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1233:
1217:
1209:South Africa
1129:Subiaco Oval
1113:
1105:
1097:
1082:
1075:
1068:
1061:South Africa
967:
955:
940:
929:
922:
915:
812:
805:
798:
788:
780:
773:
766:
732:South Africa
662:
655:
648:
634:
626:
619:
612:
578:South Africa
561:30 July 2005
539:
495:
467:South Africa
451:
341:
328:
319:Bryan Habana
303:
300:South Africa
290:Home Nations
282:
265:
261:
250:
231:
206:
192:, an annual
189:
187:
164:Joe Rokocoko
152:Doug Howlett
140:Bryan Habana
95:Tries scored
22:
1706:Tri Nations
1692:New Zealand
1631:Tri Nations
1466:Chris White
1349:New Zealand
1183:New Zealand
908:New Zealand
842:Andrew Cole
770:De Villiers
758:New Zealand
696:New Zealand
692:Paul Honiss
423:New Zealand
409:Difference
332:Eddie Jones
279:New Zealand
202:Tri Nations
194:rugby union
76:New Zealand
54:(6th title)
51:New Zealand
1899:Categories
1523:References
1308:Joël Jutge
1295:Carisbrook
1282:Montgomery
1274:Montgomery
1117:Montgomery
1109:Montgomery
784:Montgomery
777:Montgomery
638:Montgomery
630:Montgomery
623:Montgomery
286:Dan Carter
242:Jake White
129:Most tries
103:Attendance
1687:Australia
1682:Argentina
1612:20 August
1587:20 August
1516:(SA) – 52
1463:Referee:
1453:Eden Park
1429:Johansson
1410:McAlister
1406:MacDonald
1399:MacDonald
1375:Australia
1305:Referee:
1242:McAlister
1237:MacDonald
1221:MacDonald
1139:Referee:
1035:Australia
991:Referee:
964:McAlister
882:Australia
846:Australia
839:Referee:
833:Cape Town
792:Pretorius
689:Referee:
642:Pretorius
604:Australia
511:Australia
334:his job.
325:Australia
39:Champions
1562:Archived
1457:Auckland
1421:Chisholm
1337:(UTC+12)
1267:Januarie
1229:Rokocoko
1171:(UTC+12)
1072:Rathbone
1023:(UTC+08)
986:, Sydney
948:Rokocoko
919:Mitchell
871:(UTC+10)
721:(UTC+02)
683:Pretoria
567:(UTC+02)
406:Against
257:Newlands
220:Synopsis
181:→
172:←
1879:SANZAAR
1470:England
1425:Gerrard
1387:Howlett
1347:(1 BP)
1323:Round 6
1299:Dunedin
1225:Mealamu
1181:(1 BP)
1157:Round 5
1146:Ireland
1033:(1 BP)
1009:Round 4
998:England
857:Round 3
707:Round 2
553:Round 1
548:Results
391:Played
386:points
381:points
376:Points
370:Nation
236:of the
1543:20 May
1499:(NZ),
1495:(SA),
1440:Rogers
1433:Tuqiri
1377:(1 BP)
1372:
1352:
1333:19:35
1312:France
1263:Habana
1259:Fourie
1211:(1 BP)
1206:
1186:
1167:19:35
1101:Habana
1091:Giteau
1086:Rogers
1079:Rogers
1058:
1038:
1019:18:00
971:Carter
959:Carter
933:Giteau
926:Giteau
905:
885:
867:20:00
816:Carter
809:Carter
760:(1 BP)
755:
735:
717:15:00
666:Giteau
659:Giteau
616:Paulse
606:(1 BP)
601:
581:
563:15:00
508:
464:
420:
397:Drawn
373:Games
338:Format
198:SANZAR
73:
48:
1675:Teams
1392:McCaw
1362:34–24
1196:31–27
1133:Perth
1114:Drop:
1048:19–22
952:Weepu
944:McCaw
895:13–30
789:Drop:
745:22–16
652:Smith
635:Drop:
591:22–16
400:Lost
384:Table
379:Bonus
363:Table
234:sweep
1865:2024
1859:2023
1854:2022
1849:2021
1844:2019
1839:2018
1834:2017
1829:2016
1824:2015
1819:2014
1814:2013
1809:2012
1793:2020
1788:2011
1783:2010
1778:2009
1773:2008
1768:2007
1763:2006
1758:2005
1753:2004
1748:2003
1743:2002
1738:2001
1733:2000
1728:1999
1723:1998
1718:1997
1713:1996
1614:2006
1589:2006
1545:2016
1437:Con:
1418:Try:
1403:Pen:
1396:Con:
1384:Try:
1335:NZST
1279:Pen:
1271:Con:
1256:Try:
1246:Pen:
1234:Con:
1218:Try:
1169:NZST
1106:Pen:
1098:Try:
1083:Pen:
1076:Con:
1069:Try:
1021:AWST
968:Pen:
956:Con:
941:Try:
930:Pen:
923:Con:
916:Try:
869:AEST
813:Pen:
806:Con:
802:Gear
799:Try:
781:Pen:
774:Con:
767:Try:
719:SAST
663:Pen:
656:Con:
649:Try:
627:Pen:
620:Con:
613:Try:
565:SAST
403:For
394:Won
313:and
188:The
179:2006
174:2004
124:(52)
1442:(2)
1412:(3)
1389:(3)
1284:(2)
1276:(3)
1239:(3)
1231:(2)
1111:(3)
1103:(2)
1088:(3)
973:(3)
961:(2)
935:(2)
818:(3)
786:(4)
668:(3)
632:(3)
533:−36
530:108
489:+11
445:+25
439:111
166:(3)
154:(3)
142:(3)
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1580:.
1489::
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1297:,
1131:,
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681:,
527:72
496:13
486:82
483:93
452:15
442:86
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296:.
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1314:)
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1000:)
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844:(
698:)
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540:3
536:3
524:4
521:0
518:0
515:4
492:1
480:1
477:0
474:3
471:4
448:3
436:1
433:0
430:3
427:4
90:6
20:.
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