Pacific Nations Cup

The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union tournament, formerly known as the IRB Pacific 5 Nations . It was established by the International Rugby Board (IRB) to promote rugby union in the Pacific . There are currently six national teams participating: Fiji , Japan , Canada , Samoa , Tonga and the United States .

history

Participants in the competition, the tournament Pacific Tri-Nations replaced, first alongside Fiji, were Samoa , Tonga and Japan, the Junior All Blacks and Australia A . Australia had been invited to the first edition of the tournament in 2006, but declined before the Australian Rugby Union announced on October 18, 2006 that the country would take part in the tournament from 2007 with Australia A, the reserve team of the "Wallabies". Thus, in 2007 and 2008, six teams were represented in the competition. For this reason, the tournament was renamed from IRB Pacific 5 Nations to Pacific Nations Cup.

In 2008, the New Zealand Māori replaced the Junior All Blacks. However, this decision was revised a year later, so that the Junior All Blacks participated in the 2009 edition. The Australia A team was disbanded in 2009 for financial reasons. In the same year, the Junior All Blacks announced their withdrawal, so that by 2012 only four teams are playing for the title at the Pacific Nations Cup.

Canada and the USA were invited from 2013 to 2015, and Georgia in 2018 .

format

Japan - Australia A, 2008

The tournament will be played in the format of everyone against everyone. A victory is rewarded with four points. You get two for a tie and none for a loss. The teams receive bonus points if they manage four or more attempts in a game, regardless of whether they win or lose, or if a team with a difference of seven or less points loses.

Winners list

competition	winner	Second
2006	Junior All Blacks	Samoa
2007	Junior All Blacks	Australia A
2008	New Zealand Māori	Australia A
2009	Junior All Blacks	Japan
2010	Samoa	Fiji
2011	Japan	Tonga
2012	Samoa	Fiji
2013	Fiji	Canada
2014	Japan Samoa	Fiji United States
2015	Fiji	Samoa
2016	Fiji	Samoa
2017	Fiji	Tonga
2018	Fiji	Tonga
2019	Japan	Fiji

See also

• List of major rugby union competitions

Web links

• Pacific Nations Cup website