The 2015 Pacific Challenge was the tenth
World Rugby Pacific Challenge
The World Rugby Pacific Challenge, formerly the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup, is an annual rugby union football tournament held in Oceania since 2006. It is contested by national 'A' teams (formed from the best locally based players, with most not alre ...
(known as the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup in previous seasons). The tournament, featuring six national '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 ...
teams, was hosted in Fiji.
[ The tournament was won by ]Pampas XV
Pampas XV is an Argentine professional rugby union team that currently competes in Super Rugby Americas.[Fiji Warriors
The Fiji Warriors, also referred to as Fiji A, is a national representative rugby team of rugby union in Fiji. It is the second-tier side to the Fiji national team. The Warriors team is selected from players in the Fijian domestic competi ...]
by 17–9 in the final.
Format
The teams were split into two pools and each team played the three opponents in the opposite pool. The teams finishing on top of each pool progressed to the final, the second teams in each pool played off for third place, and the bottom teams in each pool played off for fifth place.[
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Teams
The six competing teams were:[
Pool A
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* ]Pampas XV
Pampas XV is an Argentine professional rugby union team that currently competes in Super Rugby Americas.[Fiji Warriors
The Fiji Warriors, also referred to as Fiji A, is a national representative rugby team of rugby union in Fiji. It is the second-tier side to the Fiji national team. The Warriors team is selected from players in the Fijian domestic competi ...]
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Standings
Competition tables after the pool matches:
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool matches
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Finals
5th place
3rd place
Final
References
External links
World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2015
official page
FORU website
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2015 in Oceanian rugby union
2015 rugby union tournaments for national teams
2015 in Argentine rugby union
2015 in Fijian rugby union
2015 in Samoan rugby union
2015 in Tongan rugby union
2015 in Canadian rugby union
2014–15 in Japanese rugby union
International rugby union competitions hosted by Fiji