Analyse this?? Rugby Cups/Championships

First there was the Bledisloe Cup, then the William Webb Ellis Cup, then the Super Rugby competition and about the same time, The Tri nations (later rebranded The Rugby Championship).

So what do all these competitions have to do with New Zealand Rugby>  Well the results of the Bledisloe Cup heavily favour New Zealand.  The William Webb Ellis Cup was won for the first time by New Zealand and they also secured the latest victory.  The Rugby Championship is too young to be analysed but New Zealand seems to punch above it's weight.  And the Super Rugby competition has been won more times by New Zealand teams than any other nations teams.

So what is the point of this analysis then?  It's fairly obvious we win our fair share and more but of interest to me is the times we didn't win the WWE.  How did our teams fare during those lean years?  Did NZ teams win all competitions except the WWE for that year only?  Were the teams that did win the WWE from the Southern hemisphere show any form in other competitions?  Below is a table that shows who won what in WWE year and it's fair to say that when New Zealand won either the Bledisloe Cup, the Tri nations, or a New Zealand team won the Super Rugby competition, it's national team failed in it's bid for rugby supremacy.  And oddly, when we lost the Tri Nations, we won the WWE!!  Recipe for success next year perhaps??

Year	WWE Winner	Super Rugby Winner	Bledisloe Cup Winner	Tri Nations winner
1987	New Zealand	Nil	New Zealand	Nil
1991	Australia	Nil	New Zealand	Nil
1995	South Africa	Nil	New Zealand	Nil
1999	Australia	Crusaders	Australia	New Zealand
2003	England	Blues	New Zealand	New Zealand
2007	South Africa	Bulls	New Zealand	New Zealand
2011	New Zealand	Reds	New Zealand	Australia

And in the year SA were the dominant force in Super Rugby but failed in Tri Nations they won the prize!

Anyway glad you had a read.  Time to speculate on Rugby's WWE next year in England.  It's Australia's to lose.