2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

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The 2008 Pacific Nations Cup is a rugby union tournament held between six national sides on the Pacific rim: Australia A, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and (from this year) New Zealand Māori. The inaugural competition was held in 2006. This year the tournament starts on June 7th and ends on July 6, 2008.

The tournament is a round-robin where each team plays all of the other teams once. There are four points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat.

Contents 1 Table 2 Schedule 2.1 Round One 2.2 Round Two 2.3 Round Three 2.4 Round Four 2.5 Round Five 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Table

Pos	Country	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	BP	Pts
1	Australia A	1	1	0	0	42	21	+21	1	5
2	Fiji	1	1	0	0	34	17	+17	1	5
3	New Zealand Māori	1	1	0	0	20	9	+11	0	4
4	Tonga	1	0	0	1	9	20	-11	0	0
5	Samoa	1	0	0	1	17	34	-17	0	0
6	Japan	1	0	0	1	21	42	-21	0	0

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Round One

2008-06-07 14:30
	Fiji	34 – 17	Samoa	Churchill Park, Lautoka Attendance: 10,000
	Tries:Timoci Nagusa (2), Ifereimi Rawaqa, Taniela Rawaqa, Mosese Rauluni Con: Taniela Rawaqa (3) Pen: Taniela Rawaqa		Tries: Henry Faafili, David Lemi, Semo Sititi Con: Roger Warren

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2008-06-07
	New Zealand Māori	20 – 9[1]	Tonga	North Harbour Stadium, Albany, NZ Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Paul Marks
	Tries: Tamati Ellison, Piri Weepu Con: Callum Bruce (2) Pen: Callum Bruce (2)		Pen: Fangatapu Apikotoa (3)

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2008-06-08 14:00
	Japan	21 – 42	Australia A	Level-5 stadium, Fukuoka Attendance: 7,493 Referee: Willie Roos
	Tries: Tomoaki Taniguchi (2) Con: James Arlidge Pen: James Arlidge (2) Drop Goal: James Arlidge		Tries: Morgan Turinui, Mark Gerrard, Peter Kimlin (2), Van Humphries, Norton-Knight Con:Mark Gerrard (6)

[edit] Round Two

2008-06-14
	Fiji	–	New Zealand Māori	Churchill Park, Lautoka

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2008-06-14
	Samoa	–	Australia A	Apia Park, Samoa

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2008-06-15
	Japan	–	Tonga	Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Miyagi

[edit] Round Three

2008-06-21
	New Zealand Māori	–	Samoa	Waikato Stadium, Waikato

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2008-06-21
	Japan	–	Fiji	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

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2008-06-22
	Australia A	–	Tonga	North Sydney Oval, Sydney

[edit] Round Four

2008-06-28
	Tonga	–	Samoa	Teufaiva Stadium, Nukuʻalofa

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2008-06-28
	New Zealand Māori	–	Japan	McLean Park, Napier

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2008-06-29
	Australia A	–	Fiji	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

[edit] Round Five

2008-07-05
	Tonga	–	Fiji	Teufaiva Stadium, Nukuʻalofa

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2008-07-05
	Samoa	–	Japan	Apia Park, Apia

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2008-07-05
	Australia A	–	New Zealand Māori	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

[edit] See also

• 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Schedule - IRB website (pdf)
• IRB Pacific Nations schedule announced - IRB website, 4 March 2008