New Zealand won the Rugby Championship for the 17th time, the championship of the great nations of the Southern Hemisphere, after the draw (16-16) between Australia and Argentina on Saturday on the sixth and final day in Sydney.
The All Blacks, crowned for the last time in 2018, were already virtually titled since their victory over the Pumas (38-0) last weekend and thus recover the trophy left to the South Africans last year.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tournament took place entirely in Australia and without the world champion Springboks, who withdrew before the competition.
In this last very eventful match, Argentina led 13-6 at the break.
The Pumas took advantage of the yellow card of the Australian Hooper (28th) to register a penalty (30th) then a converted try (34th).
However, it was Australia who first opened the scoring with a penalty after the yellow card of the Argentinian Kremer (16th).
The Wallabies then reduced the mark with two penalties (40th + 3 and 51st) before finally ending up at 14 after the red card from Salakaia-Loto (60th).
The Argentines took the opportunity to register a new penalty (9-16, 61st).
But the latter received a yellow card shortly after (Paulos in the 66th).
At 14 against 14 for 10 minutes, Australia seized the opportunity to return to 16-16 with a try from Hooper (67th) transformed by Hodge (68th).
The same scorer, Hodge, subsequently missed the victory penalty at the last minute (80th).
The two teams therefore share the points once again after the draw 15-15 in the first leg.
In the standings, behind New Zealand (11 points with 2 wins and 2 losses) is Argentina with 8 points (1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss).
Just like Australia.
But the Pumas have a better goal difference.
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