2014 Pacific Rugby Cup

The 2013 Pacific Rugby Cup was the eighth edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition. The tournament featured national 'A' rugby union teams from Fiji,  Samoa , and  Tonga, as well as  Japan and Argentina. Additionally, four Super Rugby development sides joined the five Pacific sides as core teams for the first time. These Australian teams had previously only been opposition sides for the core teams and were not in contention for the title.

2014 Pacific Rugby Cup
Countries	Argentina (1 team) Australia (4 teams) Fiji (1 team)  Japan (1 team)  Samoa (1 team)  Tonga (1 team)
Champions	Pampas XV (1st title)
Matches played	20

The tournament was played in Australia. The teams were split into two pools and a single round robin series was played in each pool, with the top team in each pool playing in the final for the PRC title. Argentina's Pampas XV won the Cup, going through the tournament undefeated.[1]

Teams

The 5 Pacific core teams:

• Pampas XV
• Fiji Warriors
•  Junior Japan
•  Samoa A
•  Tonga A

The 4 Australian core teams:

• ACT XV
• Gen Blue (Watarahs A)
• Reds A
• Western Force A

Additional Australian opposition:

• NSW Under 20
• Queensland Under 20

Standings

Competition tables after the pool matches:

Pool A

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	BP1	BP2	Pts
Reds A	3	2	0	1	126	55	71	2	1	11
Fiji Warriors	3	2	0	1	154	59	95	2	1	11
Force A	3	2	0	1	114	65	49	2	0	10
Junior Japan	3	0	0	3	26	241	-210	0	0	0
Updated: 23 March 2014 Source: oceaniarugby.com[2]

Pool B

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	BP1	BP2	Pts
Pampas XV	4	4	0	0	148	83	65	3	0	19
Tonga A	4	2	0	2	96	115	-19	1	0	9
Gen Blue	4	2	0	2	77	91	-14	0	0	8
Samoa A	4	1	0	3	82	91	-9	1	2	7
ACT A	4	1	0	3	78	101	-23	0	1	5
Updated: 23 March 2014 Source: oceaniarugby.com[2]

Competition rules

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 Classification: Teams standings are calculated as follows: Most log points accumulated from all matches Most log points accumulated in matches between tied teams Highest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matches Most points scored accumulated from all matches

Pool matches

Round 1

	21 February 2014	Force A	29–23	Reds A	Aquinas College, Perth
	5:00pm

	23 February 2014	Gen Blue (NSW)	23–17	ACT A	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
	1:40pm

Bye/s: Argentina, Fiji,  Japan,  Samoa,  Tonga

Round 2

	28 February 2014	Gen Blue (NSW)	17–14	Samoa A	T G Millner Field, Sydney
	4:00pm

	1 March 2014	Force A	61–6	Junior Japan
	4:40pm

	2 March 2014	Reds A	22–19	Fiji Warriors	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
	3:00pm

	2 March 2014	ACT A	23–32	Pampas XV
	4:00pm

Bye/s:  Tonga

Round 3

	4 March 2014	Samoa A	27–18	Tonga A	T G Millner Field, Sydney
	3:30pm

	7 March 2014	Gen Blue (NSW)	16–31	Pampas XV	David Phillips Field, Sydney
	3:00pm

	7 March 2014	Reds A	81–7	Junior Japan	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	4:20pm

Bye/s: Fiji, ACT A, Western Force A

Round 4

	9 March 2014	ACT A	20–29	Tonga A	Royal Military College, Canberra
	4:00pm

	10 March 2014	Force A	24–36	Fiji Warriors	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
	4:00pm

Bye/s: Argentina,  Japan,  Samoa, Gen Blue, Reds A

Round 5

	11 March 2014	Pampas XV	38–24	Samoa A	David Phillips Field, Sydney
	4:00pm

	13 March 2014	Gen Blue (NSW)	21–29	Tonga A	T G Millner Field, Sydney
	4:00pm

Unofficial match		Queensland Under 20	40–26	Junior Japan	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Unofficial match		NSW Under 20	24–49	Fiji Warriors

Bye/s: ACT A, Reds A, Western Force A

Round 6

	15 March 2014	ACT A	18–17	Samoa A	GIO Stadium, Canberra
	5:10pm

	18 March 2014	Junior Japan	13–99	Fiji Warriors	Bond University, Gold Coast
	3:00pm

	19 March 2014	Pampas XV	47–20	Tonga A	Royal Military College, Canberra
	4:00pm

Bye/s: Gen Blue, Reds A, Western Force A

Finals

3rd place play-off

	23 March 2014	Fiji Warriors	54–21	Tonga A	T G Millner Field, Sydney[3]
	13:00

Final

	23 March 2014	Reds A	21–36	Pampas XV	T G Millner Field, Sydney[3]
	15:00

References

1. "2014 Pacific Rugby Cup Fixtures and Results". Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
2. "Pacific Rugby Cup Points Table". Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
3. Kiap (23 March 2014). "Pacific Rugby Cup Final: Reds A v Pampas XV". Green and Gold Rugby. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

External links

• FORU website