2023 Rugby Championship

2023 Rugby Championship
Date8 July – 29 July 2023
Countries Argentina
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (20th title)
Bledisloe Cup New Zealand
Freedom Cup New Zealand
Mandela Challenge Plate South Africa
Puma Trophy Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Tries scored44 (7.33 per match)
Attendance278,298 (46,383 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Richie Mo'unga (28)
Most triesSouth Africa Kurt-Lee Arendse (3)
2022
2024

The 2023 Rugby Championship was the eleventh edition of the annual southern hemisphere competition, involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

The competition was operated by SANZAAR, a joint venture of the four countries' national unions, and known for sponsorship reasons as The Castle Rugby Championship in South Africa, The Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship in New Zealand,[1] The eToro Rugby Championship in Australia, and The Zurich Rugby Championship in Argentina.[2]

As in previous Rugby World Cup years, the tournament was reduced, with each nation only playing each other once as part of the Championship.[3][4]

New Zealand retained the title, the 20th time they won the title.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Taisho Pharmaceutical joins the New Zealand Rugby family". allblacks.com. New Zealand Rugby. 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ UAR y Zurich extienden su acuerdo hasta 2023 - Unión Argentina de Rugby, 13 August 2021
  3. ^ Rugby News: MCG to host Bledisloe Test as Wallabies' run to World Cup revealed, new Force-hooker's French deal confirmed
  4. ^ Argentina Rugby Fixtures 2023
  5. ^ "Australia 7-38 New Zealand: All Blacks hammer Wallabies to win Rugby Championship". BBC Sport. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Wallabies thrashed by clinical All Blacks to keep Bledisloe Cup out of reach". Guardian. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.