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The Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate is a
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 its m ...
trophy contested between
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and
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. It is named after South Africa's first democratically elected president,
Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist who served as the President of South Africa, first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1 ...
.


History

Initially designed to be held every two years, the trophy was first contested as a one-off match in 2000, with Australia winning the game 44-23 at
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's
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. The second, played in Ellis Park,
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in 2002, was also South Africa's home game in the Tri Nations, and was won 33–31 by South Africa. The 2004 event, delayed until 2005, was played over two legs, and was not part of the Tri Nations. Since South Africa were the holders, Australia needed to win both games to reclaim the trophy. Australia won the first game 30–12, but lost the return leg at Ellis Park, 33–20. Between 2006 and 2011, with the expansion of the Tri Nations series so that each country plays each other three times, the plate was contested over three Tests, akin to the
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, with the exception of 2007 and 2011, when teams only played 4 games each, to accommodate for the
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s in those years. In 2012, the Tri Nations was expanded to include
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and the competition was renamed
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. The teams now play each other twice, and the challengers are required to beat the holders in both games to win the plate. The trophy is a leather-clad silver plate containing a 24 carat (100%) rim, and a central gold disk showing a Wallaby and a Springbok (the icons of the two teams). It was designed by Flynn Silver, an Australian family company from
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,
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.


Matches

Source:Pick and Go rugby archive
– select Wallabies and Boks, Mandela Plate.


Results


See also

* History of rugby union matches between Australia and South Africa


References


External links

{{South Africa national rugby union team 2000 establishments in Australia 2000 establishments in South Africa The Rugby Championship trophies History of rugby union matches between Australia and South Africa International rugby union competitions hosted by Australia International rugby union competitions hosted by South Africa
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