2015 World Rugby Pacific Challenge

The 2015 Pacific Challenge was the tenth World Rugby Pacific Challenge (known as the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup in previous seasons). The tournament, featuring six national 'A' rugby union teams, was hosted in Fiji.[1] The tournament was won by Pampas XV, who defeated Fiji Warriors by 17–9 in the final.

2015 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
Countries	Argentina (1 team)  Canada (1 team) Fiji (1 team)  Japan (1 team)  Samoa (1 team)  Tonga (1 team)
Date	10–23 March 2015
Champions	Pampas XV (2nd title)
Runners-up	Fiji Warriors

Format

The teams were split into two pools and each team played the three opponents in the opposite pool. The teams finishing on top of each pool progressed to the final, the second teams in each pool played off for third place, and the bottom teams in each pool played off for fifth place.[2]

Teams

The six competing teams were:[2]

Pool A

•  Junior Japan
• Pampas XV
•  Samoa A

Pool B

•  Canada A
• Fiji Warriors
•  Tonga A

Standings

Competition tables after the pool matches:

Pool A

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	BP1	BP2	Pts
Pampas XV	3	3	0	0	89	42	+47	2	0	14
Samoa A	3	2	0	1	69	87	-18	1	0	9
Junior Japan	3	0	0	3	41	212	-171	1	0	1
Updated: 18 March 2015 Source: worldrugby.org[3]

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 B

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	BP1	BP2	Pts
Fiji Warriors	3	2	0	1	145	42	+103	2	1	11
Canada A	3	1	0	2	101	72	+29	1	1	6
Tonga A	3	1	0	2	95	85	+10	1	1	6
Updated: 18 March 2015 Source: worldrugby.org[3]

Pool matches

Round 1

	10 March 2015	Junior Japan	17–69	Canada A	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	13:00		Summary[4]

	10 March 2015	Samoa A	30–28	Tonga A	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	15:00		Summary[5]

	10 March 2015	Pampas XV	22–20	Fiji Warriors	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	17:00		Summary[6]

Round 2

	14 March 2015	Pampas XV	31–7	Tonga A	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	11:00		Summary[7]

	14 March 2015	Samoa A	19–17	Canada A	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	13:00		Summary[8]

	14 March 2015	Junior Japan	0–83	Fiji Warriors	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	15:00		Summary[9]

Round 3

	18 March 2015	Junior Japan	24–60	Tonga A	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	13:00		Summary[10]

	18 March 2015	Pampas XV	36–15	Canada A	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	15:00		Summary[11]

	18 March 2015	Samoa A	20–42	Fiji Warriors	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	17:00		Summary[12]

Finals

5th place

	23 March 2015	Junior Japan	24–43	Tonga A	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	13:00		Summary[13] Report[14]		Referee: Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji)

3rd place

	23 March 2015	Samoa A	26–28	Canada A	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	15:00		Summary[15] Report[14]		Referee: Petelo Kelekolio (Samoa)

Final

	23 March 2015	Pampas XV	17–9	Fiji Warriors	ANZ Stadium, Suva
	17:00	Try: Cordero De la Fuente Con: González Iglesias (2) Pen: González Iglesias	Summary[16] Report[14]	Pen: Vularika (3)	Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

References

1. "Fiji to host rugby's revamped 'Pacific Challenge'". Mai Life. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
2. "Rugby Battle". Fiji Sun. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
3. "World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2015". World Rugby. 2015.
4. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 1". World Rugby. 10 March 2015.
5. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 2". World Rugby. 10 March 2015.
6. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 3". World Rugby. 10 March 2015.
7. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 4". World Rugby. 14 March 2015.
8. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 5". World Rugby. 14 March 2015.
9. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 6". World Rugby. 14 March 2015.
10. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 7". World Rugby. 18 March 2015.
11. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 8". World Rugby. 18 March 2015.
12. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 9". World Rugby. 18 March 2015.
13. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 10". World Rugby. 23 March 2015.
14. "Argentina Pampas defend Pacific Challenge title". World Rugby. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015.
15. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 11". World Rugby. 23 March 2015.
16. "Pacific Challenge 2015, match 12". World Rugby. 23 March 2015.

External links

• World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2015 official page
• FORU website