2015 Rugby Championship
Final positions
Date	17 July 2015 – 8 August 2015
Countries	Argentina Australia New Zealand South Africa
Champions	Australia (4th title)
Bledisloe Cup	New Zealand
Freedom Cup	New Zealand
Mandela Challenge Plate	Australia
Puma Trophy	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Tries scored	33 (5.5 per match)
Attendance	243,416 (40,569 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Handré Pollard (30)
Most tries	Adam Ashley-Cooper (3) Juan Imhoff (3)
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The 2015 Rugby Championship was the fourth edition of the expanded annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship consisting of Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.

The 2015 Championship was a shorter competition than normal, with each team playing each other once, rather than twice (home and away). This was so that teams had a longer preparation time ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup which started on 18 September. However, New Zealand hosted an additional match against Australia in Auckland on 15 August which acted as the second Bledisloe Cup test and as a World Cup warm-up.^[1] Argentina hosted a second match against South Africa on the same date.

The tournament was known for sponsorship reasons as The Castle Rugby Championship in South Africa, The Investec Rugby Championship in New Zealand, The Castrol Edge Rugby Championship in Australia and The Personal Rugby Championship in Argentina.

Australia won the Championship, becoming just the second team to win the tournament since 2012.^[2] However, including the previous format of the Championship, Australia claimed the title for the first time since 2011, and achieved a 100% win rate for the first time ever in either format.^[3]^[4]

South Africa finished bottom of the table. This was also the first ever year that South Africa failed to record a single win in either the Rugby Championship or Tri Nations Series.^[5]

Standings

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Table points
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	85	48	+37	1	0	13
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	85	65	+20	1	0	9
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	64	98	–34	1	0	5
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	65	88	–23	0	2	2

Fixtures

Week 1

17 July 2015
19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	39–18	Argentina
Try: McCaw 20' m Nonu 40' c Piutau 42' c Read 48' c Taylor 71 c Con: Carter (4/5) 40', 44', 49', 73' Pen: Carter (2/4) 5', 16'	Report^[6]	Try: Creevy (2) 55' m, 61' c Con: Sánchez (1/2) 61' Pen: Sánchez (2/3) 12', 33'

Rugby League Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 17,512
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)


FB	15	Israel Dagg
RW	14	Waisake Naholo	51'
OC	13	Ma'a Nonu	73'
IC	12	Sonny Bill Williams
LW	11	Charles Piutau
FH	10	Dan Carter
SH	9	TJ Perenara	70'
N8	8	Kieran Read
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)
BF	6	Jerome Kaino	70'
RL	5	Brodie Retallick
LL	4	Luke Romano	59'
TP	3	Owen Franks	54'
HK	2	Keven Mealamu	59'
LP	1	Tony Woodcock	59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Codie Taylor	59'
PR	17	Wyatt Crockett	59'
PR	18	Nepo Laulala	54'
LK	19	Jeremy Thrush	59'
FL	20	Liam Messam	70'
SH	21	Andrew Ellis	70'
FH	22	Colin Slade	51'
CE	23	Ryan Crotty	73'
Coach:
Steve Hansen


FB	15	Joaquín Tuculet	55'
RW	14	Horacio Agulla
OC	13	Marcelo Bosch
IC	12	Jerónimo de la Fuente	68'
LW	11	Santiago Cordero
FH	10	Nicolás Sánchez
SH	9	Tomás Cubelli	55'
N8	8	Facundo Isa
OF	7	Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF	6	Juan Manuel Leguizamón	49'
RL	5	Guido Petti	62'
LL	4	Manuel Carizza
TP	3	Ramiro Herrera	54'
HK	2	Agustín Creevy (c)	62'
LP	1	Marcos Ayerza	62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Julián Montoya	62'
PR	17	Lucas Noguera Paz	62'
PR	18	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro	54'
N8	19	Benjamín Macome	62'
FL	20	Javier Ortega Desio	49'
SH	21	Martín Landajo	55'
FH	22	Santiago González Iglesias	68'
FB	23	Lucas González Amorosino	55'
Coach:
Daniel Hourcade

Touch judges:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

Waisake Naholo and Codie Taylor made their international debuts for New Zealand.

