Fixtures for the 2010
Tri-Nations tournament between New Zealand, South Africa and
Australia,
July 10 - New Zealand v South Africa, Auckland
July 17 - New Zealand v South Africa, Wellington
July 24 - Australia v South Africa, Brisbane
July 31 - Australia v New Zealand, Melbourne
Aug 7 - New Zealand v Australia, Christchurch
Aug 21 - South Africa v New Zealand, Johannesburg
Aug 28 - South Africa v Australia, Pretoria
Sept 4 - South Africa v Australia, Bloemfontein
Sept 11 - Australia v New Zealand, Sydney
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..........................P ..... W .... L .... D .... Pts
New Zealand......4 .... 4 .... 0 .... 0 .... 19
Autralia.............3.... 1.... 2 ..... 0 .... 4
South Africa...... 3..... 0.... 3.... 0.... 0
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The Tri Nations is an international rugby union competition that is contested annually by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The competition is organized by SANZAR, a consortium formed by the three countries' rugby governing bodies – the Australian Rugby Union, the New Zealand Rugby Union and the South African Rugby Union. These three teams have dominated international rankings in recent years and some consider the Tri Nations to be the toughest competition in international rugby.[1]
The Tri Nations will become the Four Nations in 2012 should the inclusion of Argentina as the fourth team go ahead. Argentina has been invited to join but there are a number of conditions that they have to fulfill.[2]
The series is played on a home-and-away basis. From the first tournament in 1996 through 2005, the three teams played each other twice. Since then, each team has played the others three times, except in the Rugby World Cup year of 2007 when the series reverted to a double round-robin. Since the inception of the series the games played between Australia and New Zealand also go toward determining the winner of the Bledisloe Cup each year. The Freedom Cup is contested between New Zealand and South Africa, and the Mandela Challenge Plate between Australia and South Africa.
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