1998 Tri Nations Series
| Final positions | |
|---|---|
| Champions |
 South Africa (1st title) |
| Bledisloe Cup |
 Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Tries scored | 22 (3.67 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Burke (50) |
| Most tries | Burke (3) |
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← 1997 1999 → | |
The 1998 Tri Nations Series was contested from 11 July to 22 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Springboks won the tournament.
Australia won the Bledisloe Cup, which New Zealand had won for the 3 previous years. The two Tri-Nations tests gave it a winning 2-0 lead. (It went on to make it 3-0 in the third test which came after the Tri-Nations.)
Table
| Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| South Africa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 54 | +26 | 1 | 17 |
| Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 82 | −3 | 2 | 10 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 88 | −23 | 2 | 2 |
Results
| 11 July 1998 | |||||
| 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) | |||||
| Australia |
24 – 16 |  New Zealand |
Melbourne, Australia | ||
| (HT: 15–13) | Referee:  Clayton Thomas (Wales) | ||||
| Tries: Burke (2) | Tries: Jones, Kronfeld | ||||
| Conversions: Burke | Penalties: Mehrtens, Spencer | ||||
| Penalties: Burke (4) | |||||
| 18 July 1998 | |||||
| 18:00 AWST (UTC+08) | |||||
| Australia |
13 – 14 | South Africa |
Perth, Australia | ||
| (HT: 8–8) | Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand) | ||||
| Tries: Tune, Gregan | Tries: van der Westhuizen | ||||
| Penalties: Burke | Penalties: Montgomery (3) | ||||
| 25 July 1998 | |||||
| 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) | |||||
| New Zealand |
3 – 13 | South Africa |
Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| (HT: 0–3) | Referee:  Ed Morrison (England) | ||||
| Penalties: Mehrtens | Tries: Rossouw | ||||
| Conversions: Montgomery | |||||
| Penalties: Montgomery (2) | |||||
| 1 August 1998 | |||||
| 19:35 NZST (UTC+12) | |||||
| New Zealand |
23 – 27 | Australia |
Christchurch, New Zealand | ||
| (HT: 3–10) | Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales) | ||||
| Tries: Cullen, Lomu | Tries: Bowman, Burke, Larkham, Little | ||||
| Conversions: Mehrtens (2) | Conversions: Eales (2) | ||||
| Penalties: Mehrtens (3) | Penalties: Burke | ||||
| 15 August 1998 | |||||
| 15:00 SAST (UTC+02) | |||||
| South Africa |
24 – 23 | New Zealand |
Durban, South Africa | ||
| (HT: 5–17) | Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia) | ||||
| Tries: Dalton, Skinstad, Terblanche, van der Westhuizen | Tries: Marshall, Randell | ||||
| Conversions: Montgomery (2) | Conversions: Mehrtens (2) | ||||
| Penalties: Mehrtens (3) | |||||
| 22 August 1998 | |||||
| 15:00 SAST (UTC+02) | |||||
| South Africa |
29 – 15 | Australia |
Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| (HT: 16–12) | Referee:  Jim Fleming (Scotland) | ||||
| Tries: Garvey, Skinstad | Penalties: Burke (5) | ||||
| Conversions: Montgomery (2) | |||||
| Penalties: Montgomery (5) |
| Tri Nations 1998 Winners |
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| South Africa First Title |
External links
- Tri Nations at Rugby.com.au
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