18 July 2015
20:05 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	24–20	South Africa
Try: Ashley-Cooper 32' c Hooper 73' c Kuridrani 80' c Con: Cooper (2/2) 33', 74' Giteau (1/1) 80' Pen: Cooper (1/3) 54'	Report^[7]	Try: Etzebeth 37' c Kriel 44' c Con: Pollard (2/2) 39', 45' Pen: Pollard (2/3) 15', 25'

Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 37,633
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


FB	15	Israel Folau
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC	13	Tevita Kuridrani
IC	12	Matt Giteau		67' to 74'
LW	11	Rob Horne	57'
FH	10	Quade Cooper	65'	67'	74'
SH	9	Will Genia	40'
N8	8	Scott Higginbotham	45'
OF	7	Michael Hooper
BF	6	Scott Fardy
RL	5	Rob Simmons
LL	4	Will Skelton	50'
TP	3	Sekope Kepu	45'
HK	2	Stephen Moore (c)
LP	1	James Slipper	65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tatafu Polota-Nau
PR	17	Scott Sio	65'
PR	18	Greg Holmes	45'
LK	19	James Horwill	50'
FL	20	David Pocock	45'
SH	21	Nick Phipps	40'
CE	22	Matt To'omua	65'
WG	23	Drew Mitchell	57'
Coach:
Michael Cheika


FB	15	Willie le Roux
RW	14	JP Pietersen
OC	13	Jesse Kriel	67'
IC	12	Damian de Allende
LW	11	Bryan Habana
FH	10	Handré Pollard	67'
SH	9	Ruan Pienaar	67'
N8	8	Schalk Burger
OF	7	Marcell Coetzee			69'
BF	6	Francois Louw	28' to 40'
RL	5	Victor Matfield (c)	17'
LL	4	Eben Etzebeth
TP	3	Jannie du Plessis	13'	17'	47'
HK	2	Bismarck du Plessis	49'
LP	1	Tendai Mtawarira	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Adriaan Strauss	49'
PR	17	Heinke van der Merwe	49'
PR	18	Frans Malherbe	13'	17'	47'
LK	19	Lood de Jager	17'
FL	20	Oupa Mohojé	28'	40'	69'
SH	21	Cobus Reinach	67'
FH	22	Pat Lambie	67'
WG	23	Lwazi Mvovo	67'
Coach:
Heyneke Meyer

Man of the Match:
Michael Hooper (Australia)

Touch judges:
Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

Jesse Kriel made his international debut for South Africa.
Matt Giteau, being named in the starting XV, became the first overseas based player to play for the Wallabies, by virtue of their new selection policy. Drew Mitchell also based overseas, played off the bench.
Australia won the Mandela Challenge Plate for the first time since 2012.
Australia earned their first ever opening fixture of the Rugby Championship.

Week 2

25 July 2015
17:05 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	20–27	New Zealand
Try: Le Roux 9' c Kriel 45' c Con: Pollard (2/2) 10', 46' Pen: Pollard (2/3) 20', 56'	Report^[8]	Try: B. Smith 39' c Coles 48' c McCaw 73' c Con: Sopoaga (3/3) 40', 49', 74' Pen: Sopoaga (2/4) 2', 80'

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)


FB	15	Willie le Roux			62'
RW	14	Cornal Hendricks
OC	13	Jesse Kriel	77'
IC	12	Damian de Allende
LW	11	Bryan Habana
FH	10	Handré Pollard	39' to 40'
SH	9	Ruan Pienaar	75'
N8	8	Schalk Burger (c)
OF	7	Francois Louw	41'
BF	6	Heinrich Brüssow
RL	5	Lood de Jager	59'
LL	4	Eben Etzebeth
TP	3	Jannie du Plessis	40'
HK	2	Bismarck du Plessis
LP	1	Tendai Mtawarira	69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Adriaan Strauss	69'
PR	17	Trevor Nyakane		61'
PR	18	Vincent Koch	40'	61'
LK	19	Flip van der Merwe	59'
N8	20	Warren Whiteley	41'
SH	21	Cobus Reinach	75'
FH	22	Pat Lambie	39'	40'	62'
CE	23	Lionel Mapoe	77'
Coach:
Heyneke Meyer


FB	15	Israel Dagg		51'
RW	14	Ben Smith
OC	13	Conrad Smith
IC	12	Ma'a Nonu		46'
LW	11	Charles Piutau
FH	10	Lima Sopoaga
SH	9	Aaron Smith		64'
N8	8	Kieran Read
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)
BF	6	Liam Messam		56'
RL	5	James Broadhurst		40'
LL	4	Brodie Retallick
TP	3	Owen Franks		56'
HK	2	Dane Coles		62'
LP	1	Tony Woodcock		49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Codie Taylor		62'
PR	17	Wyatt Crockett		49'
PR	18	Ben Franks		56'
LK	19	Sam Whitelock	59' to 69'	40'
N8	20	Victor Vito		56'
SH	21	TJ Perenara		64'
FH	22	Beauden Barrett		51'
CE	23	Malakai Fekitoa		46'
Coach:
Steve Hansen

Man of the Match:
Charles Piutau (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

Vincent Koch and Lionel Mapoe made their international debuts for South Africa.
James Broadhurst and Lima Sopoaga made their international debuts for New Zealand.
New Zealand retain the Freedom Cup.
With this loss, South Africa lose three consecutive matches for the first time since 2011.

