# 1998 Tri Nations Series

The 1998 Tri Nations Series was contested from 11 July to 22 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Springboks won the tournament.
Australia won the Bledisloe Cup, which New Zealand had won for the 3 previous years. The two Tri-Nations tests gave it a winning 2–0 lead. (It went on to make it 3–0 in the third test which came after the Tri-Nations.)

## Table

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Table points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Table points |
| 1 | South Africa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 54 | +26 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 82 | –3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 88 | –23 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Results
### Game 1: Australia v New Zealand

* 11 July 1998 20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Australia | 24–16 | New Zealand |
| Try: Burke 29' c, 33' m Con: Burke (1/2) 29' Pen: Burke (4/6) 25' | Report | Try: Kronfeld 22' m I. Jones m Pen: Mehrtens 20' Spencer (1) |
* Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 75,127 Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)
| FB | 15 | Matt Burke |
| RW | 14 | Ben Tune |
| OC | 13 | Daniel Herbert |
| IC | 12 | Tim Horan |
| LW | 11 | Joe Roff |
| FH | 10 | Stephen Larkham |
| SH | 9 | George Gregan |
| N8 | 8 | Toutai Kefu | 45' |
| OF | 7 | David Wilson |
| BF | 6 | Matt Cockbain |
| RL | 5 | John Eales (c) |
| LL | 4 | Tom Bowman |
| TP | 3 | Andrew Blades |
| HK | 2 | Phil Kearns |
| LP | 1 | Richard Harry | 15' |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Dan Crowley | 15' |
| FL | 17 | Viliami Ofahengaue | 45' | 76' |
| HK | 18 | Jeremy Paul |
| FL | 19 | Owen Finegan | | 76' |
| SH | 20 | Chris Whitaker |
| CE | 21 | Nathan Grey |
| CE | 22 | Jason Little |
| Coach: ||
| Rod Macqueen ||
| FB | 15 | Christian Cullen |
| RW | 14 | Jeff Wilson |
| OC | 13 | Scott McLeod | | 72' |
| IC | 12 | Walter Little |
| LW | 11 | Joeli Vidiri | 62' |
| FH | 10 | Andrew Mehrtens | 45' | 72' |
| SH | 9 | Justin Marshall |
| N8 | 8 | Taine Randell (c) |
| OF | 7 | Josh Kronfeld |
| BF | 6 | Michael Jones | 62' |
| RL | 5 | Robin Brooke |
| LL | 4 | Ian Jones |
| TP | 3 | Olo Brown |
| HK | 2 | Anton Oliver |
| LP | 1 | Craig Dowd |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Mark Hammett |
| PR | 17 | Carl Hoeft |
| LK | 18 | Royce Willis |
| FL | 19 | Isitolo Maka | 62' |
| SH | 20 | Ofisa Tonu'u |
| FH | 21 | Carlos Spencer | 45' |
| WG | 22 | Jonah Lomu | 62' |
| Coach: ||
| John Hart ||
* Man of the Match:
* Matt Burke (Australia)
* Touch judges:
* Ed Morrison (England)
* Andre Watson (South Africa)

