Bledisloe Cup

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The trophy of the Bledisloe Cup in Sydney, 2014

The Bledisloe Cup is a traditional cup competition in the sport of rugby union , which is played between the national teams of Australia (the Wallabies ) and New Zealand (the All Blacks ). The silver cup is named after Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe , the Governor General of New Zealand, who donated it in 1931. He has been played for as part of the Tri-Nations tournament ( The Rugby Championship since 2012 ) since 1996 . The trophy was designed by Nelson Issac in New Zealand and manufactured by Walker and Hall in London.

history

It is unclear when the first game for the Bledisloe Cup was played. The Australian Rugby Union claims it was in Eden Park in Auckland in 1931 . However, there is no firm evidence to support this claim. The New Zealand Rugby Union believes that the first game took place in 1932.

Until 1981 there were only games for the cup at irregular intervals, as part of the international tours of both teams. During that period, New Zealand won 19 trophies while Australia only won the cup four times. From 1982 to 1995 there were annual encounters, sometimes as a series of three games, occasionally only a single game. From 1996 the competition took place annually as part of the Tri Nations and until 1998 was decided in a series of three international games (two Tri-Nations games and one additional game).

The third game was not played from 1999 to 2005. During this time, only the two matches at the Tri Nations were considered a competition for the Bledisloe Cup. If both teams won a game or if both games ended in a draw, ownership of the cup did not change. In order to achieve a change of ownership, a team had to win both games or was only allowed to allow one draw.

When the Tri-Nations tournament was expanded to include a series of three in 2006, the Bledisloe Cup was again decided in a series of three. In this way, the likelihood of a clear winner became much greater. In 2008, the series was expanded to four games with a game in Hong Kong . After negotiations with Tokyo and Denver , the associations decided to host the fourth game in 2009 in the Japanese capital. In 2010 the fourth game took place in Hong Kong again.

With the expansion of the Tri Nations to the Rugby Championship, the games between New Zealand and Australia for the Bledisloe Cup were reduced to three (two of them as part of the Rugby Championship).

Since 2003, the cup has given its name to the Bledisloe Glacier in Antarctica.

Results

year Cup holder Wins AUS Unent. Wins NZL
1932 New Zealand 1 0 2
1934 Australia 1 1 0
1936 New Zealand 0 0 2
1938 New Zealand 0 0 3
1946 New Zealand 0 0 2
1947 New Zealand 0 0 2
1949 Australia 2 0 0
1951 New Zealand 0 0 3
1952 New Zealand 1 0 1
1955 New Zealand 1 0 2
1957 New Zealand 0 0 2
1958 New Zealand 1 0 2
1962 New Zealand 0 1 4th
1964 New Zealand 1 0 2
1967 New Zealand 0 0 1
1968 New Zealand 0 0 2
1972 New Zealand 0 0 3
1974 New Zealand 0 1 2
1978 New Zealand 1 0 2
1979 Australia 1 0 0
1980 Australia 2 0 1
1982 New Zealand 1 0 2
1983 New Zealand 0 0 1
1984 New Zealand 1 0 2
1985 New Zealand 0 0 1
1986 Australia 2 0 1
1987 New Zealand 0 0 1
1988 New Zealand 0 1 2
1989 New Zealand 0 0 1
1990 New Zealand 1 0 2
1991 New Zealand 1 0 1
1992 Australia 2 0 1
1993 New Zealand 0 0 1
1994 Australia 1 0 0
1995 New Zealand 0 0 2
1996 New Zealand 0 0 2
1997 New Zealand 0 0 3
1998 Australia 3 0 0
1999 Australia 1 0 1
2000 Australia 1 0 1
2001 Australia 2 0 0
2002 Australia 1 0 1
2003 New Zealand 0 0 2
2004 New Zealand 1 0 1
2005 New Zealand 0 0 2
2006 New Zealand 0 0 3
2007 New Zealand 1 0 1
2008 New Zealand 1 0 3
2009 New Zealand 0 0 4th
2010 New Zealand 1 0 3
2011 New Zealand 1 0 1
2012 New Zealand 0 1 2
2013 New Zealand 0 0 3
2014 New Zealand 0 1 2
2015 New Zealand 1 0 1
2016 New Zealand 0 0 3
2017 New Zealand 1 0 2
2018 New Zealand 0 0 3
2019 New Zealand 1 0 1

Web links

Commons : Bledisloe Cup  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australia and New Zealand to play Bledisloe benefit match in Tokyo . In: Tri Nations Web . Sports Digital Media , February 23, 2009; archived from the original on March 12, 2009 ; accessed on June 17, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).