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1997 TRI NATIONS SERIES

The '1997 Tri Nations Series' was contested from July 19 to August 23 between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks won the tournament.

Contents
Table
Results
External links

Table


NationGamesPointsBonus
points		Table
points
playedwondrawnlostforagainstdifference
New Zealand4400159109+502'18'
South Africa4103148144+43'7'
Australia410396150-542'6'

Results


　
July 19, 1997
'South Africa''32 - 35''New Zealand'Johannesburg, South Africa
(HT: 23–19) Ref: P. Marshall (Australia)
'Tries:'
Bennett, Drotske		 'Tries:'
Bunce (2), Spencer, Wilson
'Conversions:'
de Beer (2)		 'Conversions:'
Spencer (3)
'Penalties:'
de Beer (4)		 'Penalties:'
Spencer (3)
'Drop Goals:'
de Beer (2)
　
July 26, 1997
'Australia''18 - 33''New Zealand'Melbourne, Australia
(HT: 6–23) Ref: E. Morrison (England)
'Tries:'
Gregan, Little		 'Tries:'
Bunce, Cullen, Wilson
'Conversions:'
Burke		 'Conversions:'
Spencer (3)
'Penalties:'
Burke (2)		 'Penalties:'
Spencer (4)
　
August 2, 1997
'Australia''32 - 20''South Africa'Brisbane, Australia
(HT: 26–10) Ref: C. Hawke (New Zealand)
'Tries:'
Larkham, Manu, Tune (2)		 'Tries:'
Andrews, de Beer, du Randt
'Conversions:'
Knox (3)		 'Conversions:'
de Beer
'Penalties:'
Knox (2)		 'Penalties:'
de Beer
　
August 9, 1997
'New Zealand''55 - 35''South Africa'Auckland, New Zealand
(HT: 23–21) Ref: W. Bevan (Wales)
'Tries:'
Cullen (2), Ieremia, Marshall, Randell, Spencer, Umaga		 'Tries:'
Kruger, Montgomery, Rossouw, Teichmann, van der Westhuizen
'Conversions:'
Spencer (4)		 'Conversions:'
de Beer (3), Honiball (2)
'Penalties:'
Spencer (4)
　
August 16, 1997
'New Zealand''36 - 24''Australia'Dunedin, New Zealand
(HT: 36–0) Ref: J. Dume (France)
'Tries:'
Cullen, Marshall, Randell		 'Tries:'
Larkham (2), Roff, Tune
'Conversions:'
Spencer (3)		 'Conversions:'
Knox (2)
'Penalties:'
Spencer (5)
　
August 23, 1997
'South Africa''61 - 22''Australia'Pretoria, South Africa
(HT: 18–15) Ref: P. O'Brien (New Zealand)
'Tries:'
Andrews, Brosnihan, Dalton, de Beer, Erasmus, Montgomery (2), Rossouw		 'Tries:'
Knox, Little, Roff
'Conversions:'
de Beer (6)		 'Conversions:'
Knox (2)
'Penalties:'
de Beer (3)		 'Penalties:'
Knox

External links



★ 1997 tournament details

★ Tri Nations at Rugby.com.au

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