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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
, and the two Rugby World Cup Qualifiers vs the
United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
. 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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacific
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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