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2022 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
The 2022 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Pacific Nations Cup annual international rugby union competition and the first since 2019, with a 2-year lay-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four teams competed, with Fiji, Samoa and Tonga all returning to the competition with the addition of Australia A who re-joined the competition for the first time since 2008. Fiji hosted the entire tournament for the first time since 2018, with Suva and Lautoka hosting matches over three Saturdays in the July test window. The competition will be played in a round-robin format with the Pacific Nations Cup winner determined by the highest number of competition points at the end of the tournament, with a win worth four points, a draw two points and bonus points for scoring four or more tries or losing by seven points or less. Samoa won the title after winning all three games, the fourth time that have done this and the first since a joint title in 2014, or an ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Lonergan
Ryan Lonergan (born 6 April 1998) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Super Rugby club the Brumbies. Professional career In 2016, Lonergan was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team in a tour of New Zealand and Samoa. Lonergan played for the Australia national under-20 rugby union team in the 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship. Soon after leaving school in 2016, Lonergan was signed to a two-year contract. Lonergan made his Super Rugby debut in 2017 in a match against the Chiefs in Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton ( mi, Kirikiriroa) is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand. Located on the banks of the Waikato River, it is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato region. With a territorial population of , it is the country's .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lonergan, Ryan 1998 births Living people ACT Brumbies players Australian rugby union players Rugby uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reece Hodge
Reece Hodge (born 26 August 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union player for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby. A utility back, Hodge can play fly-half, outside centre, wing or fullback. Hodge completed his secondary Education at Manly Selective Campus, along with fellow Wallaby, Cadeyrn Neville. Career Hodge played his junior rugby with the Harbord Harlequins and then later with the Manly Marlins. He made his debut for the Rebels scoring two tries, 2 conversions and 2 penalties totalling 20 points. Hodge signed a contract with the Melbourne Rebels in 2016. In Mid-2016, Hodge was called up to replace Mike Harris in the Wallabies squad for the 2016 series against England. In the opening test of the 2020 Bledisloe Cup The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union competition originally staged between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been contested since the 1930s. The frequency that the competition is held has va ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tane Edmed
Tane Edmed (born 16 August 2000) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is fly-half. He was named in the Waratahs squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. He previously represented the in the 2019 National Rugby Championship The 2019 National Rugby Championship was the sixth season of the top flight of Australian domestic rugby union. The competition began on 31 August and concluded on 26 October. The match of the round was broadcast live each week on Fox Sports and .... Reference list External linksRugby.com.au profile Australian rugby union players Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock Campbell (rugby Union)
Jock Campbell (born 17 May 1995) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. His playing position is wing A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is e ... and fullback. He has signed for the Reds in 2020. References External linksRugby.com.au profile 1995 births Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamish Stewart
Hamish Stewart (born 3 March 1998) is an Australian rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ... player who played six seasons for the in the Super Rugby competition after a late-season debut in 2017. He signed a two-year deal to play for the Western Force on August 5, 2022. His main positions are fly-half/inside centre. On May 8, 2021, he celebrated the first title in a decade for the Queensland Reds when he played at inside centre in the Super Rugby AU final at Suncorp Stadium. Stewart made seven tackles in the midfield and played solidly for the full 80 minutes in the 19-16 victory over the ACT Brumbies in front of 41,637 fans. He is highly regarded for his stout and fearless defence and work over the ball which is a throwback to starting out as a schoolbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalakai Foketi
Lalakai Foketi (born 22 December 1994) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays as a centre for the in Super Rugby. Career Foketi first came to prominence in 2013 with some impressive displays while playing for the Manly Marlins colts side. As a result, he was named in the Melbourne Rebels extended playing squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season. He was not expected to feature much during his debut season, however a spate of injuries to Rebels backline players saw him earn a first Super Rugby cap against the on 23 May 2014. International Foketi was an Australia Schoolboys representative in 2012, and played four matches for the Australia Under 20 side at the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France. He also played four matches in the 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Nawaqanitawase
