Final positions | |
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Champions | New Zealand (1st title) |
Bledisloe Cup | New Zealand |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Tries scored | 19 (3.17 per match) |
Attendance | 248,540 (41,423 per match) |
1997 → |
The 1996 Tri Nations Series was the inaugural Tri Nations Series, a rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It was contested from 6 July to 10 August. New Zealand won all four of their matches to claim the title, as well as retaining the Bledisloe Cup won the previous year for their two wins over Australia.[1]