Tri Nations Series

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There is also a Tri-Nations tournament in rugby league: see Rugby League Tri-Nations for this.

Image:Tri Nations Trophy.jpg The Tri Nations Series is an annual international rugby union series held between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The series is played on a home and away basis with the three nations playing each other three times (from 2006). The competition is organized by SANZAR, a consortium formed by the rugby governing bodies of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Since the inception of the Tri Nations series, the games played in it between Australia and New Zealand also determine the winner of the Bledisloe Cup each year.

Contents 1 The competition 2 Past results 2.1 Winners by year 2.2 Total wins 2.3 Aggregate table 2.4 2006 series 2.4.1 Table 2.5 2005 series 2.5.1 Table 2.6 2004 series 2.7 2003 series 2.8 2002 series 2.9 2001 series 2.10 2000 series 2.11 1999 series 2.12 1998 series 2.13 1997 series 2.14 1996 series 3 Try scorers 4 Top point scorers 5 See also 6 External links

The competition

The order of fixtures has changed several times throughout the history of the series. The most recent reworking of the Tri Nations calendar will take effect with the 2006 event. This was the result of a new television deal between SANZAR and broadcasters in the United Kingdom and the SANZAR countries.

Each team will play the other three times. In 2006, the series will open in New Zealand, and the first four rounds will alternate between New Zealand and Australia. The fifth round will be in Australia. After a one-week break, the series will return to New Zealand, and then finish with South Africa's three home fixtures. Each team will by necessity have two home fixtures against one team and only one home fixture against the other.

In the past, each team played the others twice. After some tweaking with scheduling, it was finally settled to start the series with two fixtures either in South Africa or New Zealand, and move the series toward the country that did not host the opening rounds. Under this setup, Australia's home fixtures were always the middle two in the series.

The competition begins in July. Originally, it started late in July, but with the expansion of the series, the start date has moved to early in the month. It typically ends early in September. The Tri Nations opens after the completion of the Super 14 competition for the year, which features teams from the SANZAR countries.

The winner is determined by a points system:

• 4 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 0 points for a loss

"Bonus points" may also be earned in any given match, and count fully toward deciding the series winner. A team may earn one bonus point in either of the following ways:

• Scoring four or more tries in a match, regardless of the final result of the match.
• Losing by seven points (a converted try) or less.

A victorious team can collect either 4 or 5 points, depending on whether it scored 4 tries. A losing team may collect anywhere from 0 to 2 points.

At the end of the series the team with the most points is declared the winner. If teams end level on points, the first tiebreaker is point differential, followed by number of tries during the series. However, the Tri Nations has yet to finish in a tie for the top spot.

Past results

Winners by year

• 1996 New Zealand
• 1997 New Zealand
• 1998 South Africa
• 1999 New Zealand
• 2000 Australia
• 2001 Australia
• 2002 New Zealand
• 2003 New Zealand
• 2004 South Africa
• 2005 New Zealand

Total wins

• New Zealand 6
• Australia 2
• South Africa 2

Aggregate table

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2006 series

Table

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

For match details, see 2006 Tri Nations Series.

2005 series

Table

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
New Zealand	4	3	0	1	111	86	+25	3	15
South Africa	4	3	0	1	93	82	+11	1	13
Australia	4	0	0	4	72	108	-36	3	3

For match details, see 2005 Tri Nations Series.

2004 series

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
South Africa	4	2	0	2	110	98	+12	3	11
Australia	4	2	0	2	79	83	-4	2	10
New Zealand	4	2	0	2	83	91	-8	1	9

For match details, see 2004 Tri Nations Series.

2003 series

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	142	65	+77	2	18
Australia	4	1	0	3	89	106	-17	2	6
South Africa	4	1	0	3	62	122	-60	0	4