25 July 2015
19:40 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	9–34	Australia
Pen: Sánchez (3/3) 29', 40', 57'	Report^[9]	Try: Tomane 16' m Mumm 58' m Kuridrani 77' c Ashley-Cooper 78' m Con: Foley (1/4) 77' Pen: Foley (4/5) 39', 42', 53', 69'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)


FB	15	Santiago Cordero
RW	14	Gonzalo Camacho	56'
OC	13	Matías Moroni
IC	12	Juan Pablo Socino
LW	11	Juan Imhoff
FH	10	Nicolás Sánchez	66'
SH	9	Martín Landajo	61'
N8	8	Facundo Isa	63'
OF	7	Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
BF	6	Javier Ortega Desio
RL	5	Tomás Lavanini	66'
LL	4	Manuel Carizza
TP	3	Ramiro Herrera	52'
HK	2	Agustín Creevy (c)	72'
LP	1	Marcos Ayerza	67'
Replacements:
HK	16	Santiago Iglesias Valdez	72'
PR	17	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro	52'
PR	18	Matías Díaz	67'
LK	19	Matías Alemanno	66'
N8	20	Leonardo Senatore	63'
SH	21	Tomás Cubelli	61'
FH	22	Santiago González Iglesias	66'
FB	23	Lucas González Amorosino	56'
Coach:
Daniel Hourcade


FB	15	Israel Folau
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC	13	Tevita Kuridrani
IC	12	Matt To'omua		9'
LW	11	Joe Tomane
FH	10	Bernard Foley
SH	9	Nick Phipps		75'
N8	8	Ben McCalman		48'
OF	7	David Pocock
BF	6	Scott Fardy		53'
RL	5	Rob Simmons
LL	4	Will Skelton
TP	3	Greg Holmes		55'
HK	2	Stephen Moore (c)		66'
LP	1	James Slipper		39'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tatafu Polota-Nau		66'
PR	17	Scott Sio		39'
PR	18	Sekope Kepu		55'
LK	19	Dean Mumm		53'
FL	20	Michael Hooper		48'
SH	21	Nic White		75'
FH	22	Quade Cooper	65' to 75'	9'	75'
CE	23	Kurtley Beale			75'
Coach:
Michael Cheika

Man of the Match:
David Pocock (Australia)

Touch judges:
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes:

Juan Pablo Socino made his international debut for Argentina.
Kurtley Beale earned his 50th test cap for Australia.
Australia win the Puma Trophy.
With this win, Australia went top of the Rugby Championship table for the first ever time.

Week 3

8 August 2015
20:05 AEST (UTC+10)

Australia	27–19	New Zealand
Try: Kepu 43' c Ashley-Cooper 60' c White 71' c Con: Giteau (2/2) 44', 61' White (1/1) 73' Pen: Giteau (1/2) 26' White (1/1) 68'	Report^[10]	Try: Milner-Skudder (2) 55' m, 64' m Pen: Carter (3/3) 8', 29', 50'

Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 73,824
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Israel Folau
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC	13	Tevita Kuridrani
IC	12	Matt Giteau		65'
LW	11	Drew Mitchell
FH	10	Bernard Foley		50'
SH	9	Nick Phipps	53' to 63'	65'
N8	8	David Pocock		61' to 68'
OF	7	Michael Hooper		15'	18'
BF	6	Scott Fardy				76'
RL	5	James Horwill		58'
LL	4	Dean Mumm
TP	3	Sekope Kepu	7' to 17'			54'
HK	2	Stephen Moore (c)		68'
LP	1	Scott Sio		58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tatafu Polota-Nau		68'
PR	17	James Slipper		58'
PR	18	Greg Holmes		15'	18'	54'
LK	19	Will Skelton		58'
N8	20	Ben McCalman		61'	68'	76'
SH	21	Nic White		65'
CE	22	Matt To'omua		50'
CE	23	Kurtley Beale		65'
Coach:
Michael Cheika


FB	15	Ben Smith		61'
RW	14	Nehe Milner-Skudder
OC	13	Conrad Smith
IC	12	Sonny Bill Williams		54'
LW	11	Julian Savea
FH	10	Dan Carter
SH	9	Aaron Smith	42' to 52'	77'
N8	8	Kieran Read
OF	7	Richie McCaw (c)
BF	6	Jerome Kaino		73'
RL	5	Luke Romano		54'
LL	4	Brodie Retallick
TP	3	Owen Franks		44'
HK	2	Dane Coles		68'
LP	1	Tony Woodcock		73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Codie Taylor		68'
PR	17	Ben Franks		73'
PR	18	Nepo Laulala		44'
LK	19	Sam Whitelock		54'
FL	20	Sam Cane		73'
SH	21	TJ Perenara		77'
FH	22	Beauden Barrett		61'
CE	23	Malakai Fekitoa		54'
Coach:
Steve Hansen

Man of the Match:
Michael Hooper (Australia)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes:

Nehe Milner-Skudder made his international debut for New Zealand.
Richie McCaw equalled Brian O'Driscoll's 141-cap record, as the most capped rugby player ever.
Australia beat New Zealand for the first time since their 25–20 win in 2011, while earning their first win at Stadium Australia since 2011.
New Zealand lose their first ever match in the Rugby Championship without claiming a losing bonus point; their last was during the 2011 Tri Nations Series.

