The History Of The Bledisloe Cup

THE BLEDISLOE CUP THE BEGINNING The Bledisloe Cup is contested by the New Zealand national rugby union team and Australia national rugby union team. It's named after Lord Bledisloe, former Governor-General of New Zealand who donated the trophy in 1931 to foster ties between the two countries. Once played irregularly every few years, The Bledisloe Cup matches now happen annually and have been played outside of New Zealand and Australia, in Hong Kong and Japan in recent years THE TWO NATIONS HEAD TO HEAD BLEDISLOE CUP WINNERS BLEDISLOE CUP WINNERS 40 O 12 MATCH WINS MATCH WINS 87 O34 19 5 TRIES SCORED TRIES SCORED 314 O 196 MATCH POINTS MATCH POINTS 2574 O 1793 CONVERSIONS CONVERSIONS H 187 O 113 L PENALTY POINTS PENALTY POINTS O 280 O 237 0 DROP GOALS DROP GOALS * 27 O 16 THE NEW ZEALAND VENUES Six venues in New Zealand have played host to The Bledisloe Cup test matches. Eden Park - Auckland 19 83% 17% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% Athletic Park -Wellington 62% 38% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% Carisbrook - Dunedin 89% 11% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% Lancaster Park -Christchurch 9. (75% 25% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% Westpac Stadium -Wellington 2 67% 33% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% THE AUSTRALIA VENUES 9 venues in Australia have played host to The Bledisloe Cup test matches. Sydney Cricket Ground -Sydney 6. 11 35% 65% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% Ballymore Stadium- Brisbane 3 25% 75% LYMORE WINS WINS WIN% WIN% Sydney Football Ground - Sydney 4. 50% 50% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% Exhibition Ground-Brisbane 0% 100% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% Suncorp Stadium- Brisbane 3 25% 75% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% ANZ Stadium - Sydney 5 6 45% 55%) WINS WINS WIN% WIN% Concord Oval - Sydney 3 0% 100% WINS WINS WIN % WIN% Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne 0% 100% WINS WINS WIN% WIN% The Gabba - Brisbane 0% 100% WINS WINS WIN% WIN % MATCH WINS IN MATCH WINS IN AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND 19 38 47 14 LEGENDS OF THE BLEDISLOE CUP MOSTAPPEARANCES MOSTAPPEARANCES 28 Richie McCaw David Campese 27 MOST TRIES MOST TRIES Richle lan Christian Doug Howlett David Matt Adam McCaw Kirkpatrick Cullen Campese Burke Ashley-Cooper Mitchell 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 MOST INDIVIDUAL POINTS MOST INDIVIDUAL POINTS Dan Carter Matt Burke 322 176 MOST INDIVIDUAL PENALTIES MOST INDIVIDUAL PENALTIES Dan Carter Matt Burke 73 41 MOST POINTS IN A MATCH MOST POINTS IN A MATCH 24 E Andrew Mehrtens Matt Burke 29 MOST INDIVIDUAL CONVERSIONS MOST INDIVIDUAL CONVERSIONS 20 |2] Dan Carter Matt Giteau 41 MOST GAMES AS CAPTAIN MOST GAMES AS CAPTAIN 12 院 Richie McCaw Nick Farr-Jones 21 SOURCES http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/index.html?id=4;type=trophy http://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/series/index.html?trophy=4 http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bledisloe_Cup Note: The Epsom Showground was not shown in the New Zealand stadium section because no suitable image could be found of the original venue. New Zealand have a 100% win record there, with the two sides having played there only once in the Bledisloe Cup. This infographic was bought to you by savemybacon .co.nz