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Poster

Established
1996 (28 years old)

First Recorded Event
2012-08-18

Current Season
2024

API Football ID
85

Sport
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Rugby

Location
Worldwide

Gender
Male

TV Rights
ZA - SuperSport
NZ - Sky Sports
UK - Sky Sports
AUS - Stan Sport/Nine Network
US - FloSports [2021]
South America - ESPN
Europe - CANAL+

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Upcoming

10/08	New Zealand	-	Argentina Ru	7:05am
10/08	Australia Ru	-	South Africa	8:00am
17/08	New Zealand	-	Argentina Ru	7:05am
17/08	Australia Ru	-	South Africa	8:00am
31/08	South Africa	-	New Zealand	4:00pm
31/08	Argentina Ru	-	Australia Ru	9:00pm
07/09	South Africa	-	New Zealand	4:00pm
07/09	Argentina Ru	-	Australia Ru	9:00pm
21/09	Australia Ru	-	New Zealand	8:00am
21/09	Argentina Ru	-	South Africa	9:00pm
Results
29/07	South Africa	22 - 21	Argentina Ru
29/07	Australia Ru	7 - 38	New Zealand
15/07	Australia Ru	31 - 34	Argentina Ru
15/07	New Zealand	35 - 20	South Africa
08/07	Argentina Ru	12 - 41	New Zealand
08/07	South Africa	43 - 12	Australia Ru
24/09	South Africa	38 - 21	Argentina Ru
24/09	New Zealand	40 - 14	Australia Ru
17/09	Argentina Ru	20 - 36	South Africa
15/09	Australia Ru	37 - 39	New Zealand

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The Rugby Championship is an international rugby union competition contested annually by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. These are the four highest ranked national teams in the Southern Hemisphere, the Six Nations is a similar tournament in the Northern Hemisphere.

Prior to the 2012 tournament, when Argentina joined, it was known as the Tri Nations. The Tri Nations name was temporarily revived for the 2020 tournament due to the withdrawal of South Africa owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The competition is administered by SANZAAR, a consortium consisting of four national governing bodies: the South African Rugby Union, New Zealand Rugby Union, Rugby Australia and the Argentine Rugby Union The inaugural Tri Nations tournament was in 1996, and was won by New Zealand – known as the All Blacks. South Africa won their first title in 1998, and Australia their first in 2000. Following the last Tri Nations tournament in 2011, New Zealand had won ten championships, with South Africa and Australia on three titles each. The first Rugby Championship was won by New Zealand, who won all six of their matches.

New Zealand, Australia and South Africa have frequently been ranked among the top rugby nations, with Australia winning the Rugby World Cup twice and New Zealand and South Africa winning it three times. Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are the four highest ranked national teams in the Southern Hemisphere.

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