2010 Tri Nations Series

2010 Tri Nations Series
Date10 July 2010–
11 September 2010
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (10th title)
Bledisloe Cup New Zealand
Freedom Cup New Zealand
Mandela Challenge Plate Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Tries scored52 (5.78 per match)
Attendance441,997 (49,111 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Morné Steyn (77)
Most triesAustralia James O'Connor
New Zealand Mils Muliaina
(4 tries)
2009
2011

The 2010 Tri Nations Series was the 15th annual Tri Nations series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.

New Zealand clinched the series crown with one match remaining, scoring two tries in the last 3 minutes to defeat South Africa 29–22 on 21 August in the first-ever Test at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.[1] The 2010 Tri-Nations season has seen new records set by the All Blacks; they are the first team to finish undefeated since the expansion of the tournament to 9 rounds, and have seen the highest number of tries and overall points in the history of the tournament.[2]

The series concluded 11 September 2010 with New Zealand's win over Australia 23–22.[3] The 2011 series commenced on 23 July 2011 in Australia.[4]

  1. ^ "South Africa 22–29 New Zealand". RTE Sport. 21 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Magic McCaw adds more milestones with All Blacks". Stuff NZ. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  3. ^ "New Zealand 32–12 South Africa". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  4. ^ "SANZAR release the draw for the shortened 2011 Tri Nations tournament". Fox News. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.

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