2000 Tri Nations Series

The 2000 Tri Nations Series was contested from 15 July to 26 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Wallabies won the tournament for the first time after a thrilling 19–18 win in Durban.

2000 Tri Nations Series
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Bledisloe Cup Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Tries scored29 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mehrtens (77)
Most triesCullen (7)
1999
2001

The opening game of the tournament between Australia and New Zealand attracted a world record rugby union crowd of 109,874 to the Sydney Olympic Stadium.

Australia made it 3 wins in a row in the Bledisloe Cup, having taken it from New Zealand in 1998. (They also won the first ever Mandela Challenge Plate in a one-off home test against South Africa on 8 July, but that was a week before the Tri-Nations began.)

Table

Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
Australia430110486+18214
New Zealand4202127117+10412
South Africa410382110−2826

Results

  • Half time scores are in brackets
15 July 2000
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
 Australia 35–39
(24–24)
 New Zealand
Tries:
Stirling Mortlock (2), Chris Latham, Joe Roff, Jeremy Paul
Cons:
Stirling Mortlock (2)
Pens:
Stirling Mortlock (2)
Tries:
Tana Umaga, Pita Alatini, Christian Cullen, Justin Marshall, Jonah Lomu
Cons:
Andrew Mehrtens (4)
Pens:
Andrew Mehrtens (2)
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 109,874
Referee: André Watson (South Africa)

22 July 2000
19:35 NZST (UTC+12)
 New Zealand 25–12
(19–12)
 South Africa
Tries:
Christian Cullen (2)
Pens:
Andrew Mehrtens (3), Tony Brown
Drops:
Andrew Mehrtens
Pens:
Braam van Straaten (3)
Drops:
Percy Montgomery
Jade Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Chris White (England)
 
29 July 2000
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)]
 Australia 26–6  South Africa Sydney, Australia
(HT: 19–6)Attendance:77,048 Referee: Ed Morrison (England)
Tries:
Mortlock, Paul
Penalties:
van Straaten (2)
Conversions:
Mortlock (2)
Penalties:
Mortlock (4)
 
5 August 2000
19:35 NZST (UTC+12)
 New Zealand 23–24  Australia Wellington, New Zealand
(HT: 20–18)Attendance:36000

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Tries:
Cullen (2)
Tries:
Mortlock, Roff
Conversions:
Mehrtens (2)
Conversions:
Mortlock
Penalties:
Mehrtens (3)
Penalties:
Eales, Mortlock (3)
 
19 August 2000
15:00 SAST (UTC+02)
 South Africa 46–40  New Zealand Johannesburg, South Africa
(HT: 33–27)Referee: Andrew 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
 
26 August 2000
15:00 SAST (UTC+02)
 South Africa 18–19  Australia Durban, South Africa
(HT: 6–13)Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Penalties:
van Straaten (6)
Tries:
Latham
Conversions:
Mortlock
Penalties:
Mortlock (4)

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

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