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

Date	6–13 July 2013
Countries	Cook Islands  Papua New Guinea  Solomon Islands  Tahiti
Final positions
Champions	Cook Islands
Runner-up	Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
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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	3	3	0	0	116	48	+68	3	15
2	Papua New Guinea	3	2	0	1	99	93	+6	4	12
3	Solomon Islands	3	1	0	2	57	90	–33	1	5
4	Tahiti	3	0	0	3	59	100	–41	3	3
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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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.