π The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union competition generally held between three Pacific states. However it has sometimes included other teams. See below for Pacific Nations Cup Predictions
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First held in 2006, the tournament is intended to strengthen the Tier 2 rugby teams by providing competitive test matches in a tournament format.
Former teams include theΒ Junior All BlacksΒ (2006, 2007, 2009),Β Australia AΒ (2007, 2008, 2015),Β GeorgiaΒ (2018) and theΒ MΔori All BlacksΒ (2008). The inaugural tournament was the only one that carried the title of IRB Pacific 5 Nations. From 2007 the competition was known as the IRB Pacific Nations Cup and subsequently the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.
The 2024 edition includes Fiji π«π―, Samoa πΌπΈ, Tonga πΉπ΄, Canada π¨π¦, Japan π―π΅ and United States πΊπΈ.
The tournament is a round-robin, where each team plays one match against each of the other teams. There are four points for a win, two points for a draw and none for a defeat. There are 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 fewer.
The tournament generally occurs every year in the June mid-year international test window. The tournament was played mainly throughout June, with the last round in early July. The revised tournament begins in May due to pre-existing Test commitments and concludes in late June.
See below for the Pacific Nations Cup predictions, results and rankings for all the sides, powered and updated daily by the Algorithm. π
