List of Rugby Championship Winners, Past Champions History

The Rugby Championship Past winners List (Tri-Nations) Champions history since 1996.

The Rugby Championship (TRC) is a Rugby-Union international competition played annually among the 4-nations Australia (Wallabies), New Zealand (All Blacks), South Africa & Argentina who joined in 2012, prior to this it is called as Tri-Nations.

The competition was organized in 1996 as Tri-nations administered by SANZAAR.
The inaugurated tournament was won by All Blacks-NZ.

Overall New Zealand (All blacks) have won the most titles of Tri-nations & Rugby Championships with 15th times, lead by Australia & South Africa overall win the title 3rd times each.

The Top Point Scorer of The Rugby Championship is Dan Carter (All BLACKS) with 554 points.
The highest-top try scorer is Bryan Habana (Springboks) with 21st tries.

South African Sprinboks successfully defend the 2025 The Rugby Championship and also defending champions.

Here is the complete list of Past Winners & Final history of The Rugby Championship & Tri-Nations champions Since 1996 to 2025.



The Rugby championship winners list by year, past champions all-time, 1996-2025.




 Year       Winner


1996 New Zealand

1997 New Zealand

1998 South Africa

1999 New Zealand

2000 Australia

2001 Australia

2002 New Zealand

2003 New Zealand

2004 South Africa

2005 New Zealand

2006 New Zealand

2007 New Zealand

2008 New Zealand

2009 South Africa

2010 New Zealand

2011 Australia

2012 New Zealand

2013 New Zealand

2014 New Zealand

2015 Australia

2016 New Zealand

2017 New Zealand

2018 New Zealand

2019 South Africa

2020 New Zealand

2021 New Zealand

2022 New Zealand

2023 New Zealand

2024 South Africa

2025 South Africa

2026: TBD

Note: Tri-Nations from 1996-2011. Argentina joined in 2012. South Africa did not play in 2020.

2026 Rugby Championship Fixtures, Full Schedule Dates, Kick-Off times, Results.       --  

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