The 2013
Pacific Nations Cup
The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union competition held between Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Canada, Japan and the United States. First held in 2006, the tournament is intended to strengthen the Tier 2 rugby teams by providing competitiv ...
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
tournament was held between five national sides in the Pacific Region:
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
,
Fiji
Fiji, 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 of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
,
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...
, and
USA.
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
were the reigning champion after they defeated
Fiji
Fiji, 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 of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
in the
2012 competition but took the year off to compete in a tournament with South Africa, Scotland and Italy in the
South African Quadrangular Tournament. Meanwhile, with the demise of the
Churchill Cup
The Churchill Cup was an annual rugby union tournament, held in June, contested by representative men's (and formerly women's) teams from Canada national rugby union team, Canada, England Saxons, England, the United States national rugby union te ...
, Canada and United States joined this competition for the first time.
The tournament ran from 25 May to 23 June 2013. Five of the matches were held in
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
, three in Canada, one in the U.S., and one in Fiji.
As with previous years, the tournament was a round-robin where each team played each of the other teams once. Four points were awarded for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat. There were 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
Fixtures
Week 1
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Week 2
Man of the Match:
Nemani Nadolo (Fiji)
Touch judges:
Sam Tuidraki
Mikea Rokodrakia
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Week 3
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Week 4
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Week 5
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Week 6
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Week 7
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Squads
Canada
Canada's 44-man squad for their Summer 2013 games, including the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, the
June international against
Ireland
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, and the two
Rugby World Cup Qualifiers vs the
United States
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.
Head coach:
Kieran Crowley
Fiji
35-man extended Fiji squad for the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.
* Head coach: Inoke Male
Japan
Japanese 35-man squad for 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup and
2013 Welsh rugby union tour of Japan.
*Head coach:
Eddie Jones
*Caps updated: 13 May 2013
Tonga
28-man Tonga squad for the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, 10 non-travelling reserves were also named.
Non-travelling reserves
United States
Eagles 30-man training squad for the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.
* Head coach:
Mike Tolkin
Statistics
Top points scorers
Top try scorers
See also
*
2013 IRB Nations Cup
*
2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup
References
External links
IRB Pacific Nations Cup– from the IRB website (accessed 1 May 2012)
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2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
2013 rugby union tournaments for national teams
2013 in Oceanian rugby union
2013 in American rugby union
2013 in Canadian rugby union
2013 in Fijian rugby union
2012–13 in Japanese rugby union
2013 in Tongan rugby union