Scrum of the Earth /

The number of Grand Slam TriNations winners since its introduction in 1996.

New Zealand can lay claim to three of those in 1996, 1997 and 2003. South Africa interrupted the All-Blacks dominance in the late nineties beating all that went before them in 1998, making it an astonishing sequence of three undefeated champions in the first three years.

49

The record amount of Tri-Nations appearances by former Australian captain George Gregan between 1996-2007. Gregan would win back-to-back titles with the Wallabies in 2000 and 2001.

The number of years since Australia last won at Eden Park, Auckland.

Tries from David Campese and Andrew Leeds as well as 14 points from Michael Lynagh's boot saw the Wallabies triumph 22-9 in September 1986.

It's pretty dismal reading for an Australian otherwise with the Wallabies only tasting victory on four out of the 19 cross-Tasman clashes at Eden Park.

The 30-16 stuffing dished out in 1978 was their biggest winning margin while the other slices of glory came in 1949 (16-9) and 1955 (8-3) respectively.

The record number of tries scored in one Tri-Nations season by Christian Cullen in 2000. At his peak aged 24, the Rolls Royce of full-backs went past Jeff Wilson's All-Blacks try-scoring record of 39 with two in the 46-40 defeat to South Africa at Ellis Park, Johannesburg.