1996 Tri Nations Series
| Final positions | |
|---|---|
| Champions |
 New Zealand (1st title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Tries scored | 19 (3.17 per match) |
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1997 → | |
The 1996 Tri Nations Series was the inaugural series of the rugby union test matches, contested from 6 July to 10 August, between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks won the inaugural tournament.[1]
Table
| Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 60 | +59 | 1 | 17 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 84 | −14 | 2 | 6 |
| Australia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 116 | −45 | 2 | 6 |
Results
| 6 July 1996 | |||||
| 14:35 NZST (UTC+12) | |||||
| New Zealand |
43–6 |  Australia |
Athletic Park, Wellington | ||
| (HT: 25–6) | Referee:  Ed Morrison (England) | ||||
| Tries: Zinzan Brooke, Christian Cullen, Michael Jones, Jonah Lomu, Justin Marshall, Jeff Wilson | Penalties: Matt Burke (2) | ||||
| Cons: Andrew Mehrtens (2) | |||||
| Pens: Andrew Mehrtens (3) | |||||
| 13 July 1996 | |||||
| 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) | |||||
| Australia |
21 – 16 |  South Africa |
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | ||
| (HT: 11–3) | Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England) | ||||
| Tries: Roff, Horan | Tries: Hendriks | ||||
| Conversions: Burke | Conversions: Honiball | ||||
| Penalties: Burke (3) | Penalties: Honiball (2), Joubert | ||||
| 20 July 1996 | |||||
| 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) | |||||
| New Zealand |
15 – 11 | South Africa |
Lancaster Park, Christchurch | ||
| (HT: 6–8) | Referee:  Ray Megson (Scotland) | ||||
| Penalties: Mehrtens (5) | Tries: Joubert | ||||
| Penalties: Stransky (2) | |||||
| 27 July 1996 | |||||
| 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) | |||||
| Australia |
25 – 32 | New Zealand |
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | ||
| (HT: 16–9) | Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland) | ||||
| Tries: Burke, Gregan | Tries: Bunce, Marshall | ||||
| Penalties: Burke (5) | Conversions: Mehrtens (2) | ||||
| Penalties: Mehrtens (6) | |||||
| 3 August 1996 | |||||
| 15:00 SAST (UTC+02) | |||||
| South Africa |
25 – 19 | Australia |
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | ||
| (HT: 16–3) | Referee:  Brian Stirling (Ireland) | ||||
| Tries: Stransky | Tries: Tune | ||||
| Conversions: Stransky | Conversions: Eales | ||||
| Penalties: Stransky (6) | Penalties: Burke, Eales (3) | ||||
| 10 August 1996 | |||||
| 15:00 SAST (UTC+02) | |||||
| South Africa |
18–29 | New Zealand |
Newlands, Cape Town | ||
| (HT: 15–6) | Referee: Dave McHugh (Ireland) | ||||
| Tries: Os du Randt, Japie Mulder | Tries: Glen Osborne, Craig Dowd | ||||
| Cons: Joel Stransky | Cons: Mehrtens (2) | ||||
| Pens: Joel Stransky (2) | Pens: Andrew Mehrtens (5) |
| Tri Nations 1996 Winners |
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| New Zealand First Title |
See also
- History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand
- History of rugby union matches between Australia and South Africa
- History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and South Africa
References
External links
- Tri Nations at Rugby.com.au
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