8 August 2015
17:05 SAST (UTC+02)

South Africa	25–37	Argentina
Try: De Jager 35' c Le Roux 48' c Habana 78' m Con: Pollard (2/2) 36', 49' Pen: Pollard (2/2) 9', 28'	Report^[11]	Try: Bosch 1' c Imhoff (3) 22' c, 30' c, 41' c Con: Hernández (4/4) 2', 23', 32', 42' Pen: Hernández (1/3) 37' Bosch (1/1) 39' Drop: Bosch (1/1) 62'

Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 27,447
Referee: Romain Poite (France)


FB	15	Willie le Roux
RW	14	Jesse Kriel
OC	13	Jean de Villiers (c)
IC	12	Damian de Allende
LW	11	Bryan Habana
FH	10	Handré Pollard	65'
SH	9	Ruan Pienaar	59'
N8	8	Schalk Burger
OF	7	Marcell Coetzee	65'
BF	6	Heinrich Brüssow	62'
RL	5	Lood de Jager
LL	4	Eben Etzebeth	61'
TP	3	Vincent Koch	40'
HK	2	Bismarck du Plessis	56'
LP	1	Tendai Mtawarira	61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Adriaan Strauss	56'
PR	17	Trevor Nyakane	61'
PR	18	Marcel van der Merwe	40'
LK	19	Pieter-Steph du Toit	61'
FL	20	Siya Kolisi	62'
SH	21	Cobus Reinach	59'
FH	22	Pat Lambie	65'
WG	23	Lwazi Mvovo	65'
Coach:
Heyneke Meyer


FB	15	Joaquín Tuculet
RW	14	Horacio Agulla
OC	13	Marcelo Bosch
IC	12	Jerónimo de la Fuente		55'
LW	11	Juan Imhoff
FH	10	Juan Martín Hernández		62'
SH	9	Tomás Cubelli		66'
N8	8	Leonardo Senatore
OF	7	Juan Manuel Leguizamón		65'
BF	6	Pablo Matera	75' to 80'
RL	5	Tomás Lavanini
LL	4	Guido Petti		56'
TP	3	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro		70'
HK	2	Agustín Creevy (c)		67'
LP	1	Marcos Ayerza		52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Julián Montoya		67'
PR	17	Lucas Noguera Paz		52'
PR	18	Matías Díaz		70'
LK	19	Matías Alemanno		56'
FL	20	Tomás Lezana		65'
SH	21	Martín Landajo		66'
FH	22	Santiago González Iglesias		55'
FB	23	Lucas González Amorosino		62'
Coach:
Daniel Hourcade

Man of the Match:
Juan Imhoff (Argentina)

Touch judges:
JP Doyle (England)
Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

This was Argentina's first ever win over South Africa.
Argentina claim their first ever bonus point victory, and their first away victory, since joining the Rugby Championship in 2012.
With this loss, South Africa lost consecutive home Test matches for the first time since 2010–11; and lost four consecutive Test matches for the first time since 2010.
Juan Imhoff scored Argentina's first hat-trick of tries in the Rugby Championship; and the first hat-trick by any player in the tournament since Israel Folau scored three for Australia against Argentina in 2013.

Squads

Summary

Nation	Match venues			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Name	City	Capacity	Head coach	Captain
Argentina	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas	Mendoza	40,268	Daniel Hourcade	Agustín Creevy
Australia	Stadium Australia	Sydney	84,000	Michael Cheika	Stephen Moore
Australia	Lang Park	Brisbane	53,000	Michael Cheika	Stephen Moore
New Zealand	Rugby League Park	Christchurch	18,000	Steve Hansen	Richie McCaw
South Africa	Ellis Park Stadium	Johannesburg	62,567	Heyneke Meyer	Victor Matfield Schalk Burger Jean de Villiers
South Africa	Kings Park Stadium	Durban	52,000	Heyneke Meyer	Victor Matfield Schalk Burger Jean de Villiers

Note: Ages, caps and domestic side are of 17 July 2015 – the starting date of the tournament.

