2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Fiji  Samoa  Tonga
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Date	11–25 June 2016
Tournament statistics
Teams	3
Matches played	2
Tries scored	8 (4 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Seremaia Bai (24)
Top try scorer(s)	8 players with 1 try
Final
Champions	Fiji (3rd title)
Official website	World Rugby
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The 2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup is the eleventh edition of the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (formerly known as the IRB Pacific Nations Cup), an annual international rugby union tournament. The 2016 title is being contested among the Pacific tier two nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. Canada, Japan and the United States are not participating in the tournament for 2016 and 2017 due the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying format – the top two teams on aggregate across the two years qualify for Japan 2019.^[1] Canada, Japan and the United States will return to the tournament in 2018.

Table

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Table Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against
1	Fiji	2	2	0	0	49	34	+15	5	3	0	0	8
2	Samoa	2	1	0	1	46	36	10	4	3	0	0	4
3	Tonga	2	0	0	2	28	53	–25	3	6	0	1	1
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

Fixtures

The full match schedule was announced on 19 February 2015.^[2]

Round 1

11 June 2016 15:00 FJT (UTC+12)

Fiji	23–18	Tonga
Try: Volavola 45' c Soqeta 50' m Radrodro 74' m Con: Bai (1/3) 46' Pen: Bai (2/2) 58', 71'	Report	Try: Iongi 27' c Takulua 30' m Con: Takulua (1/2) 28' Pen: Takulua (2/2) 20', 56'

ANZ National Stadium, Suva Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

FB 15 Samisoni Viriviri RW 14 Patrick Osborne  53' OC 13 Vereniki Goneva IC 12 Seremaia Bai LW 11 Adriu Delai  67' FH 10 Ben Volavola SH 9 Nemia Kenatale  66' N8 8 Nemia Soqeta  55' OF 7 Malakai Ravulo  12' BF 6 Naulia Dawai RL 5 Leone Nakarawa LL 4 Tevita Cavubati TP 3 Lee Roy Atalifo  67' HK 2 Sunia Koto (c) LP 1 Campese Ma'afu  74' Replacements: HK 16 Viliame Veikoso PR 17 Peni Ravai  74' PR 18 Taniela Koroi  67' LK 19 Savenaca Tabakanalagi  55' N8 20 Eremasi Radrodro  12' SH 21 Henry Seniloli  66' SH 22 Serupepeli Vularika  67' WG 23 Benito Masilevu  53' Coach: John McKee

FB 15 David Halaifonua 34' to 45' RW 14 Viliame Iongi OC 13 Nafi Tuitavake  26' IC 12 Viliami Hakalo  67' LW 11 Daniel Kilioni FH 10 Latiume Fosita SH 9 Sonatane Takulua N8 8 Sione Kalamafoni  40' OF 7 Jack Ram BF 6 Nili Latu (c) RL 5 Uili Kolo'ofai LL 4 Daniel Faleafa  67' TP 3 Sione Faletau  53' HK 2 Elvis Taione  60' LP 1 Eddie Aholelei  58'  73' Replacements: HK 16 Sione Anga’aelangi  60' PR 17 Kama Sakalia  58'  73' PR 18 Fusi Malimali  53' FL 19 Opeti Fonua  67' FL 20 Sione Tau  40' SH 21 Wayne Ngaluafe CE 22 Apakuki Ma’afu  26' FB 23 Kali Hala  67' Coach: Toutai Kefu

Touch judges: Mike Fraser (New Zealand) Brendan Pickerill (New Zealand)

Notes:

• Naulia Dawai, Patrick Osborne, Eremasi Radrodro, Savenaca Tabakanalagi, Samisoni Viriviri and Serupepeli Vularika (all Fiji) and Sione Anga’aelangi, Sione Faletau, Kali Hala, Daniel Kilioni, Apakuki Ma’afu, Fusi Malimali, Sione Tau and Nafi Tuitavake (all Tonga) made their international debuts.
• Referee Nigel Owens refereed his 71st game, surpassing Jonathan Kaplan's 70-games refereed record set in 2013.

