2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

The 2008 Pacific Nations Cup was 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 started on June 7th and ended 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. There are also bonus points offered with one bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one bonus point for losing by 7 points or less.

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 Player statistics 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Table

Pos	Country	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	BP	Pts
1	New Zealand Māori	5	5	0	0	134	62	+72	1	21
2	Australia A	5	4	0	1	220	77	+143	4	20
3	Samoa	5	2	0	3	95	117	-22	2	10
4	Fiji	5	2	0	3	94	117	-23	2	10
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	121	181	-60	3	7
6	Tonga	5	1	0	4	71	181	-110	2	6

Schedule

Round One

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

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2008-06-07
	New Zealand Māori	20 – 9	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)	report	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	report	Tries: Morgan Turinui, Mark Gerrard, Peter Kimlin (2), Van Humphries, Sam Norton-Knight Con: Mark Gerrard (6)

Round Two

2008-06-14
	Fiji	7 – 11	New Zealand Māori	Churchill Park, Lautoka Referee: Matt Goddard
	Tries: Sireli Naqelevuki, Con: Taniela Rawaqa	report	Tries: Jason Eaton Pen: Tamati Ellison, Callum Bruce

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2008-06-14
	Samoa	15 – 20	Australia A	Apia Park, Samoa Referee: Keith Brown
	Tries: Loleni Tafunai, Muliufi Salanoa Con: Uale Mai Pen: Neli Sasulu	report	Tries: Timana Tahu, Morgan Turinui Con: Mark Gerrard, Matt Carraro Pen: Mark Gerrard, Matt Carraro

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2008-06-15 14:00
	Japan	35 – 13	Tonga	Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Miyagi Referee: Willie Roos retd. hurt Francois Veldsman
	Tries: Takashi Kikutani, Hirotoki Onozawa, Shaun Webb, Bryce Robins Pen: James Arlidge (5)	report	Tries: Lotu Filipine Con: Pierre Hola Pen: Pierre Hola (2)

Round Three

2008-06-21
	New Zealand Māori	17 – 6	Samoa	Waikato Stadium, Waikato
	Tries: Callum Bruce, Piri Weepu Con: Callum Bruce (2) Pen: Callum Bruce		Pen: Gavin Williams (2)

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2008-06-22 14:00
	Japan	12 – 24	Fiji	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 10,994
	Pens: James Arlidge (4)	report	Tries: Sireli Naqelevuki, Taniela Rawaqa, Vereniki Goneva Cons: Taniela Rawaqa (3) Pen: Taniela Rawaqa (1)

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2008-06-22
	Australia A	90 – 7	Tonga	North Sydney Oval, Sydney
	Tries: Stephen Hoiles (4), Digby Ioane (2), Sam Norton-Knight (2), Drew Mitchell (2), Morgan Turinui, Timana Tahu, Patrick Phibbs, Lachlan Turner Cons: Matt Carraro (4), Daniel Halangahu (3), Sam Norton-Knight (2), Brett Sheehan		Tries: Viliami Ma'asi Con Vungakato Lilo

Round Four

2008-06-28
	Tonga	15 – 20	Samoa	Teufaiva Stadium, Nukuʻalofa
	Pen: Pierre Hola (3), Vungakoto Lilo (2)		Tries: Uale Mai, David Lemi Con: Gavin Williams (2) Pen: Gavin Williams (2)

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2008-06-28
	New Zealand Māori	65 – 22	Japan	McLean Park, Napier Referee: Carlo Damasco
	Tries: Hosea Gear (3), Zar Lawrence (2), Callum Bruce (2), Tamati Ellison, Dwayne Sweeney, Jason Kawau Con: Callum Bruce (6) Pen: Callum Bruce	report	Tries: Shaun Webb, Christian Loamanu, Luke Thompson Con: James Arlidge (2) Pen: James Arlidge

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2008-06-29
	Australia A	50 – 13	Fiji	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
	Tries: Lachlan Turner (2), Digby Ioane, Ben Lucas, Drew Mitchell, Morgan Turinui, Stephen Hoiles Con: Daniel Halangahu (6) Pen: Daniel Halangahu		Tries: Graham Dewes, Kameli Ratuvou Pen: Taniela Rawaqa

Round Five

2008-07-05
	Tonga	27 – 16	Fiji	Teufaiva Stadium, Nukuʻalofa Referee: Carlo Damasco
	Tries: Ephraim Taukafa, Seti Kiole, Nili Latu, Epi Taione Con: Pierre Hola, Fangatapu Apikotoa Pen: Vungakoto Lilo		Tries: Saula Radidi Con: Taniela Rawaqa Pen: Taniela Rawaqa (3)

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2008-07-05 15:10
	Samoa	37 – 31	Japan	Apia Park, Apia Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Steve Walsh
	Tries: Semo Setiti, Loleni Tafunai, Heroshi Tea, Anitelea Tuilagi, James Johnston Con: Gavin Williams (3) Pen: Gavin Williams (2)	report	Tries: Hare Makiri, Bryce Robins, Hirotoki Onozawa, Takashi Kikutani Con: James Arlidge (4) Pen: James Arlidge (1)

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2008-07-05
	Australia A	18 – 21	New Zealand Māori	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 8,707 Referee: James Bolabiu
	Tries: Timana Tahu (2) Con: Daniel Halangahu Pen: Mark Gerrard (2)		Tries: Tanerau Latimer, Liam Messam, Thomas Waldrom Con: Piri Weepu (3)

Player statistics

The top five point scorers were: James Arlidge (Japan) 56, Callum Bruce (NZ Maori) 50, Taniela Rawaqa (Fiji) 33, Mark Gerrard (Australia A) 28, Gavin Williams (Samoa) 28 (Source: IRB website)

See also

• 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

References

External links

• IRB Pacific Nations Cup - from the IRB website (June 17, 2008)
• Schedule - IRB website (pdf)
• IRB Pacific Nations schedule announced - IRB website, 4 March 2008

v • d • e Rugby union schedule for 2008
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup		Mid-Year Tests				H. Cup	End of year Int'ls	H. Cup
Guinness Premiership								Guinness Premiership
Magners League								Magners League
Top 14							Top 14
					Currie Cup
Sevens											Sevens
			Pacific Rugby Cup		Churchill Cup	Air New Zealand Cup
	Super 14				Pacific Nations Cup	Tri Nations

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