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The 2011 Tri Nations Series was the sixteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national
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teams of
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, Australia and
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, respectively nicknamed the All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks. It was also the last series in which only these three teams participated. In 2012, Argentina's Pumas joined this competition, which was rebranded as
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. This made this series the last under the Tri Nations name until
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, when South Africa withdrew due to the
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was held in New Zealand between 9 September and 23 October 2011. As a result, the 2011 Tri Nations was shortened to include only six games instead of the usual nine. Each team played the other two countries twice rather than three times. Australia won the series for the first time in ten years.


Standings


Fixtures

All times are local


Australia vs South Africa, Sydney

Touch judges:
Keith Brown (
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Vinny Munro (
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Television match official:
Matt Goddard ( Australia) ----


New Zealand vs South Africa, Wellington

Touch judges:
Stuart Dickinson ( Australia)
James Leckie ( Australia)
Television match official:
Garratt Williamson (
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) * Dan Carter reclaimed the career lead in Test points from
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of England with his first penalty, ending the evening with 1,204 career points. ----


New Zealand vs Australia, Auckland

Touch judges:
Marius Jonker (
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Television match official:
Glen Jackson (
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South Africa vs Australia, Durban

Touch judges:
George Clancy (
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Carlo Damasco (
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Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
) * South Africa's starting XV had a total of 810
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going into the match, an all-time record for the sport.


South Africa vs New Zealand, Port Elizabeth

Touch judges:
Andrew Small (
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Carlo Damasco (
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Television match official:
Johann Meuwesen (
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
) * This was the first time that a Tri Nations test was played in Port Elizabeth. Source: Fox Sports AllBlacks.com ----


Australia vs New Zealand, Brisbane

Touch judges:
Craig Joubert Craig Paul Joubert (born 8 November 1977) is a South African professional rugby union referee and a Referee Talent Development Coach at World Rugby. Joubert officiated in domestic first class matches in South Africa since 2003, in matches in the ...
(
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)
Cobus Wessels (
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)
Television match official:
Matt Goddard ( Australia)


Player statistics


Leading try scorers


Leading point scorers


See also

* History of rugby union matches between Australia and South Africa *
History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand The first clash in Rugby Union between Australia and New Zealand took place in a test match on 15 August 1903 in Sydney, New South Wales. On that occasion, New Zealand won 22–3. Since 1931, the overall winner of the annual test matches (betwe ...
* History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and South Africa


References


External links


All Blacks Tri Nations website

Springboks Tri Nations website




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