July 12, 2003
	South Africa	26 - 22	Australia		Cape Town, South Africa
		(HT: 20–10)			Ref: S. Walsh (New Zealand)
	Tries: Matfield, Russell		Tries: Sailor, Roff, Waugh
	Conversions: Koen (2)		Conversions: Burke (2)
	Penalties: Koen (4)		Drop Goals: Burke
July 19, 2003
	South Africa	16 - 52	New Zealand		Pretoria, South Africa
		(HT: 9–22)			Ref: A. Rolland (Ireland)
	Tries: Willemse		Tries: Howlett (2), Mauger, Meeuws, Rokocoko (2), Spencer
	Conversions: Koen		Conversions: Spencer (4)
	Penalties: Koen (2)		Penalties: Spencer (3)
	Drop Goals: Koen
July 26, 2003
	Australia	21 - 50	New Zealand		Sydney, Australia
		(HT: 11–23)			Ref: A. J. Spreadbury (England)
	Tries: Burke, Rogers, Sailor		Tries: Carter, Howlett, Mauger, Rokocoko (3), Umaga
	Penalties: Burke (2)		Conversions: Carter, Spencer (2)
			Penalties: Spencer (3)
August 2, 2003
	Australia	29 - 9	South Africa		Brisbane, Australia
		(HT: 6–6)			Ref: P. O'Brien (New Zealand)
	Tries: Rogers, Waugh		Penalties: Koen (3)
	Conversions: Flatley (2)
	Penalties: Flatley (5)
August 9, 2003
	New Zealand	19 - 11	South Africa		Dunedin, New Zealand
		(HT: 13–11)			Ref: P. Marshall (Australia)
	Tries: Rokocoko		Tries: Bands
	Conversions: Spencer		Penalties: Koen (2)
	Penalties: Spencer (4)
August 16, 2003
	New Zealand	21 - 17	Australia		Auckland, New Zealand
		(HT: 15–9)			Ref: J. Kaplan (South Africa)
	Tries: Howlett (2)		Tries: Smith
	Conversions: Spencer		Penalties: Flatley (4)
	Penalties: Spencer (3)

2002 series

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
New Zealand	4	3	0	1	97	65	+32	3	15
Australia	4	2	0	2	91	86	+5	3	11
South Africa	4	1	0	3	103	140	-37	3	7

July 13, 2002
	New Zealand	12 - 6	Australia		Christchurch, New Zealand
		(HT: 6–3)			Ref: J. Kaplan (South Africa)
	Penalties: Mehrtens (4)		Penalties: Burke (2)
July 20, 2002
	New Zealand	41 - 20	South Africa		Wellington, New Zealand
		(HT: 21–13)			Ref: S. Dickinson (Australia)
	Tries: Hammett, Howlett, Marshall, Robertson, Thorne		Tries: Greeff, Joubert
	Conversions: Mehrtens (2)		Conversions: Pretorius (2)
	Penalties: Mehrtens (3)		Penalties: Pretorius
	Drop Goals: Mehrtens		Drop Goals: Greeff
July 27, 2002
	Australia	38 - 27	South Africa		Brisbane, Australia
		(HT: 27–10)			Ref: S. Lander (England)
	Tries: Latham (2), Tune, Mortlock		Tries: Joubert (2), Skinstad, Russell
	Conversions: Burke (3)		Conversions: Pretorius (2)
	Penalties: Burke (3), Mortlock		Penalties: Pretorius
August 3, 2002
	Australia	16 - 14	New Zealand		Sydney, Australia
		(HT: 8–3)			Ref: A. Watson (South Africa)
	Tries: Rogers, Sharpe		Tries: McCaw
	Penalties: Burke (2)		Penalties: Mehrtens (3)
August 10, 2002
	South Africa	23 - 30	New Zealand		Durban, South Africa
		(HT: 17–17)			Ref: D. McHugh (Ireland)
	Tries: de Kock, Pretorius		Tries: Howlett, MacDonald, Mauger, penalty try
	Conversions: Pretorius (2)		Conversions: Mehrtens (2)
	Penalties: Pretorius (2)		Penalties: Mehrtens (2)
	Drop Goals: Pretorius
August 17, 2002
	South Africa	33 - 31	Australia		Johannesburg, South Africa
		(HT: 14–9)			Ref: P. O'Brien (New Zealand)
	Tries: Paulse (2), Greeff, Russell, van Niekerk		Tries: Kefu, Cannon, Rogers
	Conversions: Greeff (4)		Conversions: Burke (2)
			Penalties: Burke (3)
			Drop Goals: Gregan

2001 series

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Australia	4	2	1	1	81	75	+6	1	11
New Zealand	4	2	0	2	79	70	+9	1	9
South Africa	4	1	1	2	52	67	-15	0	6