Argentina

Argentina's 36-man squad for the Championship, was announced on 26 June 2015.^[12]

On 29 March, Juan Pablo Orlandi was called up to the squad to replace the injured Ramiro Herrera.^[13]

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Agustín Creevy (c)	Hooker	(1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 30)	36	UAR
Santiago Iglesias Valdez	Hooker	(1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 22)	10	UAR
Julián Montoya	Hooker	(1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 21)	6	UAR
Marcos Ayerza	Prop	(1983-01-12)12 January 1983 (aged 32)	57	Leicester Tigers
Matías Díaz	Prop	(1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 22)	9	UAR
Juan Figallo	Prop	(1988-03-25)25 March 1988 (aged 27)	22	Saracens
Ramiro Herrera	Prop	(1989-02-14)14 February 1989 (aged 26)	11	UAR
Lucas Noguera Paz	Prop	(1993-05-10)10 May 1993 (aged 22)	13	UAR
Juan Pablo Orlandi	Prop	(1983-06-20)20 June 1983 (aged 32)	15	Unattached
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro	Prop	(1989-11-06)6 November 1989 (aged 25)	16	UAR
Matías Alemanno	Lock	(1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 23)	11	UAR
Manuel Carizza	Lock	(1984-08-23)23 August 1984 (aged 30)	44	Racing 92
Tomás Lavanini	Lock	(1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 22)	18	Unattached
Guido Petti	Lock	(1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 20)	4	UAR
Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe	Flanker	(1981-11-19)19 November 1981 (aged 33)	61	Toulon
Juan Manuel Leguizamón	Flanker	(1983-06-06)6 June 1983 (aged 32)	59	Unattached
Tomás Lezana	Flanker	(1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 21)	3	UAR
Pablo Matera	Flanker	(1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 21)	14	UAR
Javier Ortega Desio	Flanker	(1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 25)	14	UAR
Facundo Isa	Number 8	(1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (aged 21)	5	UAR
Benjamín Macome	Number 8	(1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 29)	21	Bayonne
Leonardo Senatore	Number 8	(1984-05-13)13 May 1984 (aged 31)	29	Unattached
Tomás Cubelli	Scrum-half	(1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 26)	34	UAR
Felipe Ezcurra	Scrum-half	(1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 22)	2	Hindú
Martín Landajo	Scrum-half	(1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 27)	42	UAR
Santiago González Iglesias	Fly-half	(1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 27)	14	UAR
Nicolás Sánchez	Fly-half	(1988-10-26)26 October 1988 (aged 26)	30	UAR
Juan Pablo Socino	Fly-half	(1988-05-30)30 May 1988 (aged 27)	0	Newcastle Falcons
Marcelo Bosch	Centre	(1984-01-07)7 January 1984 (aged 31)	33	Saracens
Jerónimo de la Fuente	Centre	(1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 24)	11	UAR
Juan Martín Hernández	Centre	(1982-08-07)7 August 1982 (aged 32)	52	Unattached
Matías Moroni	Centre	(1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 24)	2	UAR
Horacio Agulla	Wing	(1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 30)	58	Bath
Gonzalo Camacho	Wing	(1984-08-28)28 August 1984 (aged 30)	23	Leicester Tigers
Santiago Cordero	Wing	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 21)	9	UAR
Juan Imhoff	Wing	(1988-05-11)11 May 1988 (aged 27)	26	Racing 92
Lucas González Amorosino	Fullback	(1985-11-02)2 November 1985 (aged 29)	40	Unattached
Joaquín Tuculet	Fullback	(1989-08-08)8 August 1989 (aged 25)	20	UAR

Australia

On 2 July 2015, Michael Cheika named an extended 40-man squad for the 2015 Rugby Championship.^[14] The squad included newly eligible players Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchel, both based at Toulon, France, and uncapped Fijian duo Samu Kerevi and Taqele Naiyaravoro who are eligible through residency.

On 5 July, Henry Speight withdrew from the squad due to compassionate leave, and he was replaced with Nick Cummins.^[15]

