The 2000 Tri Nations Series was the fifth Tri Nations Series, an annual rugby union competition contested by the national rugby union teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It was played from 15 July to 26 August 2000. Australia won the tournament for the first time after a 19–18 win over South Africa in Durban.
| Final positions | |
|---|---|
| Champions |  Australia (1st title) |
| Bledisloe Cup | Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Tries scored | 29 (4.83 per match) |
| Attendance | 63,609 (10,602 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andrew Mehrtens (77) |
| Most tries | Christian Cullen (7) |
← 1999 2001 → | |
The opening game of the tournament between Australia and New Zealand attracted a world record rugby union crowd of 109,874 to Stadium Australia.
Australia made it three wins in a row in the Bledisloe Cup, having taken it from New Zealand in 1998.
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try bonus |
Losing bonus |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | |||||
| 1 | Australia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 86 | +18 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 117 | +10 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 110 | −28 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
- Tri Nations at Rugby.com.au