July 21, 2001
	South Africa	3 - 12	New Zealand		Cape Town, South Africa
		(HT: 3–12)			Ref: S. Young (Australia)
	Penalties: Montgomery		Penalties: Brown (4)
July 28, 2001
	South Africa	20 - 15	Australia		Pretoria, South Africa
		(HT: 14–0)			Ref: D. McHugh (Ireland)
	Tries: Skinstad		Penalties: Burke (4), Edmonds
	Penalties: van Straaten (5)
August 11, 2001
	New Zealand	15 - 23	Australia		Dunedin, New Zealand
		(HT: 5–15)			Ref: S. Lander (England)
	Tries: Lomu, Wilson		Tries: Burke, penalty try
	Conversions: Mehrtens		Conversions: Burke (2)
	Penalties: Brown		Penalties: Burke (3)
August 18, 2001
	Australia	14 - 14	South Africa		Perth, Australia
		(HT: 3–8)			Ref: S. Walsh (New Zealand)
	Tries: Grey		Tries: Andrews
	Penalties: Burke (3)		Penalties: van Straaten (3)
August 25, 2001
	New Zealand	26 - 15	South Africa		Auckland, New Zealand
		(HT: 13–9)			Ref: P. Marshall (Australia)
	Tries: Alatini, penalty try		Penalties: van Straaten (5)
	Conversions: Mehrtens (2)
	Penalties: Mehrtens (4)
September 1, 2001
	Australia	29 - 26	New Zealand		Sydney, Australia
		(HT: 19–6)			Ref: W. Henning (South Africa)
	Tries: Kefu, Latham		Tries: Alatini, Howlett
	Conversions: Burke, Flatley		Conversions: Mehrtens (2)
	Penalties: Burke (4), Walker		Penalties: Mehrtens (4)

2000 series

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
Australia	4	3	0	1	104	86	+18	2	14
New Zealand	4	2	0	2	127	117	+10	4	12
South Africa	4	1	0	3	82	110	-28	2	6

July 15, 2000
	Australia	35 - 39	New Zealand		Sydney, Australia
		(HT: 24–24)			Ref: A. Watson (South Africa)
	Tries: Mortlock (2), Latham, Roff, Paul		Tries: Umaga, Alatini, Cullen, Marshall, Lomu
	Conversions: Mortlock (2)		Conversions: Mehrtens (4)
	Penalties: Mortlock (2)		Penalties: Mehrtens (2)
July 22, 2000
	New Zealand	25 - 12	South Africa		Christchurch, New Zealand
		(HT: 19–12)			Ref: C. White (England)
	Tries: Cullen (2)		Penalties: van Straaten (3)
	Penalties: Brown, Mehrtens (3)		Drop Goals: Montgomery
	Drop Goals: Mehrtens
July 29, 2000
	Australia	26 - 6	South Africa		Sydney, Australia
		(HT: 19–6)			Ref: E. Morrison (England)
	Tries: Mortlock, Paul		Penalties: van Straaten (2)
	Conversions: Mortlock (2)
	Penalties: Mortlock (4)
August 5, 2000
	New Zealand	23 - 24	Australia		Wellington, New Zealand
		(HT: 20–18)			Ref: J. Kaplan (South Africa)
	Tries: Cullen (2)		Tries: Mortlock, Roff
	Conversions: Mehrtens (2)		Conversions: Mortlock
	Penalties: Mehrtens (3)		Penalties: Eales, Mortlock (3)
August 19, 2000
	South Africa	46 - 40	New Zealand		Johannesburg, South Africa
		(HT: 33–27)			Ref: A. Cole (Australia)
	Tries: Delport, Fleck (2), Swanepoel (2), Williams		Tries: Cullen (2), Umaga (2)
	Conversions: van Straaten (5)		Conversions: Mehrtens (4)
	Penalties: van Straaten (2)		Penalties: Mehrtens (3)
			Drop Goals: Mehrtens
August 26, 2000
	South Africa	18 - 19	Australia		Durban, South Africa
		(HT: 6–13)			Ref: P. Honnis (New Zealand)
	Penalties: van Straaten (6)		Tries: Latham
			Conversions: Mortlock
			Penalties: Mortlock (4)

The July 15 Sydney fixture set a world record for a rugby union crowd, with 109,874 spectators filling Telstra Stadium.

