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2008 Tri Nations
Champions New Zealand (9th title)
Matches played   9
Tries scored 43
(average 4.778 per match)
Attendance 444,707
(average 49,412 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Dan Carter (82)
Top try scorer(s) (4) - Jongi Nokwe
Preceeded by 2007 Tri Nations Series
Succeeded by 2009 Tri Nations Series

The 2008 Tri Nations Series was the thirteenth annual Tri Nations competition between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The All Blacks won the series on 13 September 2008 after defeating Australia in the last match of the series.

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[edit] Background

South Africa, New Zealand and Australia were ranked first, second, and third in the world respectively by the International Rugby Board (IRB) immediately before the start of the Tri Nations on 30 June 2008.[1] Now New Zealand is first, South Africa second and Australia remains third. South Africa gained the number one ranking after their 2007 Rugby World Cup victory, and had held the position for 26 weeks. Prior to that the All Blacks had been ranked number one in the world for 175 weeks.[2] The All Blacks went into the series with a world record 29 successive home victories,[3] and South Africa with a 13 match winning streak.[4]

[edit] Experimental Law Variations

See also: Experimental law variations

Several of the sport's Experimental Law Variations (or ELVs) were trialled as part of the 2008 Tri Nations.[5] A global trial of 13 ELVs at all levels is to be conducted for one year from 1 August 2008.[6] The Tri Nation's governing body SANZAR approved the trial of all the ELVs that had been included in the 2008 Super 14 season, as well as the ELVs to be trialled globally. Statistics from the 2008 Super 14 revealed the ELVs increased the number of tries, reduced the number of line-outs and penalties, increased the number of free kicks, but did not change the number of scrums or mauls.[7] The changes increased the attacking opportunities from scrums.[8]

[edit] Standings

Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1  New Zealand 6 4 0 2 152 106 +46 3 19
2  Australia 6 3 0 3 119 163 -44 2 14
3  South Africa 6 2 0 4 115 117 -2 2 10

[edit] Fixtures

5 July 2008[9]
 New Zealand  19 – 8  South Africa Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 36,568
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
Try: Kaino 45' c
Con: Carter
Pen: Carter (4) 5', 21', 29', 71'		 Try: Habana 37' m
Pen: James 6'
Flag of New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND:
FB 15 Mils Muliaina
RW 14 Rudi Wulf
OC 13 Conrad Smith
IC 12 Ma'a Nonu
LW 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu Substituted off in the 69th minute 69'
FH 10 Dan Carter
SH 9 Andrew Ellis Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
N8 8 Jerome Kaino
OF 7 Rodney So'oialo (c)
BF 6 Adam Thomson Substituted off in the 61st minute 61'
RL 5 Ali Williams
LL 4 Brad Thorn
TP 3 Greg Somerville Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
HK 2 Andrew Hore Substituted off in the 72nd minute 72'
LP 1 Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK 16 Keven Mealamu Substituted on in the 72nd minute 72'
PR 17 Neemia Tialata Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
LK 18 Anthony Boric
N8 19 Sione Lauaki Substituted on in the 61st minute 61'
SH 20 Jimmy Cowan Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
FH 21 Stephen Donald
FB 22 Leon MacDonald Substituted on in the 69th minute 69'
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand Graham Henry
Flag of South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA:
FB 15 Conrad Jantjes Substituted off in the 63rd minute 63'
RW 14 Odwa Ndungane
OC 13 Adrian Jacobs
IC 12 Jean de Villiers
LW 11 Bryan Habana
FH 10 Butch James Substituted off in the 58th minute 58'
SH 9 Ricky Januarie Substituted off in the 72nd minute 72'
N8 8 Joe van Niekerk Substituted off in the 58th minute 58'
OF 7 Juan Smith
BF 6 Schalk Burger
RL 5 Victor Matfield
LL 4 Bakkies Botha Substituted off in the 72nd minute 72'
TP 3 CJ van der Linde Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
HK 2 John Smit (c) Substituted off in the 38th minute 38'
LP 1 Gurthro Steenkamp
Replacements:
HK 16 Bismarck du Plessis Substituted on in the 38th minute 38'
PR 17 Brian Mujati Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
LK 18 Andries Bekker Substituted on in the 72nd minute 72'
FL 19 Luke Watson Substituted on in the 58th minute 58'
SH 20 Bolla Conradie Substituted on in the 72nd minute 72'
FH 21 Francois Steyn Substituted on in the 58th minute 58'
FB 22 Percy Montgomery Substituted on in the 63rd minute 63'
Coach:
Flag of South Africa Peter de Villiers

