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The '1996 Tri Nations Series' was contested from July 6 to August 10 between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks won the inaugural tournament.

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Results

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Table

Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	119	60	+59	1	'17'
South Africa	4	1	0	3	70	84	-14	2	'6'
Australia	4	1	0	3	71	116	-45	2	'6'

Results

July 6, 1996
	'New Zealand'	'43 - 6'	'Australia'		Wellington, New Zealand
		(HT: 25–6)			Ref: E. Morrison (England)
	'Tries:' Brooke, Cullen, Jones, Lomu, Marshall, Wilson		'Penalties:' Burke (2)
	'Conversions:' Mehrtens (2)
	'Penalties:' Mehrtens (3)
July 13, 1996
	'Australia'	'21 - 16'	'South Africa'		Sydney, Australia
		(HT: 11–3)			Ref: T. Spreadbury (England)
	'Tries:' Roff, Horan		'Tries:' Hendriks
	'Conversions:' Burke		'Conversions:' Honiball
	'Penalties:' Burke (3)		'Penalties:' Honiball (2), Joubert
July 20, 1996
	'New Zealand'	'15 - 11'	'South Africa'		Christchurch, New Zealand
		(HT: 6–8)			Ref: M. Megson (Scotland)
	'Penalties:' Mehrtens (5)		'Tries:' Joubert
			'Penalties:' Stransky (2)
July 27, 1996
	'Australia'	'25 - 32'	'New Zealand'		Brisbane, Australia
		(HT: 16–9)			Ref: J. Fleming (Scotland)
	'Tries:' Burke, Gregan		'Tries:' Bunce, Marshall
	'Penalties:' Burke (5)		'Conversions:' Mehrtens (2)
			'Penalties:' Mehrtens (6)
August 3, 1996
	'South Africa'	'25 - 19'	'Australia'		Bloemfontein, South Africa
		(HT: 16–3)			Ref: B. Sterling (Ireland)
	'Tries:' Stransky		'Tries:' Tune
	'Conversions:' Stransky		'Conversions:' Eales
	'Penalties:' Stransky (6)		'Penalties:' Burke, Eales (3)
August 10, 1996
	'South Africa'	'18 - 29'	'New Zealand'		Cape Town, South Africa
		(HT: 15–6)			Ref: D. McHugh (Ireland)
	'Tries:' du Randt, Mulder		'Tries:' Osborne, Dowd
	'Conversions:' Stransky		'Conversions:' Mehrtens (2)
	'Penalties:' Stransky (2)		'Penalties:' Mehrtens (5)

External links

★ 1996 tournament details

★ Tri Nations at Rugby.com.au