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2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

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Tournament format(s)
  
Round-robin

Matches played
  
6

Date
  
7–21 June 2014

Tries scored
  
37 (6.17 per match)

Countries
  
Canada  Fiji  Japan  Samoa  Tonga  United States

Attendance
  
46,986 (7,831 per match)

The 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, was the ninth edition of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup, the annual Tier 2 Rugby union tournament. Unlike previous competitions, the tournament was divided into two conferences of three teams each, with no interconference matches. Samoa emerged as the winner of the Pacific Islands conference title ahead of Fiji and Tonga, while Japan took out the Asia/Pacific conference remaining undefeated ahead of United States and Canada.

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Format

Each team played each other once in their respective conferences, with no interconference matches. Four points were awarded for a win, two points for a draw and one point for a bonus point; the bonus point being awarded should a team score four or more tries in a match, or for a loss by seven points or less. The winner of each conferences was the team with the most log points, with tiebreakers being the head to-head results between teams equal on log points, followed points difference for-and-against.

As the three-week tournament coincided with the three-week June international window, players were able to be released from their clubs for their national teams. When a team was not in action in either conference, they played host to a touring Tier 1 nation from Europe. In Round 1, the United States hosted Scotland, while Fiji hosted Italy. In Round 2, Canada played Scotland, and Samoa played Italy. In Round 3, Japan hosted Italy and Tonga played a Pacific Barbarians side.

The full match schedule was announced on 9 April 2014.

Round 1

Notes:

  • Gordon McRorie made his international debut for Canada.

    • Round 3

    Notes:

  • Brett Thompson made his international debut for the United States.
  • This was the United States first win over Canada in seven attempts. United States last won in July 2009.

    • Round 1

    Notes:

  • Paul Ngauamo and Sonatane Takulua made their international debuts for Tonga.

    • Round 2

    Notes

  • Fijian winger, Sireli Bobo became the oldest player ever to represent Fiji when he ran onto the field at 38 years and 137 days old.

    • Squads

    Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 7 June 2014 – the tournament's opening day, pre first tournament match.

    Canada

    Canada's 27-man roster for the 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.

    On 19 June, Nathan Hirayama and Kyle Gilmour were added to the squad as further cover for their respective positions.

    Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

    References

    2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA