2022 Rugby Championship

2022 Rugby Championship
Date6 August – 24 September 2022
Countries Argentina
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (19th title)
Bledisloe Cup New Zealand
Freedom Cup New Zealand
Mandela Challenge Plate Australia
Puma Trophy Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Tries scored76 (6.33 per match)
Attendance463,702 (38,642 per match)
Top scorer(s) Emiliano Boffelli (71)
Richie Mo'unga (71)
Most tries Samisoni Taukei'aho (5)
2021
2023

The 2022 Rugby Championship was the tenth edition of the annual southern hemisphere competition, involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The tournament returned to being staged across all competing nations after the disruption from COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.

The competition is 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]

The tournament was restructured for the first time since Argentina joined the competition, with each team playing their games both home and away. Each country hosted three games, but not evenly across the competing nations.[3] Argentina hosted Australia twice and South Africa once; Australia hosted South Africa twice and New Zealand once; New Zealand hosted Argentina twice and Australia once; and South Africa hosted New Zealand twice and Argentina once.

  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. ^ "Boks' home Test schedule for 2022 confirmed". SA Rugby. Retrieved 23 February 2022.