Touch judges:
Flag of AustraliaMatthew Goddard
Flag of AustraliaJames Leckie
Television match official:
Flag of Australia George Ayoub
12 July 2008[10]
 New Zealand  28 – 30  South Africa Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 32,210
Referee: Matt Goddard
Tries: Lauaki c
Con: Carter
Pen: Carter (6)
Drop: Carter		 Tries: Pietersen, Januarie c
Con: Francois Steyn
Pen: Montgomery (3), James (2)
Drop: Butch James
Flag of New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND:
FB 15 Mils Muliaina
RW 14 Rudi Wulf
OC 13 Conrad Smith
IC 12 Ma'a Nonu
LW 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu Substituted off in the 40th minute 40'
FH 10 Dan Carter
SH 9 Andrew Ellis
N8 8 Jerome Kaino Substituted off in the 53rd minute 53'
OF 7 Rodney So'oialo (c)
BF 6 Adam Thomson
RL 5 Ali Williams Substituted off in the 29th minute 29'
LL 4 Anthony Boric
TP 3 John Afoa Substituted off in the 70th minute 70'
HK 2 Andrew Hore Substituted off in the 56th minute 56'
LP 1 Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK 16 Keven Mealamu Substituted on in the 56th minute 56'
PR 17 Neemia Tialata Substituted on in the 70th minute 70'
LK 18 Kevin O'Neill Substituted on in the 29th minute 29'
N8 19 Sione Lauaki Substituted on in the 53rd minute 53'
SH 20 Jimmy Cowan
FH 21 Stephen Donald
FB 22 Leon MacDonald Substituted on in the 40th minute 40'
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand Graham Henry
Flag of South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA:
FB 15 Percy Montgomery Substituted off in the 60th minute 60'
RW 14 JP Pietersen
OC 13 Adrian Jacobs Substituted off in the 47th minute 47'
IC 12 Jean de Villiers
LW 11 Bryan Habana
FH 10 Butch James Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
SH 9 Ricky Januarie
N8 8 Joe van Niekerk Substituted off in the 60th minute 60'
OF 7 Juan Smith
BF 6 Schalk Burger
RL 5 Victor Matfield (c) Sent to penalty box from 73' to 80' 73' to 80'
LL 4 Bakkies Botha Substituted off in the 50th minute 50' Substituted on in the 60th minute 60' Substituted off in the 67th minute 67'
TP 3 CJ van der Linde
HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
LP 1 Gurthro Steenkamp Substituted off in the 53rd minute 53' Substituted on in the 60th minute 60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Schalk Brits Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
PR 17 Brian Mujati Substituted on in the 53rd minute 53' Substituted off in the 60th minute 60'
LK 18 Andries Bekker Substituted on in the 50th minute 50' Substituted off in the 60th minute 60' Substituted on in the 67th minute 67'
FL 19 Luke Watson Substituted on in the 60th minute 60'
SH 20 Ruan Pienaar Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
FH 21 Francois Steyn Substituted on in the 47th minute 47'
FB 22 Conrad Jantjes Substituted on in the 60th minute 60'
Coach:
Flag of South Africa Peter de Villiers

Touch judges:
Flag of AustraliaPaul Marks
Flag of AustraliaJames Leckie
Television match official:
Flag of Australia George Ayoub
  • The Springboks get their first win over the All Blacks at Carisbrook, and their first win in New Zealand since 1998
19 July 2008[11]
 Australia  16 – 9  South Africa Subiaco Oval, Perth
Attendance: 41,838
Referee: Bryce Lawrence
Tries: Tuqiri 36' m
Mortlock 46' m
Pen: Giteau 53'
Drop: Barnes 79'		 Pen: Steyn (2) 5', 74'
James 55'
26 July 2008
 Australia  34 – 19  New Zealand Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 78,944
Referee: Craig Joubert
Tries: Cross 10' c
Hynes 31' c
Elsom 55' c
Horwill 74' c
Con: Giteau (4)
Pen: Giteau 6'
Drop: Giteau 70'		 Tries: Muliaina 24' m
Hore 39' c
Ellis 45' c
Con: Carter (2)
Flag of Australia
AUSTRALIA:
FB 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW 14 Peter Hynes
OC 13 Ryan Cross
IC 12 Berrick Barnes
LW 11 Lote Tuqiri
FH 10 Matt Giteau
SH 9 Luke Burgess
N8 8 Wycliff Palu
OF 7 George Smith (c)
BF 6 Rocky Elsom
RL 5 Nathan Sharpe
LL 4 James Horwill
TP 3 Al Baxter
HK 2 Stephen Moore
LP 1 Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau
PR 17 Matt Dunning
LK 18 Daniel Vickerman
N8 19 Phil Waugh
SH 20 Sam Cordingley
FH 21 Timana Tahu
FB 22 Drew Mitchell
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand Robbie Deans
Flag of New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND:
FB 15 Mils Muliaina
RW 14 Anthony Tuitavake
OC 13 Richard Kahui
IC 12 Ma'a Nonu
LW 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu
FH 10 Dan Carter
SH 9 Andrew Ellis
N8 8 Jerome Kaino
OF 7 Daniel Braid
BF 6 Rodney So'oialo (c)
RL 5 Ali Williams
LL 4 Brad Thorn
TP 3 Greg Somerville
HK 2 Andrew Hore
LP 1 Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK 16 Keven Mealamu
PR 17 John Afoa
LK 18 Anthony Boric
N8 19 Sione Lauaki
SH 20 Jimmy Cowan
FH 21 Stephen Donald
FB 22 Conrad Smith
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand Graham Henry