1999 series

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
New Zealand	4	3	0	1	103	61	+42	0	12
Australia	4	2	0	2	84	57	+27	2	10
South Africa	4	1	0	3	34	103	-69	0	4

July 10, 1999
	New Zealand	28 - 0	South Africa		Dunedin, New Zealand
		(HT: 6–0)			Ref: P. Marshall (Australia)
	Tries: Cullen, Marshall, Wilson
	Conversions: Brown, Mehrtens
	Penalties: Mehrtens (3)
July 17, 1999
	Australia	32 - 6	South Africa		Brisbane, Australia
		(HT: 20–6)			Ref: P. O'Brien (New Zealand)
	Tries: Roff (2), Horan, Burke		Penalties: van Straaten (2)
	Conversions: Burke (3)
	Penalties: Burke (2)
July 24, 1999
	New Zealand	34 - 15	Australia		Auckland, New Zealand
		(HT: 22–3)			Ref: W. Bevan (Wales)
	Tries: Marshall		Tries: Gregan, Herbert
	Conversions: Mehrtens		Conversions: Burke
	Penalties: Mehrtens (9)		Penalties: Burke
August 7, 1999
	South Africa	18 - 34	New Zealand		Pretoria, South Africa
		(HT: 11–20)			Ref: E. Morrison (England)
	Tries: Snyman, van der Westhuizen		Tries: Cullen (2)
	Conversions: du Toit		Penalties: Mehrtens (7)
	Penalties: du Toit (2)		Drop Goals: Wilson
August 14, 1999
	South Africa	10 - 9	Australia		Cape Town, South Africa
		(HT: 3–3)			Ref: C. Burke (New Zealand)
	Tries: Fleck		Penalties: Burke (3)
	Conversions: de Beer
	Penalties: de Beer
August 28, 1999
	Australia	28 - 7	New Zealand		Sydney, Australia
		(HT: 22–7)			Ref: J. Fleming (Scotland)
	Tries: Connors		Tries: Mehrtens
	Conversions: Burke		Conversions: Mehrtens
	Penalties: Burke (7)

1998 series

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
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

July 11, 1998
	Australia	24 - 16	New Zealand		Melbourne, Australia
		(HT: 15–13)			Ref: C. Thomas (Wales)
	Tries: Burke (2)		Tries: Jones, Kronfeld
	Conversions: Burke		Penalties: Mehrtens, Spencer
	Penalties: Burke (4)
July 18, 1998
	Australia	13 - 14	South Africa		Perth, Australia
		(HT: 8–8)			Ref: C. Hawke (New Zealand)
	Tries: Tune, Gregan		Tries: van der Westhuizen
	Penalties: Burke		Penalties: Montgomery (3)
July 25, 1998
	New Zealand	3 - 13	South Africa		Wellington, New Zealand
		(HT: 0–3)			Ref: E. Morrison (England)
	Penalties: Mehrtens		Tries: Rossouw
			Conversions: Montgomery
			Penalties: Montgomery (2)
August 1, 1998
	New Zealand	23 - 27	Australia		Christchurch, New Zealand
		(HT: 3–10)			Ref: W. Bevan (Wales)
	Tries: Cullen, Lomu		Tries: Bowman, Burke, Larkham, Little
	Conversions: Mehrtens (2)		Conversions: Eales (2)
	Penalties: Mehrtens (3)		Penalties: Burke
August 15, 1998
	South Africa	24 - 23	New Zealand		Durban, South Africa
		(HT: 5–17)			Ref: P. Marshall (Australia)
	Tries: Dalton, Skinstad, Terblanche, van der Westhuizen		Tries: Marshall, Randell
	Conversions: Montgomery (2)		Conversions: Mehrtens (2)
			Penalties: Mehrtens (3)
August 22, 1998
	South Africa	29 - 15	Australia		Johannesburg, South Africa
		(HT: 16–12)			Ref: J. Fleming (Scotland)
	Tries: Garvey, Skinstad		Penalties: Burke (5)
	Conversions: Montgomery (2)
	Penalties: Montgomery (5)

1997 series

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	159	109	+50	2	18
South Africa	4	1	0	3	148	144	+4	3	7
Australia	4	1	0	3	96	150	-54	2	6