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
James Hanson	Hooker	(1988-09-15)15 September 1988 (aged 26)	9	Reds
Stephen Moore (c)	Hooker	(1983-01-20)20 January 1983 (aged 32)	92	Brumbies
Tatafu Polota-Nau	Hooker	(1985-07-26)26 July 1985 (aged 29)	50	Waratahs
Tetera Faulkner	Prop	(1988-07-26)26 July 1988 (aged 26)	2	Force
Greg Holmes	Prop	(1983-06-11)11 June 1983 (aged 32)	13	Reds
Sekope Kepu	Prop	(1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 29)	52	Waratahs
Scott Sio	Prop	(1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 23)	5	Brumbies
James Slipper	Prop	(1989-06-06)6 June 1989 (aged 26)	63	Reds
Toby Smith	Prop	(1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (aged 26)	0	Rebels
Rory Arnold	Lock	(1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 25)	0	Brumbies
Dave Dennis	Lock	(1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 29)	18	Waratahs
James Horwill	Lock	(1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 30)	58	Reds
Dean Mumm	Lock	(1984-03-05)5 March 1984 (aged 31)	33	Waratahs
Rob Simmons	Lock	(1989-04-19)19 April 1989 (aged 26)	50	Reds
Will Skelton	Lock	(1992-05-03)3 May 1992 (aged 23)	8	Waratahs
Scott Fardy	Flanker	(1984-07-05)5 July 1984 (aged 31)	20	Brumbies
Michael Hooper	Flanker	(1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 23)	42	Waratahs
Sean McMahon	Flanker	(1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 21)	3	Rebels
David Pocock	Flanker	(1988-04-23)23 April 1988 (aged 27)	46	Brumbies
Scott Higginbotham	Number 8	(1986-09-05)5 September 1986 (aged 28)	31	Rebels
Ben McCalman	Number 8	(1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 27)	38	Force
Wycliff Palu	Number 8	(1982-07-27)27 July 1982 (aged 32)	54	Waratahs
Will Genia	Scrum-half	(1988-01-17)17 January 1988 (aged 27)	58	Reds
Nick Phipps	Scrum-half	(1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 26)	28	Waratahs
Nic White	Scrum-half	(1990-06-13)13 June 1990 (aged 25)	19	Brumbies
Quade Cooper	Fly-half	(1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 27)	53	Reds
Bernard Foley	Fly-half	(1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 25)	18	Waratahs
Kurtley Beale	Centre	(1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 26)	49	Waratahs
Matt Giteau	Centre	(1982-09-29)29 September 1982 (aged 32)	92	Toulon
Samu Kerevi	Centre	(1993-09-27)27 September 1993 (aged 21)	0	Reds
Tevita Kuridrani	Centre	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 24)	20	Brumbies
Christian Lealiifano	Centre	(1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 27)	16	Brumbies
Matt To'omua	Centre	(1990-01-02)2 January 1990 (aged 25)	21	Brumbies
Adam Ashley-Cooper	Wing	(1984-03-27)27 March 1984 (aged 31)	104	Waratahs
Nick Cummins	Wing	(1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 27)	15	Force
Rob Horne	Wing	(1989-08-15)15 August 1989 (aged 25)	25	Waratahs
Drew Mitchell	Wing	(1984-03-26)26 March 1984 (aged 31)	63	Toulon
Taqele Naiyaravoro	Wing	(1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 23)	0	Waratahs
Henry Speight	Wing	(1988-03-25)25 March 1988 (aged 27)	2	Brumbies
Joe Tomane	Wing	(1990-02-11)11 February 1990 (aged 25)	14	Brumbies
Israel Folau	Fullback	(1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 26)	29	Waratahs

New Zealand

On 21 June 2015, New Zealand named a 41-man squad for the July 8 clash with Samoa, won by the All Blacks 25–16, the 2015 Rugby Championship and the Bledisloe Cup test on 15 August.^[16]

Nepo Laulala and Andrew Ellis are included in the squad as injury cover for Charlie Faumuina and Tawera Kerr-Barlow.

On 2 August, Patrick Osborne was added to the squad ahead the back to back clashes against Australia.^[17]

