2001_Tri_Nations_Series Knowpia

The 2001 Tri Nations Series was contested from 21 July to 1 September between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Wallabies won another thrilling game at Stadium Australia in Sydney with number eight Toutai Kefu scoring a try at the death in captain John Eales' final test match, to successfully defend the Tri Nations trophy.

Australia made it four wins in a row in the Bledisloe Cup, having taken it from New Zealand in 1998.

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try bonus	Losing bonus	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Table points
1	Australia	4	2	1	1	81	75	+6	0	1	11
2	New Zealand	4	2	0	2	79	70	+9	0	1	9
3	South Africa	4	1	1	2	52	67	−15	0	0	6

21 July 2001
15:00 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	3–12	New Zealand
Pen: Percy Montgomery		Pen: Tony Brown (4)

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 49,720^[1]
Referee: Scott Young (Australia)

28 July 2001
15:00 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	20–15	Australia (1 BP)
Try: Skinstad Pen: Van Straaten (5)		Pen: Burke (4) Edmonds

11 August 2001
19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	15–23	Australia
Try: Lomu Jeff Wilson Con: Mehrtens Pen: Brown		Try: Matt Burke Penalty try Con: Burke (2) Pen: Burke (3)

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 36,000^[3]
Referee: Steve Lander (England)

18 August 2001
18:00 AWST (UTC+08)

Australia	14–14	South Africa
Try: Grey Pen: Burke (3)		Try: Andrews Pen: Van Straaten (3)

25 August 2001
19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	26–15	South Africa
Try: Alatini Penalty try Con: Mehrtens (2) Pen: Mehrtens (4)		Pen: Van Straaten (5)

Eden Park, New Zealand
Attendance: 45,000^[5]
Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

1 September 2001
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	29–26	New Zealand (1 BP)
Try: Kefu Latham Con: Burke Flatley Pen: Burke (4) Walker		Try: Alatini Howlett Con: Mehrtens (2) Pen: Mehrtens (4)