1997 Tri Nations Series
| Final positions | |
|---|---|
| Champions |  New Zealand (2nd title) |
| Bledisloe Cup | New Zealand |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Tries scored | 48 (8 per match) |
| Attendance | 327,356 (54,559 per match) |
← 1996 1998 → | |
The 1997 New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks continued their unbeaten record to win their second tournament.
New Zealand won the Bledisloe Cup against Australia for the third year in a row. It took a 1–0 lead from the first test (played before the Tri-Nations), and the two Tri-Nations tests gave it a 3–0 final result.
Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try bonus |
Losing bonus |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | New Zealand
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 109 | +50 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 |  South Africa
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 144 | –4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  Australia
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 150 | –54 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Results
| 19 July 1997 15:00 Australia ) |
| 26 July 1997 20:00 | Try: Bunce Cullen Wilson Con: Spencer (3) Pen: Spencer (4) |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 90,119 Referee: Ed Morrison (England) |
| 2 August 1997 20:00 New Zealand ) |
| 9 August 1997 19:35 |
| Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales) |
| 16 August 1997 19:35 UTC+12) |
| New Zealand | 36–24 | Australia (1 BP) |
| Try: Cullen Marshall Randell Con: Spencer (3) Pen: Spencer (5) | Try: Larkham (2) Roff Tune Con: Knox (2) |
| Carisbrook, Dunedin Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Joël Dumé (France) |
| 23 August 1997 15:00 New Zealand ) |
External links
- Tri Nations at Rugby.com.au
- 1997 Tri Nations Series at ESPN