2015 World Rugby Pacific Challenge

Rugby union tournament 200px Argentina (1 team) CAN 1 Canada (1 team) Fiji (1 team) JPN 1 Japan (1 team) Samoa 1 Samoa (1 team)Tonga 1 Tonga (1 team) 10–23 March 2015 Pampas XV (2nd title) Fiji Warriors 2014 2016 The 2015 Pacific Challenge was the tenth World Rugby Pacific Challenge (known as the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup in previous seasons). The tournament, featuring six national 'A' rugby union teams, was hosted in Fiji. The tournament was won by Pampas XV, who defeated Fiji Warriors by 17–9 in the final. 2 Format The teams were split into two pools and each team played the three opponents in the opposite pool. The teams finishing on top of each pool progressed to the final, the second teams in each pool played off for third place, and the bottom teams in each pool played off for fifth place. Teams The six competing teams were: 15em Pool A JPN ARG Pampas XV SAM 15em Pool B CAN FIJ Fiji Warriors TGA Standings Competition tables after the pool matches: Pool A {| class="wikitable" |- !width=170|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Diff !width=40|BP1 !width=40|BP2 !width=40|Pts |- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;" |align=left| Pampas XV | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 89 || 42 || +47 || 2 || 0 || 14 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left| SAM 1 | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 69 || 87 || -18 || 1 || 0 || 9 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left| Japan 1 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 41 || 212 || -171 || 1 || 0 || 1 |- bgcolor="#ffffff" align=center style="border:0px" |colspan="15"| |- |- bgcolor="#ffffff" align=center style="border:0px" |colspan="15" style=line-height:80% |Updated: 18 March 2015Source: worldrugby.org 2015 World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2015 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1571/standings |} {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-size:100%; width:60%;" |- ! colspan="4" style="border:0px" |2.2emCompetition rules |- | colspan="4" | Points breakdown:4 points for a win2 points for a draw1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match Classification:Teams standings are calculated as follows:Most log points accumulated from all matchesMost log points accumulated in matches between tied teamsHighest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matchesMost points scored accumulated from all matches |} Pool B {| class="wikitable" |- !width=170|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Diff !width=40|BP1 !width=40|BP2 !width=40|Pts |- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;" |align=left| Fiji Warriors | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 145 || 42 || +103 || 2 || 1 || 11 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left| Canada 1 | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 101 || 72 || +29 || 1 || 1 || 6 |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left| Tonga 1 | 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 95 || 85 || +10 || 1 || 1 || 6 |- bgcolor="#ffffff" align=center style="border:0px" |colspan="15"| |- |- bgcolor="#ffffff" align=center style="border:0px" |colspan="15" style=line-height:80% |Updated: 18 March 2015Source: worldrugby.org |} Pool matches Round 1 10 March 2015 13:00 Japan 1 17–69 Canada 1 Summary 10 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 1 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21953 ANZ Stadium, Suva 10 March 2015 15:00 Samoa 1 30–28 Tonga 1 Summary 10 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 2 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21954 ANZ Stadium, Suva 10 March 2015 17:00 Pampas XV 22–20 Fiji 1 Summary 10 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 3 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21955 ANZ Stadium, Suva Round 2 14 March 2015 11:00 Pampas XV 31–7 Tonga 1 Summary 14 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 4 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21956 ANZ Stadium, Suva 14 March 2015 13:00 Samoa 1 19–17 Canada 1 Summary 14 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 5 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21958 ANZ Stadium, Suva 14 March 2015 15:00 Japan 1 0–83 Fiji 1 Summary 14 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 6 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21957 ANZ Stadium, Suva Round 3 18 March 2015 13:00 Japan 1 24–60 Tonga 1 Summary 18 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 7 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21959 ANZ Stadium, Suva 18 March 2015 15:00 Pampas XV 36–15 Canada 1 Summary 18 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 8 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21960 ANZ Stadium, Suva 18 March 2015 17:00 Samoa 1 20–42 Fiji 1 Summary 18 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 9 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21961 ANZ Stadium, Suva Finals 5th place 23 March 2015 13:00 Japan 1 24–43 Tonga 1 Summary 23 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 10 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21962 Report ANZ Stadium, Suva Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji) 3rd place 23 March 2015 15:00 Samoa 1 26–28 Canada 1 Summary 23 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 11 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21963 Report ANZ Stadium, Suva Petelo Kelekolio (Samoa) Final collapsible expanded 23 March 2015 17:00 Pampas XV 17–9 Fiji 1 Summary 23 March 2015 Pacific Challenge 2015, match 12 World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/match/21964 Report23 March 2015 Argentina Pampas defend Pacific Challenge title World Rugby http://www.worldrugby.org/news/63578 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150425130343/http://www.worldrugby.org/news/63578 25 April 2015 CorderoDe la Fuente González Iglesias (2) González Iglesias Vularika (3) ANZ Stadium, Suva Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand) References 25em 27 January 2015 Fiji to host rugby's revamped 'Pacific Challenge' Mai Life 28 January 2015 http://www.mailife.com.fj/fiji-to-host-rugbys-revamped-pacific-challenge/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20150206123305/http://www.mailife.com.fj/fiji-to-host-rugbys-revamped-pacific-challenge/ 6 February 2015 28 January 2015 Rugby Battle Fiji Sun 18 February 2015 http://fijisun.com.fj/2015/01/28/rugby-battle/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20150218012108/http://fijisun.com.fj/2015/01/28/rugby-battle/ 18 February 2015 External links World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150218094547/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1571 2015-02-18 official page FORU website https://web.archive.org/web/20110201100656/http://oceaniarugby.com/ 2011-02-01 expanded 2015 Category:2015 in Oceanian rugby union Category:2015 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:2015 in Argentine rugby union Category:2015 in Fijian rugby union Category:2015 in Samoan rugby union Category:2015 in Tongan rugby union Category:2015 in Canadian rugby union Category:2014–15 in Japanese 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