### Game 2: Australia v South Africa

* 18 July 1998 20:05 AEST (UTC+10)
| (1 BP) Australia | 13–14 | South Africa |
| Try: Tune 5' m Gregan 52' m Pen: Burke 40' | Report | Try: Van der Westhuizen m Pen: Montgomery 8', 43', 61' |
* Subiaco Oval, Perth Attendance: 38,079 Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand)
| FB | 15 | Matt Burke |
| RW | 14 | Ben Tune |
| OC | 13 | Daniel Herbert |
| IC | 12 | Tim Horan |
| LW | 11 | Joe Roff |
| FH | 10 | Stephen Larkham |
| SH | 9 | George Gregan |
| N8 | 8 | Toutai Kefu |
| OF | 7 | David Wilson |
| BF | 6 | Matt Cockbain |
| RL | 5 | John Eales (c) |
| LL | 4 | Tom Bowman |
| TP | 3 | Andrew Blades |
| HK | 2 | Phil Kearns |
| LP | 1 | Dan Crowley |
| Replacements: ||
| SH | 16 | Chris Whitaker |
| CE | 17 | Nathan Grey |
| WG | 18 | Damian Smith |
| FL | 19 | Viliami Ofahengaue |
| FL | 20 | Owen Finegan |
| PR | 21 | Glen Panoho |
| HK | 22 | Jeremy Paul |
| Coach: ||
| Rod Macqueen ||
| FB | 15 | Percy Montgomery |
| RW | 14 | Stefan Terblanche |
| OC | 13 | Andre Snyman |
| IC | 12 | Pieter Muller |
| LW | 11 | Pieter Rossouw |
| FH | 10 | Henry Honiball |
| SH | 9 | Joost van der Westhuizen |
| N8 | 8 | Gary Teichmann (c) |
| OF | 7 | Andre Venter |
| BF | 6 | Rassie Erasmus |
| RL | 5 | Mark Andrews |
| LL | 4 | Krynauw Otto |
| TP | 3 | Adrian Garvey |
| HK | 2 | James Dalton |
| LP | 1 | Robbie Kempson |
| Replacements: ||
| WG | 16 | Chester Williams |
| PR | 17 | Ollie le Roux |
| FH | 18 | Franco Smith |
| SH | 19 | Werner Swanepoel |
| FL | 20 | Andrew Aitken |
| N8 | 21 | Bobby Skinstad |
| HK | 22 | Naka Drotské |
| Coach: ||
| Nick Mallett ||
Notes:
* This was the first rugby test match staged at Subiaco Oval.

### Game 3: New Zealand v South Africa

* 25 July 1998 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)
| New Zealand | 3–13 | South Africa |
| Pen: Mehrtens | | Try: Rossouw Con: Montgomery Pen: Montgomery (2) |
* Athletic Park, Wellington Attendance: 39,500 Referee: Ed Morrison (England)
| FB | 15 | Christian Cullen |
| RW | 14 | Jeff Wilson |
| OC | 13 | Mark Mayerhofler |
| IC | 12 | Walter Little |
| LW | 11 | Jonah Lomu |
| FH | 10 | Carlos Spencer |
| SH | 9 | Justin Marshall |
| N8 | 8 | Taine Randell (c) |
| OF | 7 | Josh Kronfeld |
| BF | 6 | Michael Jones |
| RL | 5 | Robin Brooke |
| LL | 4 | Ian Jones |
| TP | 3 | Olo Brown |
| HK | 2 | Anton Oliver |
| LP | 1 | Craig Dowd |
| Replacements: ||
| CE | 16 | Scott McLeod |
| FH | 17 | Andrew Mehrtens |
| SH | 18 | Ofisa Tonu'u |
| N8 | 19 | Isitolo Maka |
| LK | 20 | Royce Willis |
| PR | 21 | Carl Hoeft |
| HK | 22 | Mark Hammett |
| Coach: ||
| John Hart ||
| FB | 15 | Percy Montgomery |
| RW | 14 | Stefan Terblanche |
| OC | 13 | Andre Snyman |
| IC | 12 | Pieter Muller |
| LW | 11 | Pieter Rossouw |
| FH | 10 | Henry Honiball |
| SH | 9 | Joost van der Westhuizen |
| N8 | 8 | Gary Teichmann (c) |
| BF | 7 | Andre Venter |
| OF | 6 | Andrew Aitken |
| RL | 5 | Mark Andrews |
| LL | 4 | Krynauw Otto |
| TP | 3 | Adrian Garvey |
| HK | 2 | James Dalton |
| LP | 1 | Robbie Kempson |
| Replacements: ||
| WG | 16 | Chester Williams |
| FH | 17 | Franco Smith |
| SH | 18 | Werner Swanepoel |
| LK | 19 | Selborne Boome |
| N8 | 20 | Bobby Skinstad |
| PR | 21 | Ollie le Roux |
| HK | 22 | Naka Drotské |
| Coach: ||
| Nick Mallett ||