July 19, 1997
	South Africa	32 - 35	New Zealand		Johannesburg, South Africa
		(HT: 23–19)			Ref: P. Marshall (Australia)
	Tries: Bennett, Drotske		Tries: Bunce (2), Spencer, Wilson
	Conversions: de Beer (2)		Conversions: Spencer (3)
	Penalties: de Beer (4)		Penalties: Spencer (3)
	Drop Goals: de Beer (2)
July 26, 1997
	Australia	18 - 33	New Zealand		Melbourne, Australia
		(HT: 6–23)			Ref: E. Morrison (England)
	Tries: Gregan, Little		Tries: Bunce, Cullen, Wilson
	Conversions: Burke		Conversions: Spencer (3)
	Penalties: Burke (2)		Penalties: Spencer (4)
August 2, 1997
	Australia	32 - 20	South Africa		Brisbane, Australia
		(HT: 26–10)			Ref: C. Hawke (New Zealand)
	Tries: Larkham, Manu, Tune (2)		Tries: Andrews, de Beer, du Randt
	Conversions: Knox (3)		Conversions: de Beer
	Penalties: Knox (2)		Penalties: de Beer
August 9, 1997
	New Zealand	55 - 35	South Africa		Auckland, New Zealand
		(HT: 23–21)			Ref: W. Bevan (Wales)
	Tries: Cullen (2), Ieremia, Marshall, Randell, Spencer, Umaga		Tries: Kruger, Montgomery, Rossouw, Teichmann, van der Westhuizen
	Conversions: Spencer (4)		Conversions: de Beer (3), Honiball (2)
	Penalties: Spencer (4)
August 16, 1997
	New Zealand	36 - 24	Australia		Dunedin, New Zealand
		(HT: 36–0)			Ref: J. Dume (France)
	Tries: Cullen, Marshall, Randell		Tries: Larkham (2), Roff, Tune
	Conversions: Spencer (3)		Conversions: Knox (2)
	Penalties: Spencer (5)
August 23, 1997
	South Africa	61 - 22	Australia		Pretoria, South Africa
		(HT: 18–15)			Ref: P. O'Brien (New Zealand)
	Tries: Andrews, Brosnihan, Dalton, de Beer, Erasmus, Montgomery (2), Rossouw		Tries: Knox, Little, Roff
	Conversions: de Beer (6)		Conversions: Knox (2)
	Penalties: de Beer (3)		Penalties: Knox

1996 series

	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	119	60	+59	1	17
South Africa	4	1	0	3	70	84	-14	2	6
Australia	4	1	0	3	71	116	-45	2	6

July 6, 1996
	New Zealand	43 - 6	Australia		Wellington, New Zealand
		(HT: 25–6)			Ref: E. Morrison (England)
	Tries: Brooke, Cullen, Jones, Lomu, Marshall, Wilson		Penalties: Burke (2)
	Conversions: Mehrtens (2)
	Penalties: Mehrtens (3)
July 13, 1996
	Australia	21 - 16	South Africa		Sydney, Australia
		(HT: 11–3)			Ref: T. Spreadbury (England)
	Tries: Roff, Horan		Tries: Hendriks
	Conversions: Burke		Conversions: Honiball
	Penalties: Burke (3)		Penalties: Honiball (2), Joubert
July 20, 1996
	New Zealand	15 - 11	South Africa		Christchurch, New Zealand
		(HT: 6–8)			Ref: M. Megson (Scotland)
	Penalties: Mehrtens (5)		Tries: Joubert
			Penalties: Stransky (2)
July 27, 1996
	Australia	25 - 32	New Zealand		Brisbane, Australia
		(HT: 16–9)			Ref: J. Fleming (Scotland)
	Tries: Burke, Gregan		Tries: Bunce, Marshall
	Penalties: Burke (5)		Conversions: Mehrtens (2)
			Penalties: Mehrtens (6)
August 3, 1996
	South Africa	25 - 19	Australia		Bloemfontein, South Africa
		(HT: 16–3)			Ref: B. Sterling (Ireland)
	Tries: Stransky		Tries: Tune
	Conversions: Stransky		Conversions: Eales
	Penalties: Stransky (6)		Penalties: Burke, Eales (3)
August 10, 1996
	South Africa	18 - 29	New Zealand		Cape Town, South Africa
		(HT: 15–6)			Ref: D. McHugh (Ireland)
	Tries: du Randt, Mulder		Tries: Osborne, Dowd
	Conversions: Stransky		Conversions: Mehrtens (2)
	Penalties: Stransky (2)		Penalties: Mehrtens (5)

Try scorers

This lists try scorers up to and including the final match of the 2005 Tri Nations Series (September 3, 2005).

