Bledisloe Cup

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rugby union trophy sports rivalry

The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union trophy contested between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian national team, and is one of the sport’s most storied international rivalries.

Aliases (3)

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rugby union trophy → sports rivalry →
alsoKnownAs	All Blacks vs Wallabies trophy →
associatedWith	trans-Tasman sporting contests →
competitionFormat	test series between national teams →
competitionLevel	international →
contestedBy	Australia national rugby union team → New Zealand national rugby union team →
contestedFrequency	annual →
country	Australia → New Zealand →
culturalSignificanceIn	Australia → New Zealand →
firstContestedBetween	Australia → New Zealand →
governingBody	New Zealand Rugby → Rugby Australia →
governingCode	World Rugby laws →
hasGenderCategory	men's rugby union →
hasMatchType	test match →
hasRivalryName	Bledisloe rivalry →
hasVenueCountry	Australia → New Zealand →
inception	1931 →
isMajorTrophyFor	Australia national rugby union team → New Zealand national rugby union team →
mostSuccessfulTeam	New Zealand national rugby union team →
namedAfter	Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe → Lord Bledisloe →
notableFor	intense sporting rivalry between New Zealand and Australia → longstanding trans-Tasman rivalry →
partOf	rugby union rivalries →
region	Oceania →
rivalryType	test match series →
sport	rugby union →
status	active →
teamNicknameInvolved	All Blacks → Wallabies →
trophyMaterial	silver →
trophyShape	cup →
trophyType	challenge trophy →
typicalFormat	multi-test series →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ANZ Stadium ("Bledisloe Cup matches") → Eden Park ("Bledisloe Cup matches") →	hostedEvent
Bledisloe Cup ("All Blacks vs Wallabies trophy") →	alsoKnownAs
All Blacks →	competesIn
Bledisloe Cup ("Lord Bledisloe") →	namedAfter
Australia national rugby union team →	rivalry
Australia national rugby union team →	trophyContested