A quick look at the Rugby Championship stats

The Rugby Championship (TRC) is one of the pre-eminent international rugby union competitions in world rugby. It is contested annually by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. It is owned and managed by SANZAAR.

SANZAAR is an incorporated Joint Venture between the four participating national unions and its head office is located in Sydney, Australia.   

Prior to the 2012 tournament, when Argentina entered The Rugby Championship, it was known as the Tri Nations. The inaugural Tri Nations tournament was in 1996, and was won by New Zealand. South Africa won its first title in 1998, and Australia its first in 2000.

New Zealand, South Africa and Australia have frequently been ranked among the top rugby nations. South Africa has won the Rugby World Cup four times, followed by New Zealand with three, and Australia twice, accounting for nine of the ten Cups.

Team	Wins	Bledisloe Cup	N. M. Chall. Plate	Freedom Cup	Puma Trophy	Wooden spoon
New Zealand	20	23	Not a contestant	16	Not a contestant	2
Australia	4	5	13	Not a contestant	13	6
South Africa	4	Not a contestant	7	2	Not a contestant	11
Argentina	0	Not a contestant	Not a contestant	Not a contestant	1	9

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Points 1 Dan Carter  New Zealand 554 2 Morné Steyn  South Africa 390 3 Nicolás Sánchez  Argentina 346 4 Andrew Mehrtens  New Zealand 328 5 Beauden Barrett  New Zealand 315 6 Matt Burke  Australia 271 7 Matt Giteau  Australia 266 8 Handré Pollard  South Africa 262 9 Bernard Foley  Australia 249 10 Percy Montgomery  South Africa 210

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Bryan Habana	South Africa	21
2	Rieko Ioane	New Zealand	18
	Ben Smith	New Zealand
4	Richie McCaw	New Zealand	17
5	Beauden Barrett	New Zealand	16
	Christian Cullen	New Zealand
7	Joe Rokocoko	New Zealand	15
8	Israel Folau	Australia	14
9	Adam Ashley-Cooper	Australia	13
	Doug Howlett	New Zealand
	Julian Savea	New Zealand