2018 Rugby Championship

Date18 August 2018 – 6 October 2018
Countries Argentina
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (16th title)
Bledisloe Cup New Zealand
Freedom Cup New Zealand
Mandela Challenge Plate Australia
Puma Trophy Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Tries scored88 (7.33 per match)
Attendance433,657 (36,138 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Nicolás Sánchez (67)
Most triesNew Zealand Beauden Barrett (5)
South Africa Aphiwe Dyantyi (5)
New Zealand Rieko Ioane (5)
2017
2019

The 2018 Rugby Championship was the seventh edition of the expanded annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship, featuring Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The competition is operated by SANZAAR, a joint venture of the four countries' national unions.

The tournament continued to use the same sequence of games across the schedule, starting on 18 August with Australia hosting reigning champions New Zealand and South Africa hosting Argentina, and ending after eight weeks (six rounds and two bye weeks) on 6 October when New Zealand visited South Africa and Australia played in Argentina.

New Zealand won the Championship for the sixth time after a 35-17 win over Argentina in Buenos Aires on 29 September.[1][2]

  1. ^ "New Zealand beat Argentina 35-17 to lift trophy for sixth time". BBC Sport. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ "All Blacks beat Pumas to clinch Rugby Championship silverware". ESPN. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.