2024 Rugby Championship

2024 Rugby Championship
Date10 August – 28 September 2024[1]
Countries Argentina
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
Final positions
Champions South Africa (5th title)
Bledisloe Cup New Zealand
Freedom Cup South Africa
Mandela Challenge Plate South Africa
Puma Trophy Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Tries scored77 (6.42 per match)
Attendance531,010 (44,251 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Damian McKenzie (62)
Most triesNew Zealand Caleb Clarke (6)
2023
2025

The 2024 Rugby Championship[a] was the thirteenth edition of the annual Southern Hemisphere rugby union competition, involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand was the defending champion.[4][5]

On 28 September, South Africa won the championship for the first time since 2019 after a 48-7 win against Argentina.[6][7]

  1. ^ "El calendario de Los Pumas para 2024: ¿Cuándo volverán a jugar?" [The Pumas' 2024 schedule: When will they play again?]. ESPN (in Spanish). 28 October 2023. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Posteriormente, se vendrá la participación en el Rugby Championship, entre el 10 de agosto y el 28 de septiembre, nuevamente con seis partidos (tres en Argentina, de los cuales habrá dos con Australia y el otro con Sudáfrica). Y el cierre del calendario 2024 estará determinado por la gira por Italia, Irlanda y Francia (9, 16 y 23 de noviembre).
  2. ^ "Taisho Pharmaceutical joins the New Zealand Rugby family". allblacks.com. New Zealand Rugby. 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ @wallabies (7 August 2024). "Love to see it 💚💛 Suncorp Stadium is officially SOLD OUT for our Flight Centre Rugby Championship Test against the Springboks. #Wallabies #thisisqueensland #visitbrisbane" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "All Blacks retain the Bledisloe Cup and defend Rugby Championship". Radio New Zealand. 30 July 2023. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Rugby Championship 2023: Australia 7–38 New Zealand as All Blacks seal title on Sky Sports". Sky Sports. Sky Group. 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ "South Africa win first Rugby Championship since 2019". BBC Sport. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  7. ^ "South Africa 48-7 Argentina: Springboks secure Rugby Championship title as Pumas shown three cards". Sky Sports. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.


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