2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
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The 2008 Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union tournament held between six national sides on the Pacific Rim: Australia A, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand Māori (just for this year). The inaugural competition was held in 2006. This year the tournament started on 7 June and ended on 6 July 2008.
The tournament is a round-robin where each team plays all of the other teams once. There are four points for a win, two 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
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | ||
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon New Zealand Māori | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 62 | +72 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
| 2 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 220 | 77 | +143 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 117 | -22 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 117 | -23 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 181 | -60 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 181 | -110 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Source : irb.com Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match | ||||||||||||||
Schedule
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Top scorers
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See also
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References
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External links
- IRB Pacific Nations Cup - from the IRB website (June 17, 2008)
- Schedule - IRB website (pdf)
- IRB Pacific Nations schedule announced - IRB website, 4 March 2008
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