Sixteen: Christian Cullen (NZ)

Thirteen: Doug Howlett (NZ)

Ten: Joe Rokocoko (NZ)

Nine: Justin Marshall (NZ)

Eight: Joe Roff (Aus)

Seven: Matt Burke (Aus), Stirling Mortlock (Aus)

Six: Chris Latham (Aus), Ben Tune (Aus), Marius Joubert (SA)

Five: Stephen Larkham (Aus), Tana Umaga (NZ), Jeff Wilson (NZ)

Four: George Gregan (Aus), Mat Rogers (Aus), Lote Tuqiri (Aus), Frank Bunce (NZ), Jonah Lomu (NZ), Jean de Villiers (SA), Breyton Paulse (SA), Bob Skinstad (SA), Joost van der Westhuizen (SA)

Three: Jason Little (Aus), George Smith (Aus), Pita Alatini (NZ), Aaron Mauger (NZ), Richie McCaw (NZ), Taine Randell (NZ), Carlos Spencer (NZ), Mark Andrews (SA), Robbie Fleck (SA), Bryan Habana (SA), Percy Montgomery (SA), Pieter Rossouw (SA), Brent Russell (SA)

Two: Tim Horan (Aus), Toutai Kefu (Aus), Jeremy Paul (Aus), Clyde Rathbone (Aus), Wendell Sailor (Aus), Phil Waugh (Aus), Penalty tries (NZ), Leon MacDonald (NZ), James Dalton (SA), Jannie de Beer (SA), Os du Randt (SA), Werner Greeff (SA), Victor Matfield (SA), Werner Swanepoel (SA), Joe van Niekerk (SA)

One: Penalty try (Aus), Tom Bowman (Aus), Brendan Cannon (Aus), Mark Chisholm (Aus), Mark Connors (Aus), Mark Gerrard (Aus), Nathan Grey (Aus), Dan Herbert (Aus), Lloyd Johansson (Aus), David Knox (Aus), Daniel Manu (Aus), Drew Mitchell (Aus), Nathan Sharpe (Aus), Zinzan Brooke (NZ), Daniel Carter (NZ), Craig Dowd (NZ), Rico Gear (NZ), Mark Hammett (NZ), Alama Ieremia (NZ), Ian Jones (NZ), Michael Jones (NZ), Josh Kronfeld (NZ), Keven Mealamu (NZ), Kees Meeuws (NZ), Andrew Mehrtens (NZ), Mils Muliaina (NZ), Glen Osborne (NZ), Scott Robertson (NZ), Reuben Thorne (NZ), Piri Weepu (NZ), Richie Bands (SA), Russell Bennett (SA), Warren Brosnihan (SA), Jacques Cronjé (SA), Neil de Kock (SA), Thinus Delport (SA), Naka Drotske (SA), Frik du Preez (SA), Gaffie du Toit (SA), Johan Erasmus (SA), Jaque Fourie (SA), Adrian Garvey (SA), Pieter Hendriks (SA), Enrico Januarie (SA), Andre Joubert (SA), Ruben Kruger (SA), Japie Mulder (SA), André Pretorius (SA), Andre Snyman (SA), Joel Stransky (SA), Gary Teichmann (SA), Stefan Terblanche (SA), Jaco van der Westhuyzen (SA), Ashwin Willemse (SA), Chester Williams (SA)

Top point scorers

This lists the top ten point scorers up to and including the final match of the 2005 Tri Nations Series (September 3, 2005).

1. Andrew Mehrtens (NZ) - 328 (1 try, 34 conv, 82 pen, 3 drop)
2. Matt Burke (Aus) - 271 (7 tries, 19 conv, 65 pen, 1 drop)
3. Percy Montgomery (SA) - 158 (3 tries, 19 conv, 32 pen, 3 drop)
4. Carlos Spencer (NZ) - 153 (3 tries, 21 conv, 32 pen)
5. Braam van Straaten (SA) - 94 (5 conv, 28 pen)
6. Stirling Mortlock (Aus) - 89 (7 tries, 6 conv, 14 pen)
7. Christian Cullen (NZ) - 80 (16 tries)
8. Daniel Carter (NZ) - 69 (1 try, 5 conv, 18 pen)
9. Jannie de Beer (SA) - 69 (2 tries, 13 conv, 9 pen, 2 drop)
10. Doug Howlett (NZ) - 65 (13 tries)

See also

• All Blacks
• Australia national rugby union team
• South Africa national rugby union team
• Rugby League Tri-Nations

External links

• Tri Nations News from rugby.com.au
• Tri nations news from Planet Rugby

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