Pacific Nations Cup Results

The Pacific Nations Cup is a rugby competition currently played for by Pacific rugby nations. It has been in existence since 2006. There have been a number of different teams from around the Pacific area involved over the years. Usually teams have played each other once with the winner being the team at the top of the table after the completion of the games. Changes have occured, as detailed below, in some of the years.

Here are the results from the latest competition and all the previous years.

2024

In 2024 there were 6 teams involved with Canada and USA rejoining the competition. Teams played in two pools with the best 2 in each pool going through to semi-finals. The other two teams played off for 5th & 6th places.

PNC
Pool A
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Fiji
Samoa
Tonga
Pool B
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Japan
USA
Canada


Match Results

August 23

August 26

  

August 30

September 1

  

September 6

September 7


5th Place

September 14

Semi-Final

September 14

Semi-Final

September 15

3rd Place

September 21

Final

September 21

Fiji

Canada

  

Samoa

USA

  

Tonga

Japan

v

v

 

v

v

 

v

v


 

v

 

v

 

v

 

v

 

v

 

Samoa

Japan

  

Tonga

Canada

  

Fiji

USA

Suva

Vancouver

  

Apia

Carson

  

Nuku'alofa

Kumagaya

  

  

Tokyo

  

Tokyo

  

Tokyo

  

Higashiosaka

  

Higashiosaka



2023

In 2023 there were 4 teams involved with Japan rejoining the competition. Teams played each other once and the winner was the team with the most competition points at the end of the matches.

Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Fiji 3 3 104 51 3 15
Samoa 3 2 1 77 64 1 9
Japan 3 1 2 55 75 1 5
Tonga 3 3 45 91 1 1


Match Results

July 22

  

   

July 29

  

   

August 5

Fiji

Japan

   

Samoa

Japan

  

Samoa

Japan

v

v

  

v

v

  

v

v

Tonga

Samoa

  

Fiji

Tonga


Tonga

Fiji

Lautoka

Sapporo

   

Apia

Higashiosaka

   

Apia

Tokyo

36

22

  

19

21

  

34

12

20

24

  

33

16

  

9

35

2022

In 2022 there were 4 teams involved with Australia A joining the competition for the first time since 2008. Teams played each other once and the winner was the team with the most competition points at the end of the matches.


Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Samoa 3 3 88 64 2 14
Australia A 3 2 1 97 71 4 12
Fiji 3 1 2 74 55 2 6
Tonga 3 3 40 109 0


Match Results

July 2

  

   

July 9

  

   

July 16

Australia A

Fiji

   

Samoa

Fiji

  

Tonga

Fiji

v

v

  

v

v

  

v

v

Samoa

Tonga

  

Tonga

Australia A

  

Australia A

Samoa

Suva

Suva

   

Lautoka

Lautoka

   

Lautoka

Lautoka

26

36

  

34

18

  

22

20

31

0

  

18

32

  

39

23

2019

In 2019 there were 6 teams involved in the competition. There were 2 pools of three teams and each team played 3 games against the 3 teams in the other pool. The winner was the team with the most competition points at the end of the matches.

PNC
Pool 1
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Fiji 3 2 1 69 50 1 9
USA 3 2 1 80 63 1 9
Tonga 3 1 2 57 86 1 5
Pool 2
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Japan 3 3 109 48 3 15
Samoa 3 1 2 38 40 2 6
Canada 3 3 55 118 1 1
Overall Standings
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Japan 3 3 109 48 3 15
Fiji 3 2 1 69 50 1 9
USA 3 2 1 80 63 1 9
Samoa 3 1 2 38 40 2 6
Tonga 3 1 2 57 86 1 5
Canada 3 3 55 118 1 1

Match Results

July 27

     

       

       

August 3

      

          

    

August 9

August 10

Tonga

Japan

USA


USA

Fiji

Japan


Tonga

USA

Fiji

v

v

v


v

v

v


v

v

v

Samoa

Fiji

Canada


Samoa

Canada

Tonga


Canada

Japan

Samoa

Apia

Kamaishi

Glendale


Suva

Suva

Hanazono


Lautoka

Suva

Suva

17

34

47

 

13

38

41


33

20

10

25

21

19

 

10

13

7


23

34

3

2018

A different format was used in which Georgia joined the competition and the games were played in the June International window. Each team played twice and the winner would be the team with the most competition points at the end of the matches.

This format was introduced by World Rugby as a high performance preparation ahead of the RWC 2019.


Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Fiji 2 2 61 37 2 10
Tonga 2 1 1 43 34 1 5
Georgia 2 1 1 31 52 4
Samoa 2 2 40 52 1 1

Match Results

June 9



June 16

Tonga

Fiji


Tonga

Fiji

v

v


v

v

Georgia

Samoa


Samoa

Georgia

Suva

Suva


Suva

Suva

15

24


28

37

16

22


18

15

2017

2017 was the second year of a 3 team format that also formed part of the qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The teams play each other once. The top two teams, on aggregate over 2016 & 2017, will qualify for the 2019 RWC.


Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Fiji 4 4 101 60 1 17
Tonga 4 1 3 68 93 2 6
Samoa 4 1 3 88 104 1 5

 NB: Combined table over 2 year period

Match Results

July 1

July 8

July 15

Tonga

Tonga

Samoa

v

v

v

Samoa

Fiji

Fiji

Nuku'alofa

Nuku'alofa

Apia

30

10

16

26

14

38

 Fiji and Tonga qualify for the RWC 2019.


2016

Due to the qualification format for the 2019 RWC, Japan, Canada & USA did not take part in the competition. The three Pacific Island teams will play each other once. The top two teams, on aggregate over 2016 & 2017, will qualify for the 2019 RWC.


Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Fiji 2 2 49 34 8
Samoa 2 1 1 46 36 4
Tonga 2 2 28 53 1 1

Match Results

June 11

June 18

June 25

Fiji

Fiji

Samoa

v

v

v

Tonga

Samoa

Tonga

Suva

Suva

Apia

23

26

30

18

16

10

2015

In 2015, further changes were made. Due to the Rugby World Cup the tournament was held later, in July and August, and teams played each team in the opposing pool. Following these three games, teams will play off on the basis of their overall table position.


PNC
Pool 1
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Samoa 3 2 1 72 66 1 11
Tonga 3 2 1 83 67 8
Japan 3 1 2 60 56 2 6
Pool 2
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Fiji 3 2 1 87 74 1 11
USA 3 1 2 58 72 1 5
Canada 3 3 44 69 1 1
Overall Standings
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Fiji 3 2 1 87 74 1 11
Samoa 3 2 1 72 66 1 11
Tonga 3 2 1 83 67 8
Japan 3 1 2 60 56 2 6
USA 3 1 2 58 72 1 5
Canada 3 3 44 69 1 1

Match Results

July 18




July 25




July 30




Play Offs


August 3



August 3



August 3

Fiji

Canada

USA


Canada

Fiji

USA


USA

Fiji

Canada



5th Place

USA


3rd Place

Tonga


1st Place

Fiji

v

v

v


v

v

v


v

v

v




v



v



v

Tonga

Japan

Samoa


Tonga

Samoa

Japan


Tonga

Japan

Samoa




Canada



Japan



Samoa

Suva

San Jose

San Jose


Burnaby

Sacramento

Sacramento


Toronto

Toronto

Toronto




Burnaby



Burnaby



Burnaby

30

6

16


18

30

23


19

27

20




15



31



39

22

20

21


28

30

18


33

22

21




13



20



29

2014

In 2014, changes were made and there were 2 conferences of 3 teams each.

PNC
North Pacific Conference
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Japan 2 2 72 53 1 9
USA 2 1 1 67 72 2 6
Canada 2 2 60 72 2 2
South Pacific Conference
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Samoa 2 1 1 36 31 6
Fiji 2 1 1 58 35 2 6
Tonga 2 1 1 35 63 2

Match Results

June 7



June 14



June 21

Canada

Samoa


USA

Fiji


USA

Fiji

v

v


v

v


v

v

Japan

Tonga


Japan

Tonga


Canada

Samoa

Burnaby

Apia


Halawa

Lautoka


Sacramento

Suva

25

18


29

45


38

13

34

18


37

17


35

18

2013

Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Fiji 4 3 1 109 59 4 16
Canada 4 3 1 85 70 1 13
Tonga 4 2 2 93 96 2 10
Japan 4 2 2 79 82 1 9
USA 4 4 48 107 1 1

Match Results

May 25



June 1


June 5


June 8


June 15


June 19



June 23

Japan

Canada


Fiji


Canada


Canada


USA


Japan

Fiji


Japan

Tonga

v

v


v


v


v


v


v

v


v

v

Tonga

USA


Japan


Fiji


Tonga


Tonga


Canada

USA


USA

Fiji

Kanagawa

Edmonton


Lautoka


Ottawa


Ontario


Utah


Aichi

Aichi


Tokyo

Tokyo

17

16


22


20


36


9


16

35


38

21

27

9


8


18


27


18


13

10


20

34

2012

Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Samoa 3 3 0 76 70
12
Fiji 3 2 1 80 65 2 10
Tonga 3 1 2 59 69 1 5
Japan 3 0 3 65 76 4 4


Match Results

June 5



June 10



June 17


June 23

Samoa

Fiji


Fiji

Japan


Samoa


Fiji

v

v


v

v


v


v

Tonga

Japan


Samoa

Tonga


Japan


Tonga

Nagoya

Nagoya


Tokyo

Tokyo


Tokyo


Lautoka

20

25


26

20


27


29

18

19


29

24


26


17

2011

Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Tonga 3 2 1 101 68 2
 10
Japan 3 2 1 67 74 2 10
Samoa 3 1 2 71 80 1 5
Fiji 3 1 2 70 87 1 5


