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Australia and New Zealand first played each other in 1903. South Africa toured both nations in 1921 but there was never any formal competition in place, unlike the Home Nations (now known as the Six Nations Championship) in the northern hemisphere. For years the southern nations longed for a competition like the Home Nations. The three nations met sporadically with Australia and New Zealand meeting regularly to contest the Bledisloe Cup. The birth of the Rugby World Cup in 1987 was a step closer to the modern-day Tri Nations Series—South Africa did not compete in the World Cup until 1995 due to apartheid.

The final acceptance of professionalism in rugby union launched the Tri Nations concept. Nearing the completion of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, multi-million pound negotiations between the South African, New Zealand and Australian unions took place to form SANZAR. The new union soon announced a ten-year deal worth £360 million. The competition was established to create an equivalent to the Five Nations in Europe

The 2010 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2010 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, will be the 11th series of the Six Nations Championship. The annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship is contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The tournament will begin on the weekend of 6 February 2010, with the final games scheduled for 20 March 2010

The venues for the Springboks' Inbound Tests in June still have to be confirmed. The Boks face a two-Test series against Italy and a one-off match against France. However, "exclusive use" periods in force as part of the 2010 Fifa World Cup have put the majority of rugby venues off limits.

Soccer World Cup venues are handed over to Fifa 15 days before the start of the 2010 Soccer World Cup while major sporting events at non-Fifa venues in hosting cities are prohibited seven days before and after the World Cup. The Fifa Soccer World Cup kicks off on June 11.