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===Tri Nations=== [[File:Tri Nations Series logo.svg|thumbnail|200px|Former logo of the Tri Nations Series.]] The opening tournament of 1996 was dominated by the All Blacks who stormed to victory undefeated, leaving the Springboks and the Wallabies with just one win each β against each other. The opening exchange was between New Zealand and Australia, New Zealand winning by over 40 points and, although they won all four of their games, the later matches were a lot closer in their scorelines. The launch of the Tri Nations was considered a huge success.<ref name="history"/> A similar story unfolded the following year, 1997. The All Blacks maintained their dominance over the new competition and again went undefeated. Australia and South Africa found themselves in similar position again with just one win each. The 1998 series was something of a turnaround for all nations with South Africa winning the tournament and Australia finishing second. Two-time winner New Zealand finished at the bottom with no wins. In the following tournament in 1999 New Zealand again became Tri Nations champions and defending champions South Africa fell to the bottom. Australia, the World Champions at the time, won their first Tri Nations championship in 2000. That tournament is also notable for Australia's opening match against New Zealand at [[Telstra Stadium|Stadium Australia]] where 109,874 spectators attended.<ref name="recordcrowd">{{cite news | title=Lomu clinches Tri-Nations epic | work=BBC | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/834834.stm |access-date=27 October 2006 | date=2000-07-15}}</ref> [[Jonah Lomu]] scored a try in injury time to grab the win for the All Blacks. The game was hailed as one of the greatest ever,<ref name="recordcrowd"/> and the end competition<!-- what is that? the whole series? --> thought by some to be the best Tri Nations ever at the time.<ref name="best">{{cite web | title=Tri Nations rugby, 2000 | work=tarik.com.au | url=http://www.tarik.com.au/rugby/3n2000.html | access-date=27 October 2006 | archive-date=5 January 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105201506/http://www.tarik.com.au/rugby/3n2000.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Australia continued their reign as Tri Nations champions by successfully defending the trophy the following year. Their run ended in 2002 when the All Blacks won the championship again. New Zealand successfully defended it in 2003. South Africa won the 2004 tournament where the three nations finished with two wins each. The Springboks emerged as winners due to their superior table points. The trophy returned to New Zealand in 2005 and the Wallabies failed to win a game. In 2006 New Zealand retained the trophy with 2 games still to be played. In 2007, the Tri Nations was shortened to two games against either team, because it clashed with the Rugby World Cup in France. The Tri Nations championship and the Bledisloe Cup came down to the final match, between New Zealand and Australia at Eden Park. New Zealand ran out easy winners, and lifted both the trophies. There was some controversy as South Africa fielded less than a full strength squad in the away legs in Australia and New Zealand in anticipation of the World Cup{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}. New Zealand defended their title in 2008, in beating Australia in the final match in Brisbane. In 2009, South Africa claimed the season crown in their final match with an away win over New Zealand in Hamilton. 2010 saw another dominant performance by New Zealand, winning the tournament with 2 games to spare and all 6 of their games. On 5 December 2020, a traditional version of the [[Australian National Anthem]] was sung for the first time in the [[Eora language|Eora]] indigenous language, before the match between [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]] and [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Wallabies make history by singing Australian national anthem in indigenous language|language=en-NZ|work=TVNZ|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/wallabies-make-history-singing-australian-national-anthem-in-indigenous-language|access-date=2020-12-06}}</ref>
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