The 2013 Pacific Nations Cup rugby union tournament was held between five national sides in the Pacific Region: Canada, Fiji, Japan, Tonga, and USA.[1]
Samoa were the reigning champion after they defeated Fiji in the 2012 competition but took the year off to compete in a tournament with South Africa, Scotland and Italy in the South African Quadrangular Tournament. Meanwhile, with the demise of the Churchill Cup, Canada and United States joined this competition for the first time.
The tournament ran from 25 May to 23 June 2013. Five of the matches were held in Japan, three in Canada, one in the U.S., and one in Fiji.
As with previous years, the tournament was a round-robin where each team played each of the other teams once. Four points were awarded for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat. There were 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
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Team
|
Played
|
Won
|
Drawn
|
Lost
|
Points For
|
Points Against
|
Points Diff
|
Tries For
|
Tries Against
|
Try Bonus
|
Losing Bonus
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Points
|
1 |
Fiji (13) |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
109 |
59 |
+50 |
14 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
16
|
2 |
Canada (14) |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
85 |
70 |
+15 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
13
|
3 |
Tonga (11) |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
93 |
96 |
-3 |
12 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
10
|
4 |
Japan (15) |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
79 |
82 |
-3 |
11 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
9
|
5 |
United States (16) |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
48 |
107 |
-59 |
4 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
1
|
Source : irb.com 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 Pre-tournament rankings are in parentheses.
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Fixtures
Week 1
Week 2
Man of the Match:
Nemani Nadolo (Fiji)
Touch judges:
Sam Tuidraki
Mikea Rokodrakia
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Squads
Canada
Canada's 44-man squad for their Summer 2013 games, including the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, the June international against Ireland, and the two Rugby World Cup Qualifiers vs the United States.[21]
Head coach: Kieran Crowley
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Fiji
35-man extended Fiji squad for the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.[22]
- Head coach: Inoke Male
Japan
Japanese 35-man squad for 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup and 2013 Welsh rugby union tour of Japan.
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Tonga
28-man Tonga squad for the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, 10 non-travelling reserves were also named.[23]
Non-travelling reserves
United States
Eagles 30-man training squad for the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Statistics
Top points scorers
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Top try scorers
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See also
References
External links