Round 2

18 June 2016 15:00 FJT (UTC+12)

Fiji	26–16	Samoa
Try: Koto 39' c Osborne 77' c Con: Bai (2/2) 40', 78' Pen: Bai (4/4) 2', 41', 46', 62'	Report	Try: Matu'u 33' c Con: Pisi (1/1) 34' Pen: Pisi (3/4) 6', 22', 27'

ANZ National Stadium, Suva Attendance: 2,063 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

FB 15 Samisoni Viriviri RW 14 Waisea Nayacalevu 26' to 36' OC 13 Vereniki Goneva IC 12 Eroni Vasiteri  52' LW 11 Patrick Osborne FH 10 Seremaia Bai SH 9 Henry Seniloli  51' N8 8 Eremasi Radrodro OF 7 Naulia Dawai BF 6 Leone Nakarawa RL 5 Tevita Cavubati LL 4 Api Ratuniyarawa  49' TP 3 Lee Roy Atalifo  63' HK 2 Sunia Koto (c) LP 1 Campese Ma'afu  70' Replacements: HK 16 Viliame Veikoso PR 17 Peni Ravai  70' PR 18 Taniela Koroi  63' FL 19 Nemia Soqeta  49' N8 20 Mosese Vaka SH 21 Serupepeli Vularika  51' FH 22 Ben Volavola  52' WG 23 Benito Masilevu Coach: John McKee

FB 15 Albert Nikoro RW 14 Fa'atoina Autagavaia OC 13 Rey Lee-Lo IC 12 Faialaga Afamasaga LW 11 David Lemi (c) FH 10 Tusi Pisi  49' SH 9 Dwayne Polataivao  58' N8 8 Alafoti Fa'osiliva OF 7 Greg Foe BF 6 Faifili Levave  47' RL 5 Filo Paulo LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu TP 3 James Johnston  30' HK 2 Motu Matu'u  47' LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo  69' Replacements: HK 16 Manu Leiataua  47' PR 17 Sam Aiono  30' PR 18 Census Johnston  69' FL 19 Jeff Lepa N8 20 TJ Ioane  47' SH 21 Pele Cowley  58' FH 22 Patrick Fa'apale  49' WG 23 Malu Falaniko Coach: Alama Ieremia

Touch judges: JP Doyle (Ireland) James Leckie (Australia)

Notes:

• Eroni Vasiteri (Fiji) and Greg Foe (Samoa) made their international debuts.

Round 3

25 June 2016 15:00 WST (UTC+13)

Samoa	30–10	Tonga
Try: Penalty try 7' c Lepa 11' c Tusitala 77' c Con: Fa'apale (2/2) 9', 11' Leuila (1/1) 78' Pen: Fa'apale (3/5) 16', 29', 33'	Report	Try: Fonua 61' c Con: Takulua (1/1) 61' Pen: Takulua (1/2) 13'

Apia Park, Apia Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

FB 15 Malu Falaniko RW 14 Fa'atoina Autagavaia OC 13 Paul Perez IC 12 Rey Lee-Lo LW 11 David Lemi (c) FH 10 Patrick Fa'apale  40' SH 9 Pele Cowley  55' N8 8 Alafoti Fa'osiliva  68' OF 7 Greg Foe BF 6 Faifili Levave  55' RL 5 Fa'atiga Lemalu LL 4 Jeff Lepa  49' TP 3 Census Johnston  40' HK 2 Manu Leiataua  49' LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo Replacements: HK 16 Seilala Lam  49' PR 17 Sam Aiono  68' PR 18 Viliamu Afatia 65' to 75'  40' LK 19 Filo Paulo  49' N8 20 TJ Ioane  55' WG 21 Danny Tusitala  55' FB 22 D'angelo Leuila  40' FB 23 Albert Nikoro Coach: Alama Ieremia

FB 15 David Halaifonua 44' to 54' RW 14 Otulea Katoa 7' to 17' OC 13 Apakuki Ma’afu IC 12 Latiume Fosita LW 11 Viliame Iongi FH 10 Martin Naufahu  40' SH 9 Sonatane Takulua N8 8 Sione Kalamafoni OF 7 Jack Ram  35' BF 6 Nili Latu (c) RL 5 Uili Kolo'ofai  50' LL 4 Daniel Faleafa TP 3 Sila Puafisi  68' HK 2 Elvis Taione  70' LP 1 Kama Sakalia  68' Replacements: HK 16 Sione Anga’aelangi  70' PR 17 Eddie Aholelei  68' PR 18 Sione Faletau  68' FL 19 Opeti Fonua  50' FL 20 Sione Tau  35' SH 21 Wayne Ngaluafe FB 22 Viliami Hakalo  40' WG 23 Daniel Kilioni Coach: Toutai Kefu

Touch judges: JP Doyle (Ireland) James Leckie (Australia)

Notes:

• Martin Naufahu (Tonga) made his international debut.

