2008 Pacific Rugby Cup

Rugby union tournament 200px Fiji Fiji (2 teams)SAM Samoa (2 teams)TON Tonga (2 teams) TON Tautahi Gold 16 2007 2009 The IRB Pacific Rugby Cup 2008 was the third edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition. First held in 2006, the 2008 edition, like its predecessors, featured 6 representative rugby union football teams; 2 from each of the three Pacific rugby unions - Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. Tautahi Gold beat Upolu Samoa 11 points to 3 in the grand final match to win the Pacific Rugby Cup for 2008, becoming the first Tongan team, and the first team outside of Samoa, to win the trophy. 2 Teams The 6 participating teams were: Upolu Samoa and Savaii Samoa from Samoa Fiji Warriors and Fiji Barbarians from Fiji Tau'uta Reds and Tautahi Gold from Tonga Format and schedule The teams played a single round robin (home or away) series. The two top teams in the final standings met in the grand final match, with the first ranking team awarded home advantage. The 2008 tournament followed the completion of Fiji's Colonial Cup, Samoa's National Provincial Championship and Tonga's Provincial Championship and provided the coaches of the three national teams with a competitive player development pathway just ahead of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2008. Upolu Samoa began its title defence away to 2007 beaten finalists Tau'uta Reds in Nuku'alofa on April 19, while Fiji Warriors faced Tautahi Gold in Lautoka and 2006 champions Savaii Samoa played Fiji Barbarians in Apia. Four further rounds followed on consecutive weekends before the top two ranked teams contested the Grand Final on May 24. Table {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Point Difference !width=40|Bonus Points !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| Upolu Samoa |5||4||0||1||90||49||+41||1||17 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| Tautahi Gold |5||3||0||2||97||75||+22||1||13 |- align=center |align=left| Savaii Samoa |5||3||0||2||81||81||0||1||13 |- align=center |align=left| Fiji Barbarians |5||2||0||3||72||90||-18||2||10 |- align=center |align=left| Tau'uta Reds |5||2||0||3||84||95||-11||1||9 |- align=center |align=left| Fiji Warriors |5||1||0||4||70||104||-34||3||7 |- bgcolor="#ffffff" align=center |colspan="15"|Source: oceaniarugby.com |} {| 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 |} Match results Round One 2008-04-18 Fiji Warriors 21-19 Tautahi Gold Churchill Park, Lautoka Savai'i Samoa 17-13 Fiji Barbarians Apia Park, Apia 2008-04-19 Tau'uta Reds 12-20 Upolu Samoa Teufaiva Stadium, Nukualofa Round Two 2008-04-25 Fiji Barbarians 5-22 Upolu Samoa National Stadium, Suva 2008-04-26 Savai'i Samoa 20-18 Fiji Warriors Prince Edwards Park, Savaii Tau'uta Reds 11-21 Tautahi Gold Teufaiva Stadium, Nukualofa Round Three 2008-05-02 Upolu Samoa 13-8 Fiji Warriors Apia Park, Apia Tautahi Gold 27-17 Savai'i Samoa Teufaiva Stadium, Nukualofa 2008-05-03 Fiji Barbarians 25-24 Tau'uta Reds Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka Round Four 2008-05-09 Fiji Warriors 16-23 Tau'uta Reds Prince Charles Park, Nadi Tautahi Gold 20-0 Fiji Barbarians Teufaiva Stadium, Nukualofa 2008-05-10 Upolu Samoa 9-14 Savai'i Samoa Apia Park, Apia Round Five 2008-05-16 Tau'uta Reds 14-13 Savai'i Samoa Teufaiva Stadium, Nukualofa 2008-05-17 Fiji Warriors 7-29 Fiji Barbarians Subrail Park, Labasa Upolu Samoa 26-10 Tautahi Gold Apia Park, Apia Final 2008-05-24 Upolu Samoa 3-11 Tautahi Gold Apia Park, Apia References 2008 2008 Pacific Rugby Cup Fixtures and Results Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions http://oceaniarugby.com/fixtures__results/pacific_rugby_cup/2008_prc_fixtures_and_results_2.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140302025518/http://oceaniarugby.com/fixtures__results/pacific_rugby_cup/2008_prc_fixtures_and_results_2.html 2 March 2014 External links FORU website https://web.archive.org/web/20110201100656/http://oceaniarugby.com/ 2011-02-01 expanded collapsed Category:World Rugby Pacific Challenge Pacific Rugby Cup Pacific Rugby Cup Pacific Rugby Cup Pacific Rugby Cup Pacific Category:2008 in Oceanian international sport Category:April 2008 sports events in Oceania Category:May 2008 sports events in Oceania