Wednesday, July 18, 2007

All Black Test Winning Streaks By City

These lists were taken from the Stuff website today.

All Blacks game streaks at test rugby cities:

Longest unbeaten streaks:

17: Auckland (1994-present)

14: Dunedin (1971-2001)

13: Christchurch (1977-94), Edinburgh (1905-present)

12: Brisbane (1929-92)

11: Sydney (1934-74), Auckland (1986-93)


Longest losing streaks:

4: Johannesburg (1949-76)

3: Cardiff (1905-1953), Durban (1928- 76), Sydney (1979-80)


Unbeaten streak at Auckland:

1994: drew with South Africa 18-18

1995: bt Canada 73-7, bt Australia 28-16

1996: bt Scotland 36-12

1997: bt South Africa 55-35

1998: bt England 40-10

1999: bt Australia 34-15

2000: bt Scotland 48-14

2001: bt South Africa 26-15

2002: bt Ireland 40-8

2003: bt Australia 21-17

2004: bt England 36-12

2005: bt British and Irish Lions 38-19, bt Australia 34-24

2006: bt Ireland 27-17, bt Australia 34-27

2007: bt France 42-11.

Wow, this means that the All Blacks have outscored their opponents in Auckland 630-277. And we have outscored or tri-nations rivals 44-33 (Sth Africa) and 151-99 (Aussie).

Note also that our winning streaks in Auckland and Edinburgh can get larger but none of losing streaks can. Sweet.

1 comment:

The Mallet said...

We should start playing all our home games not in auckland in Edinburgh. 102 years unbeaten? Thats fkn awesome!