All Blacks Tri Nations History Part 1/6

Tri Nations: the opening tournament of 1996 was dominated by the All Blacks who stormed to victory undefeated, leaving the Springboks and the Wallabies with just one win each—against each other. The opening exchange was between New Zealand and Australia, New Zealand winning by over 40 points and, although they won all four of their games, the later matches were a lot closer in their scorelines. The launch of the Tri Nations was considered a huge success.[2]

A similar story unfolded the following year, 1997. The All Blacks maintained their dominance over the new competition and again went undefeated. Australia and South Africa found themselves in similar position again with just one win each. The 1998 series was something of a turnaround for all nations with South Africa winning the tournament and Australia finishing second. Two-time winner New Zealand finished at the bottom with no wins. In the following tournament in 1999 New Zealand again became Tri Nations champions and defending champions South Africa fell to the bottom.

Australia, the World Champions at the time, won their first Tri Nations championship in 2000. That tournament is also notable for Australia's opening match against New Zealand at Stadium Australia where 109,874 spectators attended.[4] Jonah Lomu scored a try in injury time to grab the win for the All Blacks. The game was hailed as one of the greatest ever,[4] and the end competition thought by some to be the best Tri Nations ever at the time.[5]

Australia continued their reign as Tri Nations champions by successfully defending the trophy the following year. Their run ended in 2002 when the All Blacks won the championship again. New Zealand successfully defended it in 2003. South Africa won the 2004 tournament where the three nations finished with two wins each. The Springboks emerged as winners due to their superior table points. The trophy returned to New Zealand in 2005 and the Wallabies failed to win a game. In 2006 New Zealand retained the trophy with 2 games still to be played. In 2007, the Tri Nations was shortened to two games against either team, because it clashed with the Rugby World Cup in France. The Tri Nations championship and the Bledisloe Cup came down to the final match, between New Zealand and Australia at Eden Park. New Zealand ran out easy winners, and lifted both the trophies. There was some controversy as South Africa fielded less than a full strength squad in the away legs in Australia and New Zealand in anticipation of the World Cup. New Zealand defended their title in 2008, in beating Australia in the final match in Brisbane. In 2009, South Africa claimed the season crown in their final match with an away win over New Zealand in Hamilton. 2010 saw another dominant performance by New Zealand, winning the tournament with 2 games to spare and all 6 of their games.

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[madscientistify]

beautiful pump action rugby.wonder why we don't see such plays anymore

[EllliotJackRussel2]

@madscientistify

coz rugby now is more phisical and less technical

[slyspy70]

Haha I guess rugby is pretty cool

[damo2353]

They should have kept that massive cup. Funny how Sean motioned for his team mates to give him a hand and they all ignored him!

[debeerpaul]

Playing Lomu in the mud!!! Frightning!

[TheAmwranger]

I cam here just to get a few more glimpses of Lomu. Anyone have any Really REALLY rare footage of him? I have seen all his tries but want to see more =(

[madscientistify]

@EllliotJackRussel2 yeah hate the holding line offence crap. where's part two, upload them quick

[madscientistify]

@EllliotJackRussel2 those two guys are on a lot of rugby vidz.av heard of them time to time on youtube, i dont get what they are sayin but are surely interesting to listen to. even crammed in the line ,'ques qar cha imeta' lol!