Match Results

July 2



July 9



July 13

Fiji

Japan


Tonga

Fiji


Tonga

Fiji

v

v


v

v


v

v

Tonga

Samoa


Japan

Samoa


Samoa

Japan

Lautoka

Lautoka


Suva

Suva


Lautoka

Lautoka

21

15


27

36


29

13

45

34


28

18


19

24

2010

Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Samoa 3 2 1 78 63 1
 9
Fiji 3 2 1 72 77 1 9
Japan 3 2 1 65 68
8
Tonga 3 0 3 84 91 4 4


Match Results

June 12



June 19



June 26

Samoa

Fiji


Fiji

Samoa


Japan

Samoa

v

v


v

v


v

v

Tonga

Japan


Tonga

Japan


Tonga

Fiji

Apia

Lautoka


Apia

Apia


Apia

Apia

24

22


41

23


26

31

23

8


38

31


23

9

2009

Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Junior All Blacks 4 4 0 161 79 3
 19
Fiji 4 3 1 112 120 2 14
Samoa 4 2 2 91 64 4
 12
Japan 4 1 3 96 145 2 6
Tonga 4 0 4 79 131 1 1


Match Results

June 12

June 13


June 18



June 23



June 27



July 2

July 3

Samoa

Tonga


Fiji

Japan


Samoa

Japan


Tonga

Fiji


Tonga

Fiji

v

v


v

v


v

v


v

v


v

v

Junior All Blacks

Fiji


Junior All Blacks

Samoa


Tonga

Junior All Blacks


Japan

Samoa


Junior All Blacks

Japan

Apia

Nuku'alofa


Lautoka

Sigatoka


Lautoka

Lautoka


Lautoka

Lautoka


Suva

Suva

16

22


17

15


27

21


19

19


25

40

17

36


45

34


13

52


21

14


47

39

2008

Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
NZ Maori 5 5 0 134 62 1
 21
Australia A 5 4 1 220 77 4 20
Samoa 5 2 3 95 117 2
 10
Fiji 5 2 3 94 117 2 10
Japan 5 1 4 121 181 3 7
Tonga 5 1 4 71 181 2 6


Match Results

June 7


June 8


June 14


June 15


June 21

June 22



June 28


June 29


July 5

Fiji

NZ Maori

Japan


Fiji

Samoa

Japan


NZ Maori

Australia A

Japan


Tonga

NZ Maori

Australia A


Tonga

Samoa

Australia A

v

v

v


v

v

v


v

v

v


v

v

v


v

v

v

Samoa

Tonga

Australia A


NZ Maori

Australia A

Tonga


Samoa

Tonga

Fiji


Samoa

Japan

Fiji


Fiji

Japan

NZ Maori

Lautoka

Auckland

Fukuoka


Lautoka

Apia

Miyagi


Hamilton

Sydney

Tokyo


Nuku'alofa

napier

Brisbane


Nuku'alofa

Apia

Sydney

34

20

21


7

15

35


17

90

12


15

65

50


27

37

18

17

9

42


11

20

13


6

7

24


20

22

13


16

31

21

2007

Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Junior All Blacks 5 5 0 228 34 5
 25
Australia A 5 3 1 1 172 104 2 16
Samoa 5 3 2 96 67 1
 13
Fiji 5 1 3 1 70 115 3 9
Tonga 5 1 4 69 184 1 5
Japan 5 1 4 51 182 0 4


Match Results

May 19


May 25

May 26



June 2




June 9



June 16




June 23


June 24

Samoa


Australia A

Fiji

Samoa


Fiji

Tonga

Australia A


Tonga

Australia A


Japan

Fiji

Junior All Blacks


Samoa

Fiji

Japan

v


v

v

v


v

v

v


v

v


v

v

v


v

v

v

Fiji


Tonga

Japan

Junior All Blacks


Junior All Blacks

Japan

Samoa


Junior All Blacks

Japan


Samoa

Tonga

Australia A


Tonga

Australia A

Junior All Blacks

Apia


Sydney

Lautoka

Apia


Lautoka

Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour


Nuku'alofa

Townsville


Sendai

Lautoka

Dunedin


Apia

Suva

Tokyo

8


60

30

10


8

17

27


13

71


3

15

50


50

14

3

3


15

15

31


57

20

15


39

10


13

21

0


3

14

51

2006

Pacific Nations Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Junior All Blacks 4 4 0 167 47 4
 20
Samoa 4 2 2 121 88 3 11
Fiji 4 2 2 92 94 2
 10
Tonga 4 2 2 91 113 1 9
Japan 4 0 4 48 177 0 0


Match Results

June 3

June 4


June 9



June 17



June 24



July 1

Fiji

Japan


Junior All Blacks

Tonga


Samoa

Junior All Blacks


Junior All Blacks

Fiji


Tonga

Japan

v

v


v

v


v

v


v

v


v

v

Junior All Blacks

Tonga


Samoa

Fiji


Japan

Tonga


Japan

Samoa


Samoa

Fiji

Suva

Kitakyushu


Auckland

Gosford


New Plymouth

New Plymouth


Dunedin

Suva


Gosford

Osaka

17

16


56

24


53

38


38

23


0

15

35

57


12

23


9

10


8

20


36

29
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