Mark Nawaqanitawase (; born 11 September 2000) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Super Rugby club the Waratahs and the Australia national team. Early life Nawaqanitawase is of mixed Fijian and Italian heritage, and was born and raised in Burwood, New South Wales. Nawaqanitawase played rugby league for Concord-Burwood Wolves and Leichhardt Wanderers in his youth, until he swapped over to rugby union at 14-years-old. Rugby union career Domestic rugby Nawaqanitawase's primary playing position is wing, however he is also capable at fullback. Nawaqanitawase played schoolboy rugby for St Patrick's College, Strathfield. As an adult, he began his first-class career with Eastwood RFC in the Shute Shield competition. As of 2022, he has been capped 5 times and has scored one try. With his similarities in height, position, body type, and playing style, Nawaqanitawase has been likened to former Waratahs fullback and dual Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Rugby Union
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to World Rugby. It was established in 1992 as the South African Rugby Football Union, from the merger of the South African Rugby Board and the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SACOS), and took up its current name in 2005. SARU organises several national teams, most notably the senior national side, the ''Springboks''. History The South African Rugby Board was the rugby union governing body of white South Africans between 1880 and 1992. The governing of white and coloured rugby union was handled separately during South Africa under Apartheid. On 23 March 1992 the non-racial South African Rugby Union and the South African Rugby Board were merged to form the South African Rugby Football Union. The unified body changed its name in 2005 to the current South African Rugby Union. The debacle of the 2003 World Cup saw the Springboks exit in the quarterfinals. Further, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaco Peyper
Jaco Peyper is a South African Rugby Union referee. Peyper rose through the ranks in South Africa quickly, making his Super Rugby debut in 2008 while still in his 20s. In 2011 he was named as an official for the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy. This included the final between England national under-20 rugby union team, England and New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team, New Zealand where New Zealand won 33-22. In 2012, Peyper was promoted to the International Rugby Board's elite panel and was tasked with refereeing 2012 Scotland rugby union tour of Oceania, Scotland's 2012 tour of Oceania. This included Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland's 6-9 away win over Australia national rugby union team, Australia, 25-37 away win over Fiji national rugby union team, Fiji and 16-17 away win over Samoa national rugby union team, Samoa. He was also referee for Argentina national rugby union team, Argentina v New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ANZ National Stadium
The HFC Bank Stadium ( formally known as ANZ Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Suva, Fiji. HFC Stadium is used primarily for rugby league, rugby union and football matches, and features a track as well as a pitch suitable for worldwide competition. It has undercover seating for 4,000 spectators, and concrete and grass embankments that increase the capacity to 15,000 people. Construction and renovations Originally called Buckhurst Park, the stadium was constructed in 1951 on sixteen hectares of land given by William H. B. Buckhurst in 1948. The stadium was first renovated in 1978–1979 for the Sixth South Pacific Games. Work commenced in April 1978 with the demolition of the grandstand, which had lost its roof during Hurricane Bebe. The stadium was renamed National Stadium upon reopening in 1979. A second renovation took place in 2012, sponsored by ANZ Fiji, Fiji's largest bank, at a cost of FJD $17.5 million. The stadium reopened in March 2013, with a rugby union game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Iona
Rodney Esekia Iona (born 17 August 1991) is a Samoan rugby union footballer who currently plays as a fly half and Centre for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby Pacific 2022. He also plays for the New Orleans Gold in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the U.S. He previously represented the Canberra Vikings in the inaugural National Rugby Championship. Career Originally from Melbourne, Iona made his way north to Australia's capital Canberra in an attempt to forge out a rugby career for himself. In 2011 he linked up with the Tuggeranong Vikings who play in the ACTRU Premier Division while attending the academy. He represented the Brumbies at sevens and won the World Club Sevens Championship in 2013 and also played in the World Club 10s tournament in Singapore. A spate of injuries for the Brumbies in the middle of the 2014 Super Rugby season saw Iona earn his first cap in a derby match against the in Sydney. His debut didn't go quite as well as he'd have liked with his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Taumateine
Jonathan Archie Taumateine (born 28 September 1996) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Super Rugby club Moana Pasifika. Born in New Zealand, he represents Samoa at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds. Club career Taumateine signed with the Moana Pasifika for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. His position of choice is scrum-half. International career In July 2021, he was named in the Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ... squad for the July internationals. Taumateine made his international debut for Samoa on 10 July in a 42–13 win over Tonga. References External links * * New Zealand rugby union players Samoan rugby union players Samoa international rugby union players 1996 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |