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Points system: Win = 4, Draw = 2, Bonus point awarded for scoring 4 or more tries or losing by 7 or less points.

New Zealand 12 Australia 6
Jade Stadium, Christchurch, 13 July

New Zealand: Christian Cullen; Doug Howlett, Mark Robinson, Aaron Mauger, Caleb Ralph; Andrew Mehrtens, Justin Marshall; David Hewett, Mark Hammett, Greg Somerville, Chris Jack, Simon Maling, Rueben Thorne (capt), Scott Robertson, Richard McCaw

Penalty Goals: Diego Dominguez

Australia: Chris Latham; Ben Tune, Matt Burke, Daniel Herbert, Stirling Mortlock; Steve Larkham, George Gregan (capt); Bill Young, Jeremy Paul, Patricio Noriega, Nathan Sharpe, Justin Harrison, Owen Finegan, Toutai Kefu, George Smith

Replacements: Mat Rogers for Mortlock (40 mins), Elton Flatley for Herbert (temp 59-69 mins) and for Larkham (79 mins), Matt Cockbain for Finegan (61 mins), David Lyons for Smith (65 mins), Ben Darwin for Noriega (69 mins)

Penalty Goals: Burke (2)

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

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New Zealand 41 South Africa 20
WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington, 20 July

New Zealand: Christian Cullen; Doug Howlett, Mark Robinson, Aaron Mauger, Caleb Ralph; Andrew Mehrtens, Justin Marshall; David Hewett, Mark Hammett, Greg Somerville, Chris Jack, Simon Maling, Rueben Thorne (capt), Scott Robertson, Richard McCaw

Replacements: Tana Umaga for Robinson (30 mins), Tom Willis for Hammett (48 mins), Jonah Lomu for Howlett (60 mins), Royce Willis for Maling (70 mins), Byron Kelleher for Marshall (74 mins), Sam Broomhall for McCaw (74 mins), Joe McDonnell for Somerville (78 mins)

Tries: Howlett, Hammett, Thorne, Marshall, Robertson
Conversions: Mehrtens (2)
Penalty Goals: Mehrtens (3)
Drop Goal: Jonny Wilkinson

South Africa: Werner Greef; Stefan Terblanche, Marius Joubert, De Wet Barry, Dean Hall;
Andre Pretorius, Bolla Conradie; Lawrence Sephaka, James Dalton, Willie Meyer, Jannes Labuschagne, Victor Matfield, Corne Krige (capt), Bobby Skinstad, Joe Van Niekerk

Replacements: Ollie Le Roux for Sephaka (29 mins), Adi Jacobs for Barry (temp 34-40 mins and 71 mins), A J Venter for Matfield (63 mins), Faan Rautenbach for Meyer (63 mins), Neil De Kock for Conradie (70 mins)

Tries: Greef, Joubert
Conversions: Pretorius (2)
Penalty Goals: Pretorius
Drop Goals: Greef

Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

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Tries: Joubert (2), Skinstad, Russell
Conversions: Pretorius (2)
Penalty Goals: Pretorius

Referee: Steve Lander (England)

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Australia 16 New Zealand 14
Telstra Stadium, Sydney, 3 August

Australia: Chris Latham; Ben Tune, Matt Burke, Daniel Herbert, Stirling Mortlock; Steve Larkham, George Gregan (capt); Bill Young, Jeremy Paul, Patricio Noriega, Nathan Sharpe, Justin Harrison, Owen Finegan, Toutai Kefu, George Smith

Replacements: Elton Flatley for Larkham (temp 56-61 mins), David Lyons for Finegan (58 mins), Mat Rogers for Latham (61 mins), Ben Darwin for Noriega (63 mins), Matt Cockbain for Sharpe (63 mins)

Tries: Sharpe, Rogers
Penalty Goals: Burke (2)

New Zealand: Christian Cullen; Doug Howlett, Tana Umaga, Aaron Mauger, Caleb Ralph; Andrew Mehrtens, Justin Marshall; David Hewett, Tom Willis, Greg Somerville, Chris Jack, Simon Maling, Rueben Thorne (capt), Scott Robertson, Richard McCaw

Replacements: Marty Holah for McCaw (temp 50-58 mins), Joe McDonnell for Somerville (73 mins), Daryl Gibson for Mehrtens (79 mins), Leon MacDonald for Cullen (79 mins)

Tries: McCaw
Penalty Goals: Mehrtens (3)

Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

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South Africa 23 New Zealand 30
ABSA Stadium, King's Park, Durban, 10 August

South Africa: Werner Greef; Breyton Paulse, Marius Joubert, De Wet Barry, Dean Hall;
Andre Pretorius, Neil De Kock; Lawrence Sephaka, James Dalton, Willie Meyer, Jannes Labuschagne, A J Venter, Corne Krige (capt), Bobby Skinstad, Joe Van Niekerk

Replacements: Brent Russell for Barry (50 mins), Bolla Conradie for De Kock (50 mins), Ollie Le Roux for Sephaka (58 mins), Faan Rautenbach for Meyer (58 mins), Hendro Scholtz for Krige (74 mins), Victor Matfield for Venter (74 mins)

Tries: De Kock, Pretorius
Conversions: Pretorius (2)
Penalty Goals: Pretorius (2)
Drop Goals: Pretorius

New Zealand: Leon MacDonald; Doug Howlett, Tana Umaga, Aaron Mauger, Caleb Ralph; Andrew Mehrtens, Justin Marshall; David Hewett, Tom Willis, Greg Somerville, Chris Jack, Simon Maling, Rueben Thorne (capt), Scott Robertson, Richard McCaw

Replacements: Sam Broomhall for Maling (57 mins), Mark Hammett for Willis (57 mins), Daryl Gibson for MacDonald (62 mins), Byron Kelleher for Marshall (62 mins)

Tries: MacDonald, penalty try (Umaga), Howlett, Mauger
Conversions: Mehrtens (2)
Penalty Goals: Mehrtens (2)

Referee: David McHugh (Ireland) replaced by Chris White (England) 43 mins

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South Africa 33 Australia 31
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, 17 August

South Africa: Werner Greef; Breyton Paulse, Marius Joubert, De Wet Barry, Dean Hall;
Brent Russell, Neil De Kock; Lawrence Sephaka, James Dalton, Willie Meyer, Jannes Labuschagne, A J Venter, Corne Krige (capt), Bobby Skinstad, Joe Van Niekerk

Replacements: Hendro Scholtz for Krige (51 mins), Faan Rautenbach for Meyer (51 mins), Bolla Conradie for De Kock (51 mins), Ollie Le Roux for Dalton (61 mins), Stefan Terblanche for Hall (78 mins)

Tries: Paulse (2), Ryssell, Van Niekerk, Greef
Conversions: Greef (4)

Australia: Chris Latham; Ben Tune, Matt Burke, Daniel Herbert, Stirling Mortlock; Steve Larkham, George Gregan (capt); Bill Young, Jeremy Paul, Ben Darwin, Nathan Sharpe, Justin Harrison, Owen Finegan, Toutai Kefu, George Smith

Replacements: David Lyons for Smith (temp 23-24 mins) and for Finegan (49 mins), Mat Rogers for Tune (temp 49-58 mins) and for Latham (58 mins), Matt Cockbain for Harrison (49 mins), Brendon Cannon for Paul (55 mins), Rod Moore for Darwin (62 mins)

Penalty Goals: Burke (3)

Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

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