Attendance 243,416 Tries scored 33 | Mandela Challenge Plate Australia Dates 18 Jul 2015 – 8 Aug 2015 Matches played 6 | |
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The 2015 Rugby Championship was the fourth edition of the expanded annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship consisting of Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
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The 2015 Championship was a shorter competition than normal, with each team playing each other once, rather than twice (home and away). This was so that teams had a longer preparation time ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup which started on 18 September. However, New Zealand hosted an additional match against Australia in Auckland on 15 August which acted as the second Bledisloe Cup test and as a World Cup warm-up. Argentina hosted a second match against South Africa on the same date.
The tournament was known for sponsorship reasons as The Castle Rugby Championship in South Africa, The Investec Rugby Championship in New Zealand, The Castrol Edge Rugby Championship in Australia and The Personal Rugby Championship in Argentina.
Australia won the Championship, becoming just the second team to win the tournament since 2012. However, including the previous format of the Championship, Australia claimed the title for the first time since 2011, and achieved a 100% win rate for the first time ever in either format.
South Africa finished bottom of the table for the first ever time in the Rugby Championship, with Argentina moving out of that position for the first ever time since their inclusion in 2012. South Africa however, did finish bottom of the previous format in 2011. This was also the first ever year that South Africa failed to record a single win in either the Rugby Championship or Tri Nations Series.
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Week 2
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Week 3
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Note: Ages, caps and domestic side are of 17 July 2015 – the starting date of the tournament.
Argentina
Argentina's 36-man squad for the Championship, was announced on 26 June 2015.
On 29 March, Juan Pablo Orlandi wad called up to the squad to replace the injured Ramiro Herrera.
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.