| Final positions | |
|---|---|
| Champions | 
Australia (1st title) |
| Bledisloe Cup |
Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Tries scored | 29 (4.83 per match) |
| Attendance | 63,609 (10,602 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andrew Mehrtens (77) |
| Most tries | Christian Cullen (7) |
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1999
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The 2000 Tri Nations Series was the fifth Tri Nations Series, an annual rugby union competition contested by the national rugby union teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It was played from 15 July to 26 August 2000. Australia won the tournament for the first time after a 19–18 win over South Africa in Durban.
The opening game of the tournament between Australia and New Zealand attracted a world record rugby union crowd of 109,874 to Stadium Australia.
Australia made it three wins in a row in the Bledisloe Cup, having taken it from New Zealand in 1998.
Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try bonus |
Losing bonus |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 |
Australia
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 86 | +18 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 
New Zealand
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 117 | +10 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 
South Africa
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 110 | −28 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Results
| 15 July 2000 20:00 AEST ( UTC+10) |
| (2 BP)
Australia | 35–39 |
New Zealand (1 BP) |
| Try:
Mortlock (2) Latham Roff Paul Con: Mortlock (2) Pen: Mortlock (2) | Try:
Umaga Alatini Cullen Marshall Lomu Con: Mehrtens (4) Pen: Mehrtens (2) |
|
Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 109,874 Referee: André Watson ( South Africa) |
| 22 July 2000 19:35 NZST ( UTC+12) |
|
New Zealand | 25–12 |
South Africa |
| Try:
Cullen (2) Pen: Mehrtens (3) Brown Drop: Mehrtens | Pen:
Van Straaten (3) Drop: Montgomery |
|
Lancaster Park,
Christchurch Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Chris White ( England) |
| 29 July 2000 20:00 AEST ( UTC+10) |
|
Australia | 26–6 |
South Africa |
| Try:
Mortlock Paul Con: Mortlock (2) Pen: Mortlock (4) | Pen: Van Straaten (2) |
|
Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 77,048 Referee: Ed Morrison ( England) |
| 5 August 2000 19:35 NZST ( UTC+12) |
| (1 BP)
New Zealand | 23–24 |
Australia |
| Try:
Cullen (2) Con: Mehrtens (2) Pen: Mehrtens (3) | Try:
Mortlock Roff Con: Mortlock Pen: Eales Mortlock (3) |
|
Wellington Regional Stadium,
Wellington Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa) |
| 19 August 2000 15:00 SAST ( UTC+02) |
| (1 BP)
South Africa | 46–40 |
New Zealand (2 BP) |
| Try:
Delport Fleck (2) Swanepoel (2) Williams Con: Van Straaten (5) Pen: Van Straaten (2) | Try:
Cullen (2) Umaga (2) Con: Mehrtens (4) Pen: Mehrtens (3) Drop: Mehrtens |
|
Ellis Park Stadium,
Johannesburg Attendance: 57,233 Referee: Andrew Cole ( Australia) |
| 26 August 2000 15:00 SAST ( UTC+02) |
| (1 BP)
South Africa | 18–19 |
Australia |
| Pen: Van Straaten (6) | Try:
Latham Con: Mortlock Pen: Mortlock (4) |
|
Kings Park Stadium,
Durban Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Paul Honiss ( New Zealand) |
External links
- Tri Nations at Rugby.com.au