### Game 4: New Zealand v Australia

* 1 August 1998 19:35 NZST (UTC+12)
| (1 BP) New Zealand | 23–27 | Australia (1 BP) |
| Try: Cullen Lomu Con: Mehrtens (2) Pen: Mehrtens (3) | | Try: Bowman Burke Larkham Little Con: Eales (2) Pen: Burke |
* Lancaster Park, Christchurch Attendance: 35,683 Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)
| FB | 15 | Christian Cullen |
| RW | 14 | Jeff Wilson |
| OC | 13 | Mark Mayerhofler |
| IC | 12 | Walter Little |
| LW | 11 | Jonah Lomu |
| FH | 10 | Andrew Mehrtens |
| SH | 9 | Justin Marshall |
| N8 | 8 | Taine Randell (c) |
| OF | 7 | Mark Carter |
| BF | 6 | Michael Jones |
| RL | 5 | Robin Brooke |
| LL | 4 | Ian Jones |
| TP | 3 | Olo Brown |
| HK | 2 | Anton Oliver |
| LP | 1 | Craig Dowd |
| Replacements: ||
| CE | 16 | Scott McLeod |
| FH | 17 | Carlos Spencer |
| SH | 18 | Ofisa Tonu'u |
| FL | 19 | Scott Robertson |
| LK | 20 | Royce Willis |
| PR | 21 | Carl Hoeft |
| HK | 22 | Mark Hammett |
| Coach: ||
| John Hart ||
| FB | 15 | Matt Burke |
| RW | 14 | Jason Little |
| OC | 13 | Daniel Herbert |
| IC | 12 | Tim Horan |
| LW | 11 | Joe Roff |
| FH | 10 | Stephen Larkham |
| SH | 9 | George Gregan |
| N8 | 8 | Toutai Kefu |
| OF | 7 | David Wilson |
| BF | 6 | Matt Cockbain |
| RL | 5 | John Eales (c) |
| LL | 4 | Tom Bowman |
| TP | 3 | Andrew Blades |
| HK | 2 | Phil Kearns |
| LP | 1 | Richard Harry |
| Replacements: ||
| SH | 16 | Chris Whitaker |
| CE | 17 | Nathan Grey |
| WG | 18 | Damian Smith |
| FL | 19 | Viliami Ofahengaue |
| FL | 20 | Owen Finegan |
| PR | 21 | Glen Panoho |
| HK | 22 | Jeremy Paul |
| Coach: ||
| Rod Macqueen ||

