| 1998 Tri Nations Series | |
| Champion: | South Africa |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Tries: | 22 |
| Attendance: | 295697 |
| Top Scorer: | Matt Burke (50) |
| Most Tries: | Matt Burke (3) |
| Preceded By: | 1997 |
| Succeeded By: | 1999 |
The 1998 Tri Nations Series was contested from 11 July to 22 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Springboks won the tournament.
Australia won the Bledisloe Cup, which New Zealand had won for the 3 previous years. The two Tri-Nations tests gave it a winning 2–0 lead. (It went on to make it 3–0 in the third test which came after the Tri-Nations.)
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Table points | ||||||
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | |||||||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 54 | +26 | 1 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 82 | –3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 88 | –23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
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| Man of the Match: Matt Burke (Australia) Touch judges: |
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