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IRB Pacific Nations Cup
- from the IRB website (June 17, 2008)
Schedule
- IRB website (pdf)
- IRB website, 4 March 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacific 2008 2008 rugby union tournaments for national teams 2008 in Australian rugby union 2008 in Fijian rugby union 2008 in Samoan rugby union 2008 in Tongan rugby union 2008 in New Zealand rugby union 2007–08 in Japanese rugby union 2008 in Oceanian rugby union
The 2008 Pacific Nations Cup
The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union competition held between three Pacific states: Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The 2019 edition of the tournament will also include the national teams of Canada, Japan and United States. First hel ...
was a 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 its m ...
tournament held between six national sides on the Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The ''Pacific Basin'' includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire.
List of co ...
: Australia A, Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, 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 Island, Manono an ...
, Tonga
Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...
and New Zealand Māori (just for this year). The inaugural competition was held in 2006. This year the tournament started on 7 June and ended on 6 July 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.
Table
Schedule
Round 1
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Top points scorers
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Top try scorers
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See also
*2008 IRB Nations Cup
The 2008 IRB Nations Cup was the third edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Emerging Springboks and Italy A) aga ...
References
External links
IRB Pacific Nations Cup
- from the IRB website (June 17, 2008)
Schedule
- IRB website (pdf)
- IRB website, 4 March 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacific 2008 2008 rugby union tournaments for national teams 2008 in Australian rugby union 2008 in Fijian rugby union 2008 in Samoan rugby union 2008 in Tongan rugby union 2008 in New Zealand rugby union 2007–08 in Japanese rugby union 2008 in Oceanian rugby union