations.
In 2012, Argentina's Pumas joined this competition, [1] which was rebranded as The Rugby Championship. [2] This made this series the last under the Tri Nations name until 2020, when South Africa withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] The 2011 Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand between 9 September and 23 October 2011. As a result, the ...