2013 FORU Oceania Cup

The 2013 FORU Oceania Cup for national rugby union teams in the Oceania region was held in Papua New Guinea at the Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby from 6 to 13 July.[1]

2013 Oceania Cup
Date6–13 July 2013
Countries Cook Islands
 Papua New Guinea
 Solomon Islands
 Tahiti
Final positions
Champions Cook Islands
Runner-up Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
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The Cook Islands won the cup, by winning the round-robin tournament over Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Tahiti, to progress to the second stage of the Oceania qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and a play-off against Fiji. Fiji and the other Band 1 teams from Oceania teams (Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, and Tonga) do not participate in the Oceania Cup.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA +/– BP Pts
1 Cook Islands 330011648+68315
2 Papua New Guinea 32019993+6412
3 Solomon Islands 31025790–3315
4 Tahiti 300359100–4133
Updated: 13 July 2013

Source: oceaniarugby.com[2]

 • The top team (Green background) advances to the 2015 RWC Oceania Qualifying Final.

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


Matches
6 July 2013
13:00
(1 BP) Cook Islands  38–5  Tahiti
Summary[3]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sam Tuidraki (Fiji)
6 July 2013
15:15
(1 BP) Papua New Guinea  29–22  Solomon Islands (1 BP)
Summary[4]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji)
9 July 2013
13:00
Solomon Islands  12–39  Cook Islands (1 BP)
Summary[5]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji)
9 July 2013
15:15
(1 BP) Papua New Guinea  39–32  Tahiti (2 BP)
Summary[6]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: James Bolabiu (Fiji)
13 July 2013
13:00
Solomon Islands  23–22  Tahiti (1 BP)
Summary[7]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: James Bolabiu (Fiji)
13 July 2013
15:15
(2 BP) Papua New Guinea  31–37  Cook Islands (1 BP)
Summary[8]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sam Tuidraki (Fiji)
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See also
  • FORU Oceania Cup

Reference list
  1. "Oceania qualifying to kick off in PNG". RWC 2015. 2013-06-04. Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  2. 2013 Oceania Cup Points Table Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine FORU
  3. "Cook Islands vs Tahiti match stats". IRB. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013.
  4. "PNG vs Solomon Islands match stats". IRB. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.
  5. "Solomon Islands vs Cook Islands match stats". IRB. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.
  6. "PNG vs Tahiti match stats". IRB. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.
  7. "Solomons vs Tahiti match stats". IRB. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.
  8. "PNG vs Cook Islands match stats". IRB. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.
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