Squads

Nation	Head coach	Captain
Fiji	John McKee	Sunia Koto
Samoa	Alama Ieremia	David Lemi
Tonga	Toutai Kefu	Nili Latu

Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 11 June 2016 – the tournament's opening day, pre first tournament match.

Fiji

On 20 May, Head Coach John McKee announced a 28-man squad for the Pacific Nations Cup and their June test against Georgia.^[3]

On 7 June, Samisoni Viriviri joined the squad.^[4]

Winger Adriu Delai and lock Savenaca Tabakanalagi were late additions to the squad ahead of the Tongan fixture on 11 June.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Koto, SuniaSunia Koto (c) Hooker 15 April 1980 (aged 36) 46 Narbonne Sassen, JaleJale Sassen Hooker 6 September 1992 (aged 23) 0 Suva Veikoso, ViliameViliame Veikoso Hooker 4 April 1982 (aged 34) 32 Doncaster Atalifo, Lee RoyLee Roy Atalifo Prop 10 March 1988 (aged 28) 4 Rovigo Delta Doge, MesakeMesake Doge Prop 1 April 1993 (aged 23) 0 Naitasiri Koroi, TanielaTaniela Koroi Prop February 8, 1990 (aged 26) 3 Mogliano Ma'afu, CampeseCampese Ma'afu Prop 19 December 1984 (aged 31) 39 Provence Ravai, PeniPeni Ravai Prop 16 June 1990 (aged 25) 13 Nadroga Cavubati, TevitaTevita Cavubati Lock 12 August 1987 (aged 28) 12 Worcester Nakarawa, LeoneLeone Nakarawa Lock 2 April 1988 (aged 28) 35 Glasgow Warriors Tabakanalagi, SavenacaSavenaca Tabakanalagi Lock 31 August 1986 (aged 29) 0 Strasbourg Ratuniyarawa, ApiApi Ratuniyarawa Lock 11 July 1986 (aged 29) 18 Agen Ravulo, MalakaiMalakai Ravulo Flanker 22 September 1983 (aged 32) 36 Steaua București Soqeta, NemiaNemia Soqeta Flanker 4 March 1985 (aged 31) 9 Biarritz Olympique Waqaniburotu, DominikoDominiko Waqaniburotu Flanker 20 April 1986 (aged 30) 27 Brive Radrodro, EremasiEremasi Radrodro Number 8 0 Nadroga Kenatale, NemiaNemia Kenatale Scrum-half 21 January 1986 (aged 30) 37 Farul Constanța Seniloli, HenryHenry Seniloli Scrum-half 15 June 1989 (aged 26) 10 Tailevu Vularika, SerupepeliSerupepeli Vularika Scrum-half 0 Suva Bai, SeremaiaSeremaia Bai Fly-half 4 January 1979 (aged 37) 50 Leicester Tigers Volavola, BenBen Volavola Fly-half 13 January 1991 (aged 25) 9 Crusaders Goneva, VerenikiVereniki Goneva Centre 5 April 1984 (aged 32) 39 Leicester Tigers Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart Centre 17 February 1988 (aged 28) 0 Sunwolves Vasiteri, EroniEroni Vasiteri Centre 21 May 1989 (aged 27) 0 Agen Delai, AdriuAdriu Delai Wing 11 June 1984 (aged 32) 12 Stade Montois Masilevu, BenitoBenito Masilevu Wing 7 October 1989 (aged 26) 1 Brive Nayacalevu, WaiseaWaisea Nayacalevu Wing 26 June 1990 (aged 25) 13 Stade Français Osborne, PatrickPatrick Osborne Wing 14 June 1987 (aged 28) 0 Highlanders Rawaca, SavenacaSavenaca Rawaca Wing 20 August 1991 (aged 24) 0 Fiji Sevens Viriviri, SamisoniSamisoni Viriviri Wing 25 April 1988 (aged 28) 0 Montauban Murimurivalu, KiniKini Murimurivalu Fullback 15 May 1989 (aged 27) 13 La Rochelle

