2008 Tri Nations Series
Date | 5 July – 13 September |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Tries scored | 43 (4.78 per match) |
Attendance | 444,707 (49,412 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Dan Carter (82) |
Most tries | Jongi Nokwe (4) |
← 2007 2009 → |
The 2008 Tri Nations Series was the thirteenth annual Tri Nations competition between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The All Blacks won the series on 13 September 2008 after defeating Australia in the last match of the series.
Background
South Africa, New Zealand and Australia were ranked first, second, and third in the world respectively by the International Rugby Board (IRB) immediately before the start of the Tri Nations on 30 June 2008.[1] Now New Zealand is first, South Africa second and Australia remains third. South Africa gained the number one ranking after their 2007 Rugby World Cup victory, and had held the position for 26 weeks. Prior to that the All Blacks had been ranked number one in the world for 175 weeks.[2] The All Blacks went into the series with a world record 29 successive home victories,[3] and South Africa with a 13 match winning streak.[4]
Experimental Law Variations
Several of the sport's Experimental Law Variations (or ELVs) were trialled as part of the 2008 Tri Nations.[5] A global trial of 13 ELVs at all levels is to be conducted for one year from 1 August 2008.[6] The Tri Nation's governing body SANZAR approved the trial of all the ELVs that had been included in the 2008 Super 14 season, as well as the ELVs to be trialled globally. Statistics from the 2008 Super 14 revealed the ELVs increased the number of tries, reduced the number of line-outs and penalties, increased the number of free kicks, but did not change the number of scrums or mauls.[7] The changes increased the attacking opportunities from scrums.[8]
Standings
Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points |
Table points | |||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | ||||
1 | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 106 | +46 | 3 | 19 |
2 | Australia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 119 | 163 | −44 | 2 | 14 |
3 | South Africa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 115 | 117 | −2 | 2 | 10 |
Fixtures
5 July 2008[9] 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) |
New Zealand | 19–8 | South Africa |
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Try: Kaino 45' c Con: Carter Pen: Carter (4) 5', 21', 29', 71' |
Try: Habana 37' m Pen: James 6' |
Touch judges:
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12 July 2008[10] 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) |
New Zealand | 28–30 | South Africa |
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Tries: Lauaki c Con: Carter Pen: Carter (6) Drop: Carter |
Tries: Pietersen, Januarie c Con: Francois Steyn Pen: Montgomery (3), James (2) Drop: Butch James |
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- The Springboks get their first win over the All Blacks at Carisbrook, and their first win in New Zealand since 1998
Australia | 16–9 | South Africa |
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Tries: Tuqiri 36' m Mortlock 46' m Pen: Giteau 53' Drop: Barnes 79' |
Pen: Steyn (2) 5', 74' James 55' |
26 July 2008 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) |
Australia | 34–19 | New Zealand |
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Tries: Cross 10' c Hynes 31' c Elsom 55' c Horwill 74' c Con: Giteau (4) Pen: Giteau 6' Drop: Giteau 65' |
Tries: Muliaina 24' m Hore 39' c Ellis 45' c Con: Carter (2) |
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2 August 2008 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) |
New Zealand | 39–10 | Australia |
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Tries: Woodcock (2) 21' c, 24' m Nonu (2) 45' c, 80' m Con: Carter (2) Pen: Carter (5) 6', 14', 39', 58', 65' |
Try: Ashley-Cooper 32' c Con: Giteau Pen: Giteau 4' |
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Touch judges:
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16 August 2008 15:00 SAST (UTC+02) |
South Africa | 0–19 | New Zealand |
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Tries: Smith m Carter c Mealamu c Con: Carter (2) |
- This match saw two players reach major milestones:
- Dan Carter became the ninth player in history with 800 Test points.[13]
- Percy Montgomery became the ninth player in history to earn his 100th Test cap.[14]
23 August 2008 15:00 SAST (UTC+02) |
South Africa | 15–27 | Australia |
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Tries: Jacobs (2) Con: Montgomery Pen: James |
Tries: Robinson c Tuqiri c Mortlock c Con: Giteau (3) Pen: Giteau (2) |
30 August 2008 15:00 SAST (UTC+02) |
South Africa | 53–8 | Australia |
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Tries: Bekker 8' c Nokwe (4) 12' m, 25' m, 35' c, 49' m Jacobs 44' c Pienaar 68' c Ndungane 78' c Con: James (3) Montgomery (2) Pen: James 20' |
Try: Mitchell 55' m Pen: Giteau 5' |
Australia | 24–28 | New Zealand |
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Tries: Ashley-Cooper 40' c Horwill c Cross c Con: Giteau (3) Pen: Giteau |
Tries: Muliaina 13' c Woodcock c Weepu c Carter c Con: Carter (4) |
Tri Nations 2008 Winners |
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New Zealand Ninth Title |
References
- ↑ "IRB World Rankings – 30 June 2008". irb.com. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ↑ Gilhooly, Daniel (3 July 2008). "Players determined to protect home record". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ↑ "All Blacks' home record 'does matter'". news.theage.com.au. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ↑ Gilhooly, Daniel (23 June 2008). "McCaw will be missed". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ↑ "Tri-Nations to trial law changes". bbc.co.uk. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ↑ "Law changes trial gets go-ahead". bbc.co.uk. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ↑ "Experimental laws make their mark in Super 14". International Herald Tribune. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ↑ Storey, Cameron (4 June 2008). "ELVs have improved the game". foxsports.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ↑ "433rd All Black Test : 1154th All Black Game". allblacks.com. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ↑ "434th All Black Test : 1155th All Black Game". allblacks.com. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- ↑ "Live Scores". sarugby.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ↑ Rich, Gavin, SuperSport (17 August 2008). "Boks blacked out at Newlands". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
- ↑ Sportal New Zealand (17 August 2008). "All Blacks shut Springboks out of game". New Zealand Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ↑ "South Africa 0–19 New Zealand". BBC Sport. 16 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 September 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ↑ Greenaway, Mike (24 August 2008). "Day of shame for bad Boks". Sunday Independent. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
- ↑ "All Blacks retain Tri-Nations, Bledisloe". The Age (Australia). 13 September 2008. p. 1. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ↑ "BBC Sport". BBC. 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- ↑ "All Blacks win Tri Nations". Stuff.co.nz. 14 September 2008. p. 1. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- ↑ "All Blacks win Tri-Nations". news24. 14 September 2008. p. 1. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- ↑ "Match Details: Qantas Wallabies vs. All Blacks". Australian Rugby Union. 13 September 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
External links
Preceded by 2007 Tri Nations |
Rugby Union Tri Nations 2008 |
Succeeded by 2009 Tri Nations |
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Sevens | Sevens | |||||||||||
Pacific Rugby Cup | Churchill Cup | Air New Zealand Cup | ||||||||||
Super 14 | Pacific Nations Cup | Tri Nations |