Bledisloe Cup
The Bledisloe Cup is a traditional cup competition in the sport of Rugby Union, ( the Wallabies ) and New Zealand is ( the All Blacks ) played between the national teams of Australia. Is named the silver trophy to Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, the Governor-General of New Zealand, who donated it in 1931. Since 1996 is played to him (since 2012 The Rugby Championship ) under the Tri-Nations tournament. It was designed by Nelson Issac Cup in New Zealand, made by Walker and Hall, London.
History
There is confusion about when the first match was played at the Bledisloe Cup. The Australian Rugby Union claims that this was in 1931 in Eden Park, Auckland. However, there is no firm evidence for this assertion. The New Zealand Rugby Football Union 's view, the first game had taken place in 1932.
By 1981 there were only at irregular intervals games for the cup, as part of the foreign tours of both teams. During this period, New Zealand was 19 times successfully, while Australia only four times was able to win the trophy. From 1982 to 1995 there were annual meetings, sometimes as a series of three games, isolated only a single game. From 1996, the competition was held annually as part of the Tri Nations and was until 1998 it was decided in a series of three international matches (two Tri-Nations games and an additional game ).
From 1999 to 2005, the third game was not played. During this time, only the two encounters were at Tri Nations as compete for the Bledisloe Cup. If both teams each won a game or if both games ended in a draw, the possession did not change the Cup. In order to achieve a change of ownership, a team had to win both games or could not exceed allow a draw.
As the Tri-Nations tournament was expanded in 2006 to three series, also the Bledisloe Cup was again decided in a three-game series. In this way, the probability that there is a clear winner, considerably larger. In 2008, the series was extended by a game in Hong Kong on four lots. After negotiations with Tokyo and Denver, all associations to let unsubscribe the fourth game of 2009 in the Japanese capital decided. 2010 took the fourth game once again in Hong Kong.
With the expansion of Trin Nations Rugby Championship for the games between New Zealand and Australia reduced by the Bledisloe Cup back on three (two of them in the Rugby Championship ).