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The 1996 Tri Nations Series was the inaugural edition of the
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
series test matches that determined the Tri Nations Series Champion amongst
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national
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
teams. It was contested from 6 July to 10 August and the All Blacks defeated the Wallabies, in both tests, thus retaining the
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won, the previous year.


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History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand The first clash in Rugby Union between Australia and New Zealand took place in a test match on 15 August 1903 in Sydney, New South Wales. On that occasion, New Zealand won 22–3. Since 1931, the overall winner of the annual test matches (betwee ...
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History of rugby union matches between Australia and South Africa The contest between The Wallabies and The Springboks is one of the major rivalries in rugby union. The teams' first meeting was on 8 July 1933 at Newlands in Cape Town in the first of 5 tests on the 1933 Wallabies tour. The test was won 17–3 b ...
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History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and South Africa New Zealand (the All Blacks) and South Africa (the Springboks) have been playing Test Match Rugby against each other since 1921 when the All Blacks beat the Springboks in Dunedin 13-5. It is one of the biggest rivalries in World Rugby history. The ...


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Tri Nations
at Rugby.com.au {{DEFAULTSORT:Tri Nations Series
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