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The 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations was the inaugural IRB Pacific 5 Nations
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competition held between five Pacific Rim sides;
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and the Junior All Blacks (New Zealand's second XV). The inaugural tournament kicked off on 3 June 2006 with the Junior All Blacks proclaimed the winner after their 38–8 defeat of Japan on 24 June 2006. Australia was invited to take part but decided against sending a team as they wanted to focus on their domestic competition. However, Australia hosted two games, and
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CEO Gary Flowers stated that Australia was keen to participate in the tournament from 2007 onwards. On 18 October 2006, it was announced that they would send their second XV. For this reason, the inaugural tournament was the only one to be known as the "Pacific 5 Nations", and from 2007 the competition was known as the Pacific Nations Cup.


Point system

The tournament is a round-robin of ten games, where each team plays one match against each of the other teams. There are four points for a win, two points 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


Results

;All kick off times are local.


Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4


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Round 5


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Top scorers


Top points scorers

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Top try scorers

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See also

* 2006 IRB Nations Cup * Pacific Tri-Nations


References


External links


Junior All Blacks and Tonga continue winning ways
IRB official website, 10 June 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacific
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