2021 STATISTIC

1=NEW ZEALAND

2=ARGENTINA

3=AUSTRALIA

4=SOUTH AFRICA
Australia and New Zealand first played each other in 1903. South Africa toured both nations in 1921 but there was never any formal competition between these teams, unlike the Home nations (now known as the SIX nations Championship) in the Northern Hemisphere and the three nations only met sporadically.In the 1930s, Australia and New Zealand started contesting the bledisloe cup during rugby tours between the two countries.The final acceptance of professionalism in rugby union launched the Tri Nations concept - nearing the completion of the 1995,RUGBY WORLD CUP multimillion-pound negotiations between the South African, New Zealand and Australian unions took place to form SANZAR. The new union soon announced a ten-year deal worth £360 million. The competition was established to create an equivalent to the  five Nation in Europe.

In 2012, this competition was extended to include Argentina, a country whose impressive performances in international games (especially in reaching the third place in the 2007 Rugby World Cup) was deemed to merit inclusion in the competition. As a result of the expansion to four teams, the tournament was renamed The Rugby Championship.