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2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

FieldValue
name2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
countries
tournament formatRound-robin
date12 June – 3 July 2009
teams5
matches10
attendance
tries72
top point scorerHosea Gear (Junior All Blacks)
(40 points)
top try scorerHosea Gear (Junior All Blacks)
(8 tries)
champions
count3
runner-up
website[IRB Pacific Nations Cup](https://web.archive.org/web/20121228005511/http://www.irb.com/pacificnationscup/fixturesresults/index.html)
previous year2008
previous tournament2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
next year2010
next tournament2010 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

(40 points) (8 tries) | runner-up = The 2009 Pacific Nations Cup is a rugby union tournament held between five national sides on the Pacific Rim: Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks. The New Zealand Māori team that won the tournament last year will no longer take part in this competition because of a decision taken by the New Zealand Rugby Union. Australia A has also decided to pull out due to a similar decision. The inaugural competition was held in 2006. This year the tournament will begin on June 12 and ends on July 3, 2009 and most of the matches will be hosted by Fiji. The awarding of the key international tournament to the Fiji Rugby Union represents a further boost to the continued development of rugby in the region. The two opening round matches will be played outside of Fiji with Samoa hosting the Junior All Blacks in Apia and Tonga entertaining the Fijians in Nukuʻalofa the following day before the tournament moves to Fiji for a 17-day festival of international rugby spread across three match venues: the ANZ National Stadium (Suva), Churchill Park (Lautoka) and Lawaqa Park (Sigatoka).

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

**2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup**

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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

Lauina 67' m Dagg 27' c

SAM Titimaea Tafua
NZL Colin Cooper
NZL Ian Foster

|}

Toke 43' m Lilo 53' c Seuseu 37' c Koto 54' c Noilea 80+1' c

TGA Quddus Fielea
FJI Ilie Tabua

|}

Round 2

Matadigo 45' m Keresoni 74' Luveniyali (0/1) Donnelly 19' m T. Ellison 25' c Tuitavake 33' c Lowe 42' c Ranger 66 c Slade (1/1) 80'

FJI Ilie Tabua
NZL Colin Cooper
NZL Ian Foster

|}

Onozawa 50' m Va'a 36' m Tagicakibau 52' c M. Schwalger 53' m Lauina 62' m Sititi 68' m

NZL John Kirwan
SAM Titimaea Tafua

|}

Round 3

Stowers 39' m Tagicakibau 41' c Poluleuligaga 55' c

SAM Titimaea Tafua
TGA Quddus Fielea

|}

Tarrant 17' c Taira 23' c Slade 16' m H. Gear (2) 21' c, 80+4' c Clarke 23' c Lauakai (2) 36' c, 62' m Brett (1/2) 80+5'

NZL John Kirwan
NZL Colin Cooper
NZL Ian Foster

|}

Round 4

I. Maʻasi Halaifonua Arlidge (2/2)

TGA Quddus Fielea
NZL John Kirwan

|}

SAM Titimaea Tafua
FJI Ilie Tabua

|}

Round 5

Kaufusi Malupo Ranger Lauaki Mathewson Fruean Slade (3)

Goneva Ledua Talei Toetu'u Tarrant
Aoki

Top scorers

Top points scorers

RankPlayerTeamPoints
1Hosea Gear40
2Ryan Nicholas36
3Seremaia Bai34
4Gavin Williams32
5Colin Slade30
6Pierre Hola22
7Stephen Brett16
8Sione Lauaki15
Jack Tarrant
10Tevita Halaifonua12
11Taniela Rawaqa11

Source: irb.com

Top try scorers

RankPlayerTeamTries
1Hosea Gear8
2Sione Lauaki3
Jack Tarrant
4Vereniki Goneva2
Muli Kaufusi
Nemia Kenatale
Takashi Kikutani
Esera Lauina
Timoci Nagusa
Rene Ranger
Sailosi Tagicakibau
Victor Vito
Shaun Webb
Gavin Williams
15*35 players*, + 1 Penalty Try1

Source: irb.com

References

References

  1. (17 December 2008). "Junior All Blacks return to PNC". International Rugby Board.
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