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, Tonga, 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
CountriesArgentina (1 team)
Australia (4 teams)
Fiji (1 team)
 Japan (1 team)
 Samoa (1 team)
 Tonga (1 team)
ChampionsPampas XV (1st title)
Matches played20

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:

The 4 Australian core teams:

Additional Australian opposition:

Standings

Pool A
Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff BP1 BP2 Pts
Reds A320112655712111
Fiji Warriors320115459952111
Force A320111465492010
 Junior Japan300326241-210000
Updated: 23 March 2014
Source: oceaniarugby.com[2]

Pool B
Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff BP1 BP2 Pts
Pampas XV440014883653019
 Tonga A420296115-19109
Gen Blue42027791-14008
 Samoa A41038291-9127
ACT A410378101-23015
Updated: 23 March 2014
Source: oceaniarugby.com Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine[2]

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 TG 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 TG 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 TG 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 TG Millner Field, Sydney[3]  
13:00

Final
23 March 2014 Reds A 21–36 Pampas XV TG 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 16 March 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  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.
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