The 2017 Rugby Championship was the sixth edition of the expanded annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship, featuring Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The competition is operated by SANZAAR, a joint venture of the four countries' national unions.
The tournament started on 19 August with Australia hosting reigning champions New Zealand and South Africa hosting Argentina. The tournament ran for eight weeks with two bye weeks, ending on 7 October when New Zealand visited South Africa and Australia played in Argentina.
The tournament is operated by SANZAAR and known for sponsorship reasons as The Castle Rugby Championship in South Africa, The Investec Rugby Championship in New Zealand, The Castrol Edge Rugby Championship in Australia and The Personal Rugby Championship in Argentina.
The format for the 2017 tournament was similar to that of previous editions. Each side played the other once at home, and once away, giving a total of six matches each, and twelve in total. A win earned a team four league points, a draw two league points, and a loss by eight or more points zero league points. A bonus point was earned in one of two ways: by scoring at least three tries more than the opponent in a match, or by losing within seven points. The competition winner was the side with the most points at the end of the tournament.[1]
Man of the Match: Ryan Crotty (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Nigel Owens (Wales) Andrew Brace (Ireland) Television match official: Rowan Kitt (England)
Notes:
Man of the Match: Coenie Oosthuizen (South Africa)
Touch judges: Pascal Gaüzère (France) Nic Berry (Australia) Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Man of the Match: Rieko Ioane (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Wayne Barnes (England) Andrew Brace (Ireland) Television match official: Rowan Kitt (England)
Man of the Match: Siya Kolisi (South Africa)
Touch judges: Romain Poite (France) Nic Berry (Australia) Television match official: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Man of the Match: Vaea Fifita (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Nigel Owens (Wales) Matthew Carley (England) Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
Man of the Match: Kurtley Beale (Australia)
Touch judges: John Lacey (Ireland) Paul Williams (New Zealand) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
Man of the Match: Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Angus Gardner (Australia) Matthew Carley (England) Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
Man of the Match: Bernard Foley (Australia)
Touch judges: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) Paul Williams (New Zealand) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Jérôme Garcès (France) Shuhei Kubo (Japan) Television match official: Rowan Kitt (England)
Man of the Match: Damian McKenzie (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Mathieu Raynal (France) Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa) Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Touch judges: Romain Poite (France) Shuhei Kubo (Japan) Television match official: Rowan Kitt (England)
Man of the Match: Reece Hodge (Australia)
Touch judges: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa) Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Current as of 30 September 2017.[23][24]
Note: Ages, caps and clubs/franchises are of 19 August 2017 – the starting date of the tournament
On 20 July 2017, Argentina named a 33-man squad for the Championship.[25]
1 On 22 August, Felipe Arregui was added to the squad as injury cover for Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro who was injured in the opening round of the Championship.[26]
On 19 July, Michael Cheika named a 38-man extended training squad ahead of the Championship.[27] Brumbies players were left out of the initial squad with their involvement in the quarter-finals of the 2017 Super Rugby season.
On 26 July, Cheika added seven Brumbies players to the squad following their conclusion in the Super Rugby.[28]
On 4 August, Cheika named Australia's final squad for the Championship, reducing the squad from 45 to 34.[29] Jermaine Ainsley, Sam Carter, Pekahou Cowan, Sef Fa'agase, Richard Hardwick and Campbell Magnay missed out on the squad, while Karmichael Hunt, Tolu Latu, Eto Nabuli and Sefa Naivalu was omitted due to injury. Taniela Tupou still ineligible for international duty.
1 On 1 September, Tolu Latu was called up as cover for Stephen Moore, withdrew for personal reasons, ahead of the third-round game against South Africa.[30]
2 On 7 September, Dane Haylett-Petty was ruled out for the rest of the Championship due to injury.[31] He was later replaced by Tom Banks on the 10 September.[32]
3 On 11 September, Lukhan Tui was added to the squad ahead of the fourth round, replacing Kane Douglas was dropped from the squad.[33]
New Zealand's 34-man squad for the Championship.[34] Damian McKenzie was named in the squad as a later replacement for Ben Smith who goes on a sabbatical following the opening two rounds.
1 On 10 August, Jordie Barrett withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by David Havili.[35]
2 On 13 August, Dane Coles was ruled out of the first round of the Rugby Championship and Ricky Riccitelli was called as cover.[36]
3 On 20 August, Kane Hames, Akira Ioane and Atu Moli temporarily joined the squad ahead of the second round of the Championship.[37]
4 On 24 August, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen was called up to the squad after Owen Franks was ruled out of the second-round game against Australia.[38] Franks was later ruled out for the remainder of the Championship.[39]
5 On 4 September, Blake Gibson was called up to the squad as injury cover for Sam Cane.[40]
6 On 10 September, Joe Moody was ruled out for the remaining matches in the Championship and Kane Hames was recalled as his replacement.[41]
7 On 18 September, Matt Todd and Patrick Tuipulotu were added to the squad for the final two rounds, away to Argentina and South Africa.[42]
On 5 August, coach Allister Coetzee named a 34-man squad for the Championship.[43]
1 On 14 August, Ruan Dreyer was called up as injury cover for Frans Malherbe who could miss the whole Championship.[44]
2 On 20 August, Jano Vermaak was called as injury cover for Ross Cronjé after Cronjé suffered an ankle injury in the opening round.[45]
3 On 9 September, Coenie Oosthuizen was ruled our for the rest of the tournament after sustaining an injury in the third round. Wilco Louw was called up to replace him.[46]
4 On 20 September, Francois Louw, S'busiso Nkosi and Louis Schreuder were added to the squad, with Louw and Schreuder replacing Jaco Kriel and Francois Hougaard in the squad.[47]
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