Samoa

On 10 May, Head Coach Alama Ieremia announced a 40-man extended squad for the Pacific Nations Cup and their June test against Georgia.^[5]

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Lam, SeilalaSeilala Lam Hooker February 18, 1989 (aged 27) 0 Nevers Leiataua, ManuManu Leiataua Hooker December 26, 1986 (aged 29) 9 Aurillac Matu'u, MotuMotu Matu'u Hooker April 30, 1987 (aged 29) 31 Hurricanes Afatia, ViliamuViliamu Afatia Prop May 24, 1990 (aged 26) 14 Agen Aiono, SamSam Aiono Prop April 7, 1989 (aged 27) 1 Bobbay Grey, JakeJake Grey Prop February 17, 1984 (aged 32) 4 SCOPA Johnston, CensusCensus Johnston Prop May 6, 1981 (aged 35) 52 Toulouse Johnston, JamesJames Johnston Prop March 6, 1986 (aged 30) 14 Worcester Warriors Lene, Nu'uuliNu'uuli Lene Prop February 4, 1980 (aged 36) 0 Oriental Rongotai Taulafo, SakariaSakaria Taulafo Prop January 29, 1983 (aged 33) 40 Stade Français Alofipo, TalagaTalaga Alofipo Lock November 21, 1992 (aged 23) 0 Vaimoso Fa'asalele, PiulaPiula Fa'asalele Lock January 22, 1988 (aged 28) 5 Castres Olympique Lemalu, Fa'atigaFa'atiga Lemalu Lock April 17, 1989 (aged 27) 15 Sunwolves Paulo, FiloFilo Paulo Lock November 6, 1987 (aged 28) 22 Benetton Treviso Fa'afou, OneoneOneone Fa'afou Flanker June 2, 1992 (aged 24) 2 Vaiala Fa'osiliva, AlafotiAlafoti Fa'osiliva Flanker October 28, 1985 (aged 30) 15 Bath Foe, GregGreg Foe Flanker December 17, 1991 (aged 24) 0 Poneke Lam, JackJack Lam Flanker November 18, 1987 (aged 28) 19 Bristol Lepa, JeffJeff Lepa Flanker October 9, 1991 (aged 24) 0 Waimea Old Boys Levave, FaifiliFaifili Levave Flanker January 15, 1986 (aged 30) 10 Mitsubishi Dynaboars Elia, EliaElia Elia Number 8 January 22, 1996 (aged 20) 0 St Thomas College Ioane, TJTJ Ioane Number 8 May 9, 1989 (aged 27) 8 Sale Sharks Cowley, PelePele Cowley Scrum-half April 16, 1993 (aged 23) 4 Pukekohe Faleali'i, AuvasaAuvasa Faleali'i Scrum-half February 9, 1990 (aged 26) 0 Nevers Polataivao, DwayneDwayne Polataivao Scrum-half July 30, 1990 (aged 25) 0 Pakuranga United Fa'apale, PatrickPatrick Fa'apale Fly-half May 3, 1991 (aged 25) 7 Fiamme Oro Pisi, TusiTusi Pisi Fly-half June 18, 1982 (aged 33) 25 Sunwolves Stanley, MichaelMichael Stanley Fly-half December 29, 1989 (aged 26) 8 Old Elthamians Afamasaga, FaialagaFaialaga Afamasaga Centre March 5, 1989 (aged 27) 3 Apia Lee-Lo, ReyRey Lee-Lo Centre February 20, 1986 (aged 30) 6 Cardiff Blues Perez, PaulPaul Perez Centre July 26, 1986 (aged 29) 15 Toulouse Stanley, WinstonWinston Stanley Centre February 11, 1989 (aged 27) 2 Harlequins Alofa, AlofaAlofa Alofa Wing March 12, 1991 (aged 25) 3 La Rochelle Autagavaia, Fa'atoinaFa'atoina Autagavaia Wing September 18, 1988 (aged 27) 18 Nevers Falaniko, MaluMalu Falaniko Wing July 18, 1995 (aged 20) 0 Vaiala Lemi, DavidDavid Lemi (c) Wing February 10, 1982 (aged 34) 42 Bristo Petelo, IsaiaIsaia Petelo Wing 0 Marist St Pats Tusitala, DannyDanny Tusitala Wing October 18, 1991 (aged 24) 0 Ponsonby Leuila, D'angeloD'angelo Leuila Fullback January 18, 1997 (aged 19) 0 Papatoetoe Nanai-Williams, TimTim Nanai-Williams Fullback June 12, 1989 (aged 26) 5 Ricoh Black Rams Nikoro, AlbertAlbert Nikoro Fullback August 7, 1992 (aged 23) 0 Western Force

