Rugby Championship

2016 Rugby Championship Results

The 2016 Rugby Championship was contested between New Zealand’s All Blacks, Australia’s Wallabies, South Africa’s Springboks and Argentina’s Pumas.

Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP T	BP -7	BP	Ttl
Australia	6	3	3	119	147	-28	1	0	1	13
South Africa	6	2	4	117	180	-63	0	1	2	10
Argentina	6	1	5	129	216	-87	0	1	1	5
New Zealand	6	6	0	262	84	178	6	0	6	30

New Zealand’s All Blacks went straight to the top of the Rugby Championship standings after the opening match by beating Australia 8-42 in the Rugby Championship/
Bledisloe Cup opener.

New Zealand’s All Blacks and Australia’s Wallabies also play an extra Bledisloe Cup match every year which is not part of the Rugby Championship.

This extra Bledisloe Cup match was played in Auckland on Saturday 22 October.

Day & Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Venue	Match Official	Match Report	Video Highlights
Round One
Saturday 20 August	Australia	8	New Zealand	42	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Jaco Peyper	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Saturday 20 August	South Africa	30	Argentina	23	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit	Glen Jackson	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Round Two
Saturday 27 August	New Zealand	29	Australia	9	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	Romain Poite	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Saturday 27 August	Argentina	26	South Africa	24	Estadio Martearena, Salta	Jerome Garces	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Round Three
Saturday 10 September	New Zealand	57	Argentina	22	FMG Stadium, Hamilton	Craig Joubert	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Saturday 10 September	Australia	23	South Africa	17	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	Nigel Owens	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Round Four
Saturday 17 September	New Zealand	41	South Africa	13	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	Angus Gardner	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Saturday 17 September	Australia v	36	Argentina	20	Nib Stadium, Perth	Wayne Barnes	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Round Five
Saturday 1 October	South Africa	18	Australia	10	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Wayne Barnes	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Saturday 1 October	Argentina	17	New Zealand	36	Estadio Jose Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	Jaco Peyper	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Round Six
Saturday 8 October	South Africa v	15	New Zealand	57	Kings Park, Durban	Jerome Garces	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Saturday 8 October	Argentina v	21	Australia	33	Twickenham London	Mathieu Raynal	Match Report	Highlights / Full
Extra Bledisloe Cup
Saturday 22 October	New Zealand v		Australia		Auckland	Nigel Owens