Touch judges:
Flag of South Africa Mark Lawrence
Flag of Fiji James Bolabiu
Television match official:
Flag of South Africa Shaun Veldsman
2 August 2008
 New Zealand  39 – 10  Australia Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Mark Lawrence
Tries: Woodcock (2) 21' c, 24' m
Nonu (2) 45' c, 80' m
Con: Carter (2)
Pen: Carter (5) 6', 14', 39', 58', 65'		 Try: Ashley-Cooper 32' c
Con: Giteau
Pen: Giteau 4'
Flag of New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND:
FB 15 Mils Muliaina
RW 14 Richard Kahui
OC 13 Conrad Smith
IC 12 Ma'a Nonu
LW 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu
FH 10 Dan Carter
SH 9 Jimmy Cowan
N8 8 Rodney So'oialo
OF 7 Richie McCaw(c)
BF 6 Jerome Kaino
RL 5 Ali Williams
LL 4 Brad Thorn
TP 3 Greg Somerville
HK 2 Andrew Hore
LP 1 Tony Woodcock
Replacements:
HK 16 Keven Mealamu
PR 17 John Afoa
LK 18 Anthony Boric
N8 19 Adam Thomson
SH 20 Piri Weepu
FH 21 Stephen Donald
FB 22 Anthony Tuitavake
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand Graham Henry
Flag of Australia
AUSTRALIA:
FB 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper
RW 14 Peter Hynes
OC 13 Stirling Mortlock(c)
IC 12 Berrick Barnes
LW 11 Lote Tuqiri
FH 10 Matt Giteau
SH 9 Luke Burgess
N8 8 Wycliff Palu
OF 7 George Smith
BF 6 Phil Waugh
RL 5 Nathan Sharpe
LL 4 James Horwill
TP 3 Al Baxter
HK 2 Stephen Moore
LP 1 Benn Robinson
Replacements:
HK 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau
PR 17 Matt Dunning
LK 18 Daniel Vickerman
N8 19 Hugh McMeniman
SH 20 Sam Cordingley
FH 21 Ryan Cross
FB 22 Drew Mitchell
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand Robbie Deans

Touch judges:
Flag of South AfricaCraig Joubert
Flag of FijiJames Bolabiu
Television match official:
Flag of South Africa Shaun Veldsman
16 August 2008
 South Africa  0 – 19  New Zealand Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 52,000[12]
Referee: Matt Goddard
Tries: Smith m
Carter c
Mealamu c
Con: Carter (2)
23 August 2008
 South Africa  15 – 27  Australia Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 50,000[15]
Referee: Lyndon Bray
Tries: Jacobs (2)
Con: Montgomery
Pen: James		 Tries: Robinson c
Tuqiri c
Mortlock c
Con: Giteau (3)
Pen: Giteau (2)
30 August 2008
 South Africa  53 – 8  Australia Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Attendance: 54,819
Referee: Bryce Lawrence
Tries: Bekker 8' c
Nokwe (4) 12' m, 25' m, 35' c, 49' m
Jacobs 44' c
Pienaar 68' c
Ndungane 78' c
Con: James (3)
Montgomery (2)
Pen: James 20'		 Try: Mitchell 55' m
Pen: Giteau 5'
13 September 2008[16][17][18][19]
 Australia  24 – 28  New Zealand Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 52,328[20]
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Tries: Ashley-Cooper 40' c
Horwill c
Cross c
Con: Giteau (3)
Pen: Giteau		 Tries: Muliaina 13' c
Woodcock c
Weepu c
Carter c
Con: Carter (4)
Tri Nations
2008 Winners
Flag of New Zealand
New Zealand
Ninth Title

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