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Dane Coles	Hooker	(1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 28)	27	Hurricanes / Wellington
Hika Elliot	Hooker	(1986-01-22)22 January 1986 (aged 29)	4	Chiefs / Poverty Bay
Keven Mealamu	Hooker	(1979-03-20)20 March 1979 (aged 36)	124	Blues / Auckland
Codie Taylor	Hooker	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 24)	0	Crusaders / Canterbury
Wyatt Crockett	Prop	(1983-01-24)24 January 1983 (aged 32)	37	Crusaders / Canterbury
Charlie Faumuina	Prop	(1986-12-24)24 December 1986 (aged 28)	27	Blues / Auckland
Ben Franks	Prop	(1984-03-27)27 March 1984 (aged 31)	41	Hurricanes / Hawke's Bay
Owen Franks	Prop	(1987-12-23)23 December 1987 (aged 27)	68	Crusaders / Canterbury
Nepo Laulala	Prop	(1991-11-06)6 November 1991 (aged 23)	1	Crusaders / Canterbury
Joe Moody	Prop	(1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 26)	8	Crusaders / Canterbury
Tony Woodcock	Prop	(1981-01-27)27 January 1981 (aged 34)	111	Blues / North Harbour
James Broadhurst	Lock	(1987-12-01)1 December 1987 (aged 27)	0	Hurricanes / Taranaki
Brodie Retallick	Lock	(1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 24)	37	Chiefs / Bay of Plenty
Luke Romano	Lock	(1986-02-16)16 February 1986 (aged 29)	18	Crusaders / Canterbury
Jeremy Thrush	Lock	(1985-04-19)19 April 1985 (aged 30)	11	Hurricanes / Wellington
Sam Whitelock	Lock	(1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 26)	63	Crusaders / Canterbury
Sam Cane	Flanker	(1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 23)	22	Chiefs / Bay of Plenty
Jerome Kaino	Flanker	(1983-04-06)6 April 1983 (aged 32)	57	Blues / Auckland
Richie McCaw (c)	Flanker	(1980-12-31)31 December 1980 (aged 34)	138	Crusaders / Canterbury
Liam Messam	Flanker	(1984-03-25)25 March 1984 (aged 31)	40	Chiefs / Waikato
Matt Todd	Flanker	(1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 27)	3	Crusaders / Canterbury
Kieran Read	Number 8	(1985-10-26)26 October 1985 (aged 29)	73	Crusaders / Canterbury
Victor Vito	Number 8	(1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 28)	26	Hurricanes / Wellington
Andrew Ellis	Half-back	(1984-02-21)21 February 1984 (aged 31)	27	Crusaders / Canterbury
Tawera Kerr-Barlow	Half-back	(1990-08-15)15 August 1990 (aged 24)	15	Chiefs / Waikato
TJ Perenara	Half-back	(1992-01-23)23 January 1992 (aged 23)	11	Hurricanes / Wellington
Aaron Smith	Half-back	(1988-11-21)21 November 1988 (aged 26)	38	Highlanders / Manawatu
Beauden Barrett	First five-eighth	(1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 24)	28	Hurricanes / Taranaki
Dan Carter	First five-eighth	(1982-03-05)5 March 1982 (aged 33)	103	Crusaders / Canterbury
Colin Slade	First five-eighth	(1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 27)	18	Crusaders / Canterbury
Lima Sopoaga	First five-eighth	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (aged 24)	0	Highlanders / Southland
Ryan Crotty	Centre	(1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 26)	14	Crusaders / Canterbury
Malakai Fekitoa	Centre	(1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 23)	8	Highlanders / Auckland
Ma'a Nonu	Centre	(1982-05-21)21 May 1982 (aged 33)	94	Hurricanes / Wellington
Conrad Smith	Centre	(1981-10-12)12 October 1981 (aged 33)	85	Hurricanes / Wellington
Sonny Bill Williams	Centre	(1985-08-03)3 August 1985 (aged 29)	24	Chiefs / Counties Manukau
Cory Jane	Wing	(1983-02-08)8 February 1983 (aged 32)	53	Hurricanes / Wellington
Waisake Naholo	Wing	(1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 24)	0	Highlanders / Taranaki
Patrick Osborne	Wing	(1987-06-14)14 June 1987 (aged 28)	0	Highlanders / Canterbury
Charles Piutau	Wing	(1991-10-31)31 October 1991 (aged 23)	15	Blues / Auckland
Julian Savea	Wing	(1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 24)	33	Hurricanes / Wellington
Israel Dagg	Fullback	(1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 27)	47	Crusaders / Hawke's Bay
Nehe Milner-Skudder	Fullback	(1990-12-15)15 December 1990 (aged 24)	0	Hurricanes / Manawatu
Ben Smith	Fullback	(1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 29)	38	Highlanders / Otago

South Africa

On 12 July 2015, coach Heyneke Meyer named the following 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby Championship:^[18]

On 20 July, Flip van der Merwe was added to the squad as injury cover for the second row.^[19] Heinrich Brüssow and Cornal Hendricks were also included in the squad to face New Zealand in their second Rugby Championship match.^[20]

On 5 August, Jean de Villiers, Siya Kolisi, Marcel van der Merwe and Pieter-Steph du Toit were added to the squad ahead of the final match against Argentina.^[21]

