Rugby union competition between Australia and New Zealand
Bledisloe Cup
Sport
Rugby union
Awarded for
Winner between Australia–New Zealand series[a]
Local name
Kapu Bledisloe (Māori)
Country
Australia
New Zealand
History
Editions
63
First winner
New Zealand (1932)
Most wins
New Zealand (51)
Most recent
New Zealand (2023)
The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been contested since the 1930s. The frequency that the competition is held has varied, as has the number of matches played in each tournament, but it currently consists of an annual three-match series, reduced to a two-match series in World Cup years, with two of the matches counting towards The Rugby Championship. New Zealand have had the most success, winning the trophy in 2023 for the 51st time and 21st in succession (excluding the disputed inaugural competition in 1931), while Australia have won the trophy 12 times.
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The BledisloeCup is an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been...
before World War II. He played on the side that was the first to win the BledisloeCup. The first Test to following World War Two was played at Carisbrook...
the second BledisloeCup Test of 1995. 2nd BledisloeCup Test: Australia 23 – New Zealand 34 (Sydney – 29 July 1995) The second BledisloeCup Test marked...
Eden Park to retain the BledisloeCup, and finished their season with a 92 - 7 pummelling against Tonga. The 2019 Rugby World Cup saw New Zealand face off...
Argentina. He would later make his Test debut for Australia during the 1980 BledisloeCup Test series, in which the Wallabies defeated the All Blacks two games...
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, as Governor of New Zealand, donated a sporting trophy called the BledisloeCup for competition between Australia...
Tri-Nations titles, completed three successful Grand Slam tours and won the BledisloeCup eight times. He made his debut in 2001 for the Crusaders, and was selected...
awarded for the lowest round in the championship. The BledisloeCup was presented by Lord Bledisloe, the fourth Governor-General, in 1934 and is awarded...
Irlanda y Francia (9, 16 y 23 de noviembre). "All Blacks retain the BledisloeCup and defend Rugby Championship". Radio New Zealand. 30 July 2023. Archived...
Zealand also go toward determining the winner of the BledisloeCup each year. Similarly, the Freedom Cup is contested between New Zealand and South Africa...
debut for the All Blacks off the bench against Australia in the 1st BledisloeCup test on 11 October 2020. "Blues promote from within for 2019" (Press...
Freedom Cup is contested between New Zealand and South Africa, first as part of the Tri Nations and now in The Rugby Championship. The BledisloeCup reflects...
Millennium Stadium and London's Twickenham Stadium. On 29 July 2006, the BledisloeCup clash between the Wallabies and the All Blacks returned to Brisbane...
(England–Scotland), the Calcutta Cup is the oldest trophy contested between any two international rugby union teams, pre-dating the BledisloeCup (Australia–New Zealand)...
State of Origin games in 2025 and 2028. The Australian game in the 2019 BledisloeCup series, which doubled as a Rugby Championship match, was played at the...
60–0 defeat for the Irish. On 25 August, the All Blacks retained the BledisloeCup for a tenth consecutive year after their second match against Australia...
also a member of the Waikato 2020 Mitre 10 Cup squad. Finau made his senior test debut in a BledisloeCup test match on 5 August 2023 versus Australia...
Rugby World Cup / Webb Ellis Cup Winner: 1991 BledisloeCup Winner: 1992, 1994 Trophée des Bicentenaires Winner: 1990, 1993, 1997 Cook Cup Winner: 1997...
Troy Flavell and Doug Howlett starred. He also played in the first BledisloeCup match in 2000, dubbed "the game of the century", scoring an early try...
winner with Canterbury 2010: ITM Cup winner with Canterbury 2011: BledisloeCup winner with New Zealand 2011: Rugby World Cup winner with New Zealand 2012:...
weeks after red card in BledisloeCup clash". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 24 December 2019. "All Blacks squad named for Rugby World Cup 2019". allblacks.com...
ever time in either format. However, the Wallabies failed to win the BledisloeCup, losing to New Zealand 41–13 in Auckland a week later. Despite having...