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 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 2008 IRB Pacific Nations CupTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTries ForTries AgainstTry BonusLosing BonusPoints1 New Zealand Māori 5 5 0 0 134 62 +72 18 6 1 0 212 5 4 0 1 220 77 +143 31 10 3 1 203 5 2 0 3 95 117 -22 12 13 1 1 104 5 2 0 3 94 117 -23 12 15 1 1 105 5 1 0 4 121 181 -60 13 25 2 1 76 5 1 0 4 71 181 -110 6 23 1 1 6 Source : irb.comPoints breakdown:*4 points for a win*2 points for a draw*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
Schedule
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Top scorers
Top points scorers RankPlayerTeamPoints 1 James Arlidge 56 2 Callum Bruce 50 3 Taniela Maravunwasawasa 44 4 Mark Gerrard 28 Gavin Williams 6 Stephen Hoiles 25 7 Daniel Halangahu 23 8 Timana Tahu 20 Morgan Turinui 10 Pierre Hola 19 Sam Norton-Knight Source: irb.com
Top try scorers RankPlayerTeamTries 1 Stephen Hoiles 5 2 Timana Tahu 4 Morgan Turinui 4 Callum Bruce 3 Hosea Gear Digby Ioane Drew Mitchell Sam Norton-Knight Lachlan Turner 10 15 players 2 25 31 players 1 Source: irb.com
See also
2008 IRB 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