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Schalk Brits	Hooker	(1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 34)	7	Saracens
Bismarck du Plessis ‡	Hooker	(1984-05-22)22 May 1984 (aged 31)	70	Sharks
Adriaan Strauss ‡	Hooker	(1985-11-18)18 November 1985 (aged 29)	44	Bulls
Jannie du Plessis ‡	Prop	(1982-11-16)16 November 1982 (aged 32)	62	Sharks
Vincent Koch	Prop	(1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 25)	0	Stormers
Frans Malherbe	Prop	(1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 24)	4	Stormers
Tendai Mtawarira ‡	Prop	(1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 29)	64	Sharks
Trevor Nyakane	Prop	(1989-05-04)4 May 1989 (aged 26)	13	Bulls
Heinke van der Merwe	Prop	(1985-05-03)3 May 1985 (aged 30)	4	Stade Français
Marcel van der Merwe	Prop	(1990-10-24)24 October 1990 (aged 24)	5	Bulls
Lood de Jager	Lock	(1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 22)	9	Cheetahs
Pieter-Steph du Toit	Lock	(1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 (age 31)	2	Sharks
Eben Etzebeth ‡	Lock	(1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 23)	33	Stormers
Victor Matfield (c) ‡	Lock	(1977-05-11)11 May 1977 (aged 38)	121	Bulls
Flip van der Merwe	Lock	(1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 30)	35	Bulls
Heinrich Brüssow	Flanker	(1986-07-21)21 July 1986 (aged 28)	20	Cheetahs
Schalk Burger	Flanker	(1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 32)	75	Stormers
Siya Kolisi ‡	Flanker	(1991-06-16)16 June 1991 (aged 24)	10	Stormers
Marcell Coetzee ‡	Flanker	(1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 24)	26	Sharks
Francois Louw	Flanker	(1985-06-15)15 June 1985 (aged 30)	34	Bath
Oupa Mohojé	Flanker	(1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 24)	7	Cheetahs
Warren Whiteley	Number 8	(1987-09-18)18 September 1987 (aged 27)	2	Lions
Rudy Paige	Scrum-half	(1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 25)	0	Bulls
Ruan Pienaar	Scrum-half	(1984-03-10)10 March 1984 (aged 31)	80	Ulster
Cobus Reinach	Scrum-half	(1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 25)	6	Sharks
Handré Pollard	Fly-half	(1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 21)	9	Bulls
Pat Lambie ‡	Fly-half	(1990-10-17)17 October 1990 (aged 24)	40	Sharks
Morné Steyn	Fly-half	(1984-07-11)11 July 1984 (aged 31)	59	Stade Français
Damian de Allende ‡	Centre	(1991-11-25)25 November 1991 (aged 23)	3	Stormers
Jean de Villiers ‡	Centre	(1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 34)	106	Stormers
Lionel Mapoe	Centre	(1988-07-13)13 July 1988 (aged 27)	0	Lions
JP Pietersen	Centre	(1986-07-12)12 July 1986 (aged 29)	59	Sharks
Jan Serfontein ‡	Centre	(1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 22)	20	Bulls
Bryan Habana	Wing	(1983-06-12)12 June 1983 (aged 32)	106	Toulon
Cornal Hendricks ‡	Wing	(1988-04-18)18 April 1988 (aged 27)	11	Cheetahs
Lwazi Mvovo	Wing	(1986-06-03)3 June 1986 (aged 29)	10	Sharks
Jesse Kriel	Fullback	(1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 21)	0	Bulls
Willie le Roux ‡	Fullback	(1989-08-18)18 August 1989 (aged 25)	25	Cheetahs

‡ denotes players who are centrally contracted to the South African Rugby Union.

Statistics

Points scorers[edit]

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Handré Pollard	South Africa	30
2	Dan Carter	New Zealand	23
3	Nicolás Sánchez	Argentina	17
4	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	15
4	Juan Imhoff	Argentina	15
6	Bernard Foley	Australia	14
7	Lima Sopoaga	New Zealand	12
8	Marcelo Bosch	Argentina	11
8	Juan Martín Hernández	Argentina	11
10	Agustín Creevy	Argentina	10
	Jesse Kriel	South Africa
	Tevita Kuridrani	Australia
	Willie le Roux	South Africa
	Richie McCaw	New Zealand
	Nehe Milner-Skudder	New Zealand
	Nic White	Australia
17	Matt Giteau	Australia	9
18	Quade Cooper	Australia	7
19	Dane Coles	New Zealand	5
	Lood de Jager	South Africa
	Eben Etzebeth	South Africa
	Bryan Habana	South Africa
	Michael Hooper	Australia
	Sekope Kepu	Australia
	Dean Mumm	Australia
	Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand
	Charles Piutau	New Zealand
	Kieran Read	New Zealand
	Ben Smith	New Zealand
	Codie Taylor	New Zealand
	Joe Tomane	Australia

Try scorers[edit]

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	3
1	Juan Imhoff	Argentina	3
3	Agustín Creevy	Argentina	2
	Willie le Roux	South Africa
	Jesse Kriel	South Africa
	Tevita Kuridrani	Australia
	Richie McCaw	New Zealand
	Nehe Milner-Skudder	New Zealand
9	Marcelo Bosch	Argentina	1
	Dane Coles	New Zealand
	Lood de Jager	South Africa
	Eben Etzebeth	South Africa
	Bryan Habana	South Africa
	Michael Hooper	Australia
	Sekope Kepu	Australia
	Dean Mumm	Australia
	Ma'a Nonu	New Zealand
	Charles Piutau	New Zealand
	Kieran Read	New Zealand
	Ben Smith	New Zealand
	Codie Taylor	New Zealand
	Joe Tomane	Australia
	Nic White	Australia

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