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The 2024 Rugby Championship kicked off this Saturday with the two matches of the first date in which there were two victories of the teams that were visiting, but One leads the standings with five points because it won with a bonus and it is South Africa. The Pumas surprised New Zealand and are runners-up with four points.
In the first turn, The Springboks, the current world champions, beat Australia 33-7 in Brisbane and took the first step in their quest to once again win the championship that brings together the powers of the Southern Hemisphere.
Then, Argentina struck a blow against the All Blacks 38 to 30 at Wellington’s Sky Stadium with a formidable performance in just the fourth game of Felipe Contepomi as head coach. It was the third joy for the Albiceleste against the greatest and last champion of the tournament in history and, curiously, they achieved it in the last five years after 44 years without knowing what it was like to beat the best team of all time. Only South Africa and Ireland also beat them that many times in that period. In addition, he scored the highest number of goals (38) after the 25 he scored in the victories in Parramatta (Australia) and Christchurch and scored four tries for the first time.
*All times correspond to Argentina.
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The tournament will continue next Saturday with the second day, in which the same teams will once again face each other and in the same countries. That is, the Pumas will visit the All Blacks while the Wallabies will host South Africa.
The Rugby Championship has been called this since 2012, when the Pumas started participating. Since then there have been 11 tournaments – in 2020 it was called Tri Nations due to the absence of South Africa – and the All Blacks have won ten. Australia and South Africa each have one star, which they achieved in 2015 and 2019, respectively, when the tournament had only one round (three matches) due to the development of the World Cups.
The Springboks also opened the Rugby Championship with a win over Australia@Springboks
Until 2011, the competition was called the Tri Nations because it was played by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. This also happened exceptionally in 2020, due to the absence of the Springboks and the presence of Argentina (the South Africans withdrew due to the coronavirus pandemic). The black team also won the most victories in this competition with 10 Olympic laps, ahead of Australia and South Africa, who each won three times.
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