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The Rugby Championship

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The Rugby Championship is an evolution of the highly-successful Tri-Nations tournament format, and now includes Argentina. The Tri-Nations was adopted during the implementation of the professional era of rugby union in 1996 and until 2012 stood as the most competitive international rugby tournament outside of the Rugby World Cup since its inception.

The 2021 Rugby Championship ran from Saturday, August 14 to Saturday, October 2.

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The most recent champions are New Zealand. The All Blacks are by far the most successful team in the competition’s history.

Apart from Rugby World Cup years, the tournament is played over a home-and-away format. In 2015 and 2019, each team took on each other just once.

Rugby Championship winners

Year Winner
2021 New Zealand
2020 (Tri Nations) New Zealand
2019 South Africa
2018 New Zealand
2017 New Zealand
2016 New Zealand
2015 Australia
2014 New Zealand
2013 New Zealand
2012 New Zealand
Tri Nations
2011 Australia
2010 New Zealand
2009 South Africa
2008 New Zealand
2007 New Zealand
2006 New Zealand
2005 New Zealand
2004 South Africa
2003 New Zealand
2002 New Zealand
2001 Australia
2000 Australia
1999 New Zealand
1998 South Africa
1997 New Zealand
1996 New Zealand

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