The 2019 Oceania Cup was the inaugural edition of the

Oceania Cup The Oceania Cup is an international men's field hockey competition organised by Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF). It is held every two years to determine which teams will receive an automatic berth to the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup and Summer Olym ...

. Contested by six teams, the competition began in June and concluded in November. The competition was announced at the

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(RLIF) congress in November 2018. The draw was released in March and breaks the six teams into two separate pools with promotion and relegation to exist in what is to become an annual tournament. Group A will comprise the top three ranked Pacific nations in , and while Group B will comprise , and . The winner of Pool A will win the Oceania Cup while the winner of Pool B will win the Oceania Shield and be promoted to Pool A in the next edition in place of

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, who were due to travel to Europe for their first Kangaroos tour since 2003.

Venues

The games were played at the following venues in New Zealand and Australia.

Results

Group A - Cup

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Jahrome Hughes Jahrome Hughes (born 8 October 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League, the New Zealand Māori and New Zealand at international level. He is an NRL premie ...

, Briton Nikora (both New Zealand), Manase Fainu, Kotoni Staggs, and Sitili Tupouniua (all Tonga) made their Test debuts, while

John Asiata Atalani "John" Asiata (born 19 April 1993) is a professional rugby league footballer, who plays as a and for Hull FC in the Super League. He has also played for both Samoa and Tonga at international level. He previously played for the Bris ...

made his debut for Tonga having previously represented Samoa.''

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Josh Addo-Carr Joshua Addo-Carr (born 28 July 1995), nicknamed "The Foxx", is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League and Australia at international level. Addo-Carr is a dual ...

, Nick Cotric,

Payne Haas Payne Haas (born 2 December 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL), and Australia at international level. He has played for New South Wales in the ...

Jack Wighton Jack Wighton (born 4 February 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL) and for the Indigenous All-Stars (rugby league), Indigenous All Stars. ...

(all Australia), Braden Hamlin-Uele, and Corey Harawira-Naera (both New Zealand) made their Test debuts, while

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made his debut for Australia having previously represented Italy, and

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (born 2 August 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL), the New Zealand Māori in the All-Stars and the Cook Islands and New Zealan ...

and

Zane Tetevano Zane Tetevano (born 4 November 1990) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and represented the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and the New Zealand Māori at international level. Tetevano played in the National Rugby Le ...

made their debut for New Zealand both having previously represented the Cook Islands.''

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Notes: * '' Cameron Murray (Australia) made his Test debut.''

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Group B - Shield

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Xavier Coates Xavier Coates (born 12 March 2001) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League and Papua New Guinea at international level. He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos. He ...

, Edene Gebbie, Edwin Ipape, Zev John, Kyle Laybutt,

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, Terry Wapi (all Papua New Guinea),

Chanel Harris-Tavita Chanel Harris-Tavita (born 3 April 1999) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL). Background Harris-Tavita was born in Auckland, New Zealand and is o ...

, Hymel Hunt, Marion Seve, and

Jaydn Su'A Jaydn Su'A (born 23 October 1997) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and South Sydney ...

(all Samoa) made their Test debuts, while

Jamayne Isaako Jamayne Isaako (born 5 June 1996) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Dolphins in the National Rugby League and New Zealand at international level. At the 2023 Dally M Awards, Isaako received the Ken Irvine Med ...

made his debut for Samoa having previously represented New Zealand.''

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Tino Fa'asuamaleaui Tino Fa'asuamaleaui () (born 16 February 2000) is a professional rugby league footballer who captains the Gold Coast Titans playing as a Lock (rugby league), lock and Prop (rugby league), prop forward in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has ...

Luciano Leilua Luciano Leilua (born 8 June 1996) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys and West ...

, Moses Leota,

Ronaldo Mulitalo Ronaldo Mulitalo (born 17 November 1999) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has played for the , and at an international level. Background Mu ...

Brian To'o Brian To'o (born 18 August 1998) is a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League, New South Wales in the State of Origin series and Samoa at international level. Known for ...

(all Samoa),

Lamar Liolevave Lamar Manuel-Liolevave (born 1 December 1995) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as er or for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Queensland Cup. He previously played for the Wests Tigers in the NRL. Background Born in Auc ...

, and Joseph Ratuvakacereivalu (both Fiji) made their Test debuts, while

Danny Levi Daniel Levi (born 5 December 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has played for New Zealand, New Zealand Māori and Samoa at international level. He p ...

made his debut for Samoa having previously represented New Zealand.''

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Notes: * '' Daniel Russell (Papua New Guinea) made his Test debut, while Alex Johnston made his debut for Papua New Guinea having previously represented Australia.''

References

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Oceanian rugby league competitions

International rugby league competitions hosted by New Zealand International rugby league competitions hosted by Australia

Venues

Results

Group A - Cup

Group B - Shield

See also

References