2018 Rugby Championship
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The 2018 Rugby Championship was the seventh edition of the expanded annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship, featuring Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The competition is operated by SANZAAR, a joint venture of the four countries' national unions.
Date | 18 August 2018 – 6 October 2018 |
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Countries | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Bledisloe Cup | ![]() |
Freedom Cup | ![]() |
Mandela Challenge Plate | ![]() |
Puma Trophy | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Tries scored | 88 (7.33 per match) |
Attendance | 433,657 (36,138 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Most tries | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The tournament continued to use the same sequence of games across the schedule, starting on 18 August with Australia hosting reigning champions New Zealand and South Africa hosting Argentina, and ending after eight weeks (six rounds and two bye weeks) on 6 October when New Zealand visited South Africa and Australia played in Argentina.
New Zealand won the Championship for the sixth time after a 35-17 win over Argentina in Buenos Aires on 29 September.[1][2]