2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

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File:Japan v Australia A IRB Pac Nations 2008 June 8.JPG

Japan v Australia A (Round One, June 8, 2008, Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka, Japan)

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

2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Difference

Tries For

Tries Against

Try Bonus

Losing Bonus

Points

1

Template:Flagicon New Zealand Māori

5

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

10

4

File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji

5

2

0

3

94

117

-23

12

15

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

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

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	James Arlidge	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	56
2	Callum Bruce	REDIRECT Template:Country data Māori \|\| rowspan=1 align=center \| 50
3	Taniela Maravunwasawasa	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	44
4	Mark Gerrard	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A	28
4	Gavin Williams	File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	28
6	Stephen Hoiles	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A	25
7	Daniel Halangahu	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A	23
8	Timana Tahu	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A	20
8	Morgan Turinui	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A	20
10	Pierre Hola	File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga	19
10	Sam Norton-Knight	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A	19

Source: irb.com

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Stephen Hoiles	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A	5
2	Timana Tahu	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A	4
2	Morgan Turinui	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A	4
4	Callum Bruce	REDIRECT Template:Country data Māori \|\| rowspan=6 align=center \| 3
	Hosea Gear	REDIRECT Template:Country data Māori
	Digby Ioane	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A
	Drew Mitchell	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A
	Sam Norton-Knight	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A
	Lachlan Turner	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A
10	15 players		2
25	31 players		1