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{{Infobox sports league
| title           = Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy
| current_season  = 
| last_season     = 
| upcoming_season = 
| sport           = [[Rugby league]]
| logo            = 
| founded         = 2008
| inaugural       = 
| administrator   = [[NZRL|New Zealand Rugby League]]
| teams           = 6
| country         = {{COK}}<br>{{FIJ}}<br>{{NZL}}<br>{{PNG}}<br>{{SAM}}<br>{{TON}}
| champion        = [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]]
| champ_season    = 
| most_champs     = [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] (5 defences)
| most successful club = 
}}
The '''Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy''' (often shortened to "the Peter Leitch Challenge Trophy") is a [[rugby league]] challenge trophy that is contested when the [[New Zealand national rugby league team]] play a Pacific island side in non-Rugby League World Cup internationals.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-22|title=Double header game day notes|url=https://nzrl.co.nz/double-header-game-day-notes/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=New Zealand Rugby League|language=en-NZ}}</ref> [[Rugby League Four Nations]] games, however, do count and the challenge trophy has been contested at both the [[2010 Rugby League Four Nations|2010]] and [[2014 Rugby League Four Nations|2014]] editions. The trophy is named after New Zealand businessmen, philanthropist and Rugby League advocate [[Peter Leitch (Mad Butcher)|Peter Leitch]].

==History==
On 15 October 2008 [[New Zealand Rugby League]] (NZRL) chairman [[Ray Haffenden]] announced that the Kiwis vs Tonga Test Match would be used to launch the Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy. The NZRL wished to "acknowledged the close affinity and involvement [Leitch] has had with the Pacific Island and rugby league communities in New Zealand for many years."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-10-16|title=League: Kiwis and Tonga play for trophies|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/league/league-kiwis-and-tonga-play-trophies|access-date=2021-01-27|website=[[Otago Daily Times]] |language=en}}</ref> 

While held infrequently it was the NZRL's intention that the trophy will "be at stake in future internationals between the Kiwis and our Pacific neighbours.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=League: Trophies up for grabs in Kiwis-Tonga test|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/league-trophies-up-for-grabs-in-kiwis-tonga-test/3WIOQ55ZZSQKJJC6DDRDOTG7S4/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

The 2011 edition was cancelled by the NZRL due to a high number of injured New Zealand players.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-29|title=Cook Islands to lose $40,000 on cancelled test|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/5705997/Cook-Islands-to-lose-40-000-on-cancelled-test|access-date=2021-01-27|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref> This match would have been the first Rugby League test between the Cooks Islands and New Zealand.    

==Results==
{{Rugbybox |
date = 18 October 2008 |
home = {{Rl-rt|New Zealand}} |
score = 56–8 |
away = {{Rl|Tonga}} |
stadium = [[Mt Smart Stadium]], [[Auckland]] |
attendance = 5,000 |
|report=[https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/46881/kiwis-beat-tonga-in-world-cup-warm-up-match Report]}}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 14 October 2009 |
home = {{Rl-rt|New Zealand}} |
score = 40–24 |
away = {{Rl|Tonga}} |
stadium = [[Rotorua International Stadium]], [[Rotorua]] |
attendance = 8,000 |
|report=[https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/24263/kiwis-fight-back-to-beat-tonga Report]}}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 16 October 2010 |
home = {{Rl-rt|New Zealand}} |
score = 50–6 |
away = {{Rl|Samoa}} |
stadium = [[Mt Smart Stadium]], [[Auckland]] |
attendance = 11,512 |
|report=[https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/league-kiwis-outclass-toa-samoa-in-one-off-test/CNZM4NPUT3TUFRDCBOKPD5ZQ2U/ Report]}}
{{Rugbybox |
date = 6 October 2011 |
home = {{Rl-rt|Cook Islands}} |
score =   Cancelled by the [[NZRL]]  |
away = {{Rl|New Zealand}} |
stadium = [[Avarua Tereora Stadium]], [[Rarotonga]] |
attendance =Match cancelled ||report=[https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/5705997/Cook-Islands-to-lose-40-000-on-cancelled-test Report]}}{{Rugbyleaguebox|date=30 October 2010|team1={{Rl-rt|New Zealand}}|team2={{Rl|Papua New Guinea}}|stadium=[[Rotorua International Stadium]], [[Rotorua]]|attendance=6,000|referee={{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ben Cummins]]|manofmatch=|event=[[2010 Rugby League Four Nations]]|score=76–12|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/9141440.stm Report]}}{{Rugbyleaguebox
|date = 1 November 2014
|time=  
|team1 = {{Rl-rt|New Zealand}}
|score = 14–12
|team2 =  {{Rl|Samoa}}
|stadium = [[Toll Stadium]], [[Whangārei]]
|attendance = 16,912
|referee = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Henry Perenara]]
|manofmatch = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Kieran Foran]] 
|report = [https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/new-zealand-vs-samoa/41786 Report]
|event=[[2014 Rugby League Four Nations]]}}
{{Rugbyleaguebox
|date = 22 June 2019
|time=  
|team1 = {{Rl-rt|New Zealand}}
|score = 34–14
|team2 =  {{Rl|Tonga}}
|stadium = [[Mt Smart Stadium]], [[Auckland]] |
|attendance = 23,624
|referee = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ben Cummins]]
|report = [https://www.nrl.com/draw/internationals/2019/round-1/new-zealand-v-tonga/ Report]
}}

== Results by team ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-rank
!Country
!Challenges
!Defences
!Losses
|-
|align=left|{{rl|NZL}}||6||6||0
|-
|align=left|{{rl|Tonga}}||3||0||3
|-
|align=left|{{rl|SAM}}||2||0||2
|-
|{{Rl|Papua New Guinea}}
|1
|0
|1
|-
|align=left|{{rl|Cook Islands}}||0||0||0
|-
|align=left|{{rl|Fiji}}||0||0||0
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports}}

* [[List of international rugby league teams]]
* [[List of rugby league competitions]]
* [[Rugby League Four Nations]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Kiwis}}
{{Toa Samoa}}
{{Mate Ma'a Tonga}}
{{Kumuls}}
{{Rugby League in Oceania}}
{{International Rugby League}}

[[Category:Rugby league competitions in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Oceanian rugby league competitions]]
[[Category:Rugby league international tournaments]]


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