2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations

October 2020 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations Pacific5nations.png The logo of the 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations FIJJPNNZLSAMTGA Round-robin 3 June - 1 July 2006 5 10 67 James Gopperth (Junior All Blacks)(47 points) Anthony Tuitavake (Junior All Blacks)(4 tries) NZL 1 SAM IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2007 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup thumb|Japan playing Tonga at Honjo stadium on 4 June 2006 The 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations was the inaugural IRB Pacific 5 Nations rugby union competition held between five Pacific Rim sides; Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks (New Zealand's second XV). The inaugural tournament kicked off on 3 June 2006 with the Junior All Blacks proclaimed the winner after their 38–8 defeat of Japan on 24 June 2006. Australia was invited to take part but decided against sending a team as they wanted to focus on their domestic competition. However, Australia hosted two games, and Australian Rugby Union CEO Gary Flowers stated that Australia was keen to participate in the tournament from 2007 onwards. On 18 October 2006, it was announced that they would send their second XV. For this reason, the inaugural tournament was the only one to be known as the "Pacific 5 Nations", and from 2007 the competition was known as the Pacific Nations Cup. Point system The tournament is a round-robin of ten games, where each team plays one match against each of the other teams. There are four points for a win, two points 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 2006 IRB Pacific 5 NationsTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTries ForTries AgainstTry BonusLosing BonusPoints1NZL 4 4 0 0 167 47 +120 22 6 4 0 202SAM 4 2 0 2 121 88 +33 18 9 2 1 113FIJ 4 2 0 2 92 94 -2 10 12 1 1 104TGA 4 2 0 2 91 113 -22 12 13 1 0 95JPN 4 0 0 4 48 177 -129 4 26 0 0 0 Source : irb.comPoints 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 Results All kick off times are local. Round 1 3 June 2006 15:00 (UTC+12) FIJ 17 – 35 NZL A. RatuvaCaucaunibuca Bai (2) Bai WilliamsBlackieMcIntyreLeo'o McIntyre (2)Donald Donald (2)McIntyre ANZ National Stadium, Suva 25,000 Craig Joubert (South Africa) 4 June 2006 15:00 JST (UTC+09) JPN 16 – 57 Report TGA Oto Onishi Onishi (3) Fifita (2)FilipineHala'ufiaHeheaTuʻifuaTuʻipulotuVaikona Hola (3)J. Taumalolo Hola (2)J. Taumalolo Honjo Stadium, Kitakyushu 8,100 Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) Round 2 9 June 2006 20:00 NZST (UTC+12) NZL 56 – 12 Report SAM N. Williams (2)SenioJ. SchwalgerAtigaGopperthWaqaseduadua Gopperth (6) Gopperth (3) SenioFe'aunati Sanft North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 5,100 Marius Jonker (South Africa) 10 June 2006 19:30 AEST (UTC+10) TGA 24 – 23 Report FIJ HufangaVaikonaLutui Hola (3) Hola RatuvouLuveitasau Bai (2) Bai (3) Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 3,582 Craig Joubert (South Africa) Round 3 IRB Reports 17 June 2006 14:00 NZST (UTC+12) SAM 53 – 9 Report JPN Fa'atauFaraniTuilagiIosua (2)LimaSenio (2) Vili (4)Sanft Vili Ando (2) Ando Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth 4,200 Matt Goddard (Australia) 17 June 2006 16:30 NZST (UTC+12) NZL 38 – 10 Report TGA TuitavakeWaqaseduaduaGopperth (2)McIntyre GopperthMcIntyre Gopperth (3) Lutui Hola Hola Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth 4,200 Wayne Barnes (England) Round 4 IRB Reports 24 June 2006 14:30 NZST (UTC+12) NZL 38 – 8 Report JPN Tuitavake (3)Ralph (2)McIntyre McIntyre (4) Miyake Ikeda Carisbrook, Dunedin 3,500 Christophe Berdos (France) 24 June 2006 15:00 (UTC+12) FIJ 23 – 20 Report SAM Ligairi (2) Bai (2) Bai (3) FaraniFuimaono-SapoluSititi Crichton Crichton ANZ National Stadium, Suva 7,000 Wayne Barnes (England) Round 5 IRB Reports 1 July 2006 19:30 AEST (UTC+10) TGA 0 – 36 Report SAM An. Tuilagi (2)M. SchwalgerC. JohnstonFa'atau Crichton (4) Crichton Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 5,172 Christophe Berdos (France) 1 July 2006 19:00 JST (UTC+09) JPN 15 – 29 ReportIRB and scrum.com reports disagree on scorers. IRB data used. FIJ TakeiO'Reilly Ando Ando RatuvouLeawereDoviverataQera Bai (2)Ruivadra Bai Nagai Stadium, Osaka 5,263 Wayne Barnes (England) Top scorers Top points scorers RankPlayerTeamPoints 1 James Gopperth NZL 47 2 Seremaia Bai FIJ 40 3 Cameron McIntyre NZL 32 4 Pierre Hola TGA 31 5 Anthony Tuitavake NZL 20 6 Loki Crichton SAM 16 7 John Senio SAM 15 Anitele'a Tuilagi SAM Nick Williams NZL 10 Eiji Ando JPN 14 Source: irb.com Top try scorers RankPlayerTeamTries 1 Anthony Tuitavake NZL 4 2 James Gopperth NZL 3 Cameron McIntyre NZL John Senio SAM Anitele'a Tuilagi SAM Nick Williams NZL 7 10 players 2 17 27 players, Penalty try 1 Source: irb.com See also Sports 2006 IRB Nations Cup Pacific Tri-Nations References External links Junior All Blacks and Tonga continue winning ways, IRB official website, 10 June 2006 2006 Category:2006 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:2006 in Oceanian rugby union Category:2006 in New Zealand rugby union Category:2006 in Fijian rugby union Category:2006 in Tongan rugby union Category:2006 in Samoan rugby union Category:2005–06 in Japanese rugby union Category:2006 in Oceanian international sport Category:June 2006 sports events in Oceania Category:June 2006 sports events in Japan