Tonga

On 3 June, head coach Toutai Kefu announced a 28-man squad ahead of Tonga's June test against Georgia and the Pacific Nations Cup.^[6]

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

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Anga’aelangi, SioneSione Anga’aelangi Hooker 7 November 1998 (aged 17) 0 Karaka Taione, ElvisElvis Taione Hooker 25 May 1983 (aged 33) 21 Exeter Chiefs Aholelei, EddieEddie Aholelei Prop 3 December 1981 (aged 34) 6 London Welsh Faletau, SioneSione Faletau Prop 20 June 1988 (aged 27) 0 Sydenham Malimali, FusiFusi Malimali Prop 1 October 1990 (aged 25) 0 Unattached Puafisi, SilaSila Puafisi Prop 15 April 1988 (aged 28) 23 Glasgow Warriors Sakalia, KamaKama Sakalia Prop 23 August 1985 (aged 30) 6 Marist 'Apifo'ou Tameifuna, BenBen Tameifuna Prop 30 August 1991 (aged 24) 0 Racing 92 Faleafa, DanielDaniel Faleafa Lock 13 February 1989 (aged 27) 4 Albi Kolo'ofai, UiliUili Kolo'ofai Lock 29 September 1982 (aged 33) 5 Jersey Reds Fonua, OpetiOpeti Fonua Flanker 26 May 1986 (aged 30) 8 Leicester Tigers Kalamafoni, SioneSione Kalamafoni Flanker 18 May 1988 (aged 28) 29 Gloucester Latu, NiliNili Latu (c) Flanker 19 February 1982 (aged 34) 43 Newcastle Falcons Ram, JackJack Ram Flanker 14 January 1987 (aged 29) 5 Blues Tau, SioneSione Tau Flanker 21 February 1989 (aged 27) 0 Agen Fihaki, ViliamiViliami Fihaki Number 8 17 January 1987 (aged 29) 8 Sale Sharks Mafi, MikaeleMikaele Mafi Number 8 29 May 1987 (aged 29) 0 Southern Ngaluafe, WayneWayne Ngaluafe Scrum-half 13 October 1988 (aged 27) 0 West Harbour Takulua, SonataneSonatane Takulua Scrum-half 11 January 1991 (aged 25) 14 Newcastle Falcons Fosita, LatiumeLatiume Fosita Fly-half 25 July 1992 (aged 23) 15 Papatoetoe Naufahu, MartinMartin Naufahu Fly-half 8 July 1990 (aged 25) 0 Footscray Katoa, OtuleaOtulea Katoa Centre 26 April 1991 (aged 25) 7 Edinburgh Ma’afu, ApakukiApakuki Ma’afu Centre 3 October 1987 (aged 28) 0 Randwick Tuitavake, NafiNafi Tuitavake Centre 29 January 1989 (aged 27) 0 Narbonne Halaifonua, DavidDavid Halaifonua Wing 5 July 1987 (aged 28) 15 Gloucester Iongi, ViliameViliame Iongi Wing 8 August 1989 (aged 26) 18 San Francisco Rush Kilioni, DanielDaniel Kilioni Wing 22 February 1993 (aged 23) 0 Grenoble Hakalo, ViliamiViliami Hakalo Fullback 12 April 1987 (aged 29) 6 Nottingham Hala, KaliKali Hala Fullback 6 March 1991 (aged 25) 0 Karaka

References

1. Regional qualification process set for Rugby World Cup 2019
2. World Rugby announces competitive June tier two schedule
3. Vodafone Flying Fijians Named for June Test Series
4. Viriviri, Goneva join team camp
5. Ieremia names first Samoa squad
6. ‘Ikale Tahi team for Pacific Nations Cup

External links