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However, the cup reverted to the two-game contest in 2007 because the Tri Nations was abbreviated that year to minimise interference with the teams' preparations for the World Cup. The three-match format for the Bledisloe Cup continued in 2012, with the first two matches taking place as part of the 2012 Rugby Championship.
In 2000 in Sydney, a record crowd of 109,874 witnessed what some have called 'The Greatest Ever Rugby Match' when the All Blacks defeated The Wallabies 39–35. Twenty one days after their win in Sydney, the All Blacks lost to the Wallabies in front of a home crowd. This meant the Wallabies won The Bledisloe Cup for the third year in a row.
The Bledisloe Cup, an Australian-New Zealand trophy is also awarded within the series. Each nation plays each other thrice on a home and away basis, though the number of games against each side was expanded from two to three in 2006. [1] A nation receives four points for a win, two for a draw and none for a loss.
During their 2013 end of year tour, McKenzie led the team to four consecutive wins (50–20 win over Italy, 32–15 win over Ireland, 21–15 win over Scotland and a 30–26 win over Wales) which was the first time Australia has done this since 2008. But Australia lost 20–13 to England in the opening match of the tour.
Wins Bledisloe Cup N. M. Chall. Plate Freedom Cup Puma Trophy Wooden spoon New Zealand: 20 23 Not a contestant 16 Not a contestant 2 South Africa: 5 Not a contestant 8 3 Not a contestant 11 Australia: 4 5 13 Not a contestant 13 7 Argentina: 0 Not a contestant Not a contestant Not a contestant 2 9
The year also saw the first Tri Nations Series, between the three Super 12 countries. In 1999, the Bledisloe Cup match between Australia and New Zealand was staged at the Homebush Olympic Stadium, now known as ANZ Stadium. The game attracted a then world record crowd for a rugby union match of 107,042 to see Australia win with its greatest ...
2020 Tri Nations Series: 31 October 2020 5–43 38 [22] [23] Athletic Park, Wellington 1996 Tri Nations Series: 6 July 1996 43–6 37 [24] [25] Eden Park, Auckland 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match: 17 August 2019 36–0 36 [26] [27] Eden Park, Auckland 1972 Australia tour of New Zealand and Fiji: 16 September 1972 38–3 35 [28] Eden Park ...
The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between England and Scotland played annually in the Six Nations Championship.Like the match itself (England–Scotland), the Calcutta Cup is the oldest trophy contested between any two international rugby union teams, pre-dating the Bledisloe Cup (Australia–New Zealand) by more than half a century.