### Game 5: South Africa v New Zealand

* 15 August 1998 15:00 SAST (UTC+02)
| (1 BP) South Africa | 24–23 | New Zealand (1 BP) |
| Try: Dalton Skinstad Terblanche Van der Westhuizen Con: Montgomery (2) | | Try: Marshall Randell Con: Mehrtens (2) Pen: Mehrtens (3) |
* Kings Park Stadium, Durban Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)
| FB | 15 | Percy Montgomery |
| RW | 14 | Stefan Terblanche |
| OC | 13 | Andre Snyman |
| IC | 12 | Pieter Muller |
| LW | 11 | Pieter Rossouw |
| FH | 10 | Henry Honiball |
| SH | 9 | Joost van der Westhuizen |
| N8 | 8 | Gary Teichmann (c) |
| BF | 7 | Andre Venter |
| OF | 6 | Rassie Erasmus |
| RL | 5 | Mark Andrews |
| LL | 4 | Krynauw Otto |
| TP | 3 | Adrian Garvey |
| HK | 2 | James Dalton |
| LP | 1 | Robbie Kempson |
| Replacements: ||
| WG | 16 | Chester Williams |
| FH | 17 | Franco Smith |
| SH | 18 | Werner Swanepoel |
| FL | 19 | Andrew Aitken |
| N8 | 20 | Bobby Skinstad |
| PR | 21 | Ollie le Roux |
| HK | 22 | Naka Drotské |
| Coach: ||
| Nick Mallett ||
| FB | 15 | Christian Cullen |
| RW | 14 | Jeff Wilson |
| OC | 13 | Eroni Clarke |
| IC | 12 | Mark Mayerhofler |
| LW | 11 | Jonah Lomu |
| FH | 10 | Andrew Mehrtens |
| SH | 9 | Justin Marshall |
| N8 | 8 | Isitolo Maka |
| OF | 7 | Josh Kronfeld |
| BF | 6 | Taine Randell (c) |
| RL | 5 | Robin Brooke |
| LL | 4 | Royce Willis |
| TP | 3 | Olo Brown |
| HK | 2 | Anton Oliver |
| LP | 1 | Carl Hoeft |
| Replacements: ||
| WG | 16 | Norm Berryman |
| FH | 17 | Carlos Spencer |
| SH | 18 | Mark Robinson |
| N8 | 19 | Scott Robertson |
| LK | 20 | Ian Jones |
| PR | 21 | Craig Dowd |
| HK | 22 | Mark Hammett |
| Coach: ||
| John Hart ||

### Game 6: South Africa v Australia

* 22 August 1998 15:00 SAST (UTC+02)
| South Africa | 29–15 | Australia |
| Try: Garvey Skinstad Con: Montgomery (2) Pen: Montgomery (5) | | Pen: Burke (5) |
* Ellis Park Stadium Johannesburg Attendance: 62,308 Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)
| FB | 15 | Percy Montgomery |
| RW | 14 | Stefan Terblanche |
| OC | 13 | Andre Snyman |
| IC | 12 | Pieter Muller |
| LW | 11 | Pieter Rossouw |
| FH | 10 | Henry Honiball |
| SH | 9 | Joost van der Westhuizen |
| N8 | 8 | Gary Teichmann (c) |
| BF | 7 | Andre Venter |
| OF | 6 | Rassie Erasmus |
| RL | 5 | Mark Andrews |
| LL | 4 | Krynauw Otto |
| TP | 3 | Adrian Garvey |
| HK | 2 | James Dalton |
| LP | 1 | Robbie Kempson |
| Replacements: ||
| WG | 16 | Chester Williams |
| FH | 17 | Franco Smith |
| SH | 18 | Werner Swanepoel |
| FL | 19 | Andrew Aitken |
| N8 | 20 | Bobby Skinstad |
| PR | 21 | Ollie le Roux |
| HK | 22 | Naka Drotské |
| Coach: ||
| Nick Mallett ||
| FB | 15 | Matt Burke |
| RW | 14 | Ben Tune |
| OC | 13 | Daniel Herbert |
| IC | 12 | Tim Horan |
| LW | 11 | Joe Roff |
| FH | 10 | Stephen Larkham |
| SH | 9 | George Gregan |
| N8 | 8 | Toutai Kefu |
| OF | 7 | David Wilson |
| BF | 6 | Matt Cockbain |
| RL | 5 | John Eales (c) |
| LL | 4 | Tom Bowman |
| TP | 3 | Andrew Blades |
| HK | 2 | Phil Kearns |
| LP | 1 | Dan Crowley |
| Replacements: ||
| SH | 16 | Chris Whitaker |
| CE | 17 | Nathan Grey |
| WG | 18 | Damian Smith |
| FL | 19 | Viliami Ofahengaue |
| FL | 20 | Owen Finegan |
| PR | 21 | Glen Panoho |
| HK | 22 | Jeremy Paul |
| Coach: ||
| Rod Macqueen ||