2001 Tri Nations Series

Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Bledisloe Cup	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Tries scored	13 (2.17 per match)
Attendance	314,356 (52,393 per match)
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The 2001 Tri Nations Series was contested from 21 July to 1 September between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Wallabies won another thrilling game at Stadium Australia in Sydney with number eight Toutai Kefu scoring a try at the death in captain John Eales' final test match, to successfully defend the Tri Nations trophy.

Australia made it four wins in a row in the Bledisloe Cup, having taken it from New Zealand in 1998.

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try bonus	Losing bonus	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Australia	4	2	1	1	81	75	+6	0	1	11
2	New Zealand	4	2	0	2	79	70	+9	0	1	9
3	South Africa	4	1	1	2	52	67	−15	0	0	6

Results

21 July 2001 15:00 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	3–12	New Zealand
Pen: Percy Montgomery		Pen: Tony Brown (4)

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 49,720[1] Referee: Scott Young (Australia)

28 July 2001 15:00 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	20–15	Australia
Try: Skinstad Pen: Van Straaten (5)		Pen: Burke (4) Edmonds

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Attendance: 50,000[2] Referee: David McHugh (Ireland))

11 August 2001 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	15–23	Australia
Try: Lomu Jeff Wilson Con: Mehrtens Pen: Brown		Try: Matt Burke Penalty try Con: Burke (2) Pen: Burke (3)

Carisbrook, Dunedin Attendance: 36,000[3] Referee: Steve Lander (England)

18 August 2001 18:00 AWST (UTC+08)

Australia	14–14	South Africa
Try: Grey Pen: Burke (3)		Try: Andrews Pen: Van Straaten (3)

Subiaco Oval, Perth Attendance: 42,658[4] Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

25 August 2001 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	26–15	South Africa
Try: Alatini Penalty try Con: Mehrtens (2) Pen: Mehrtens (4)		Pen: Van Straaten (5)

Eden Park, New Zealand Attendance: 45,000[5] Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

1 September 2001 20:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	29–26	New Zealand
Try: Kefu Latham Con: Burke Flatley Pen: Burke (4) Walker		Try: Alatini Howlett Con: Mehrtens (2) Pen: Mehrtens (4)

Stadium Australia, Australia Attendance: 90,978[6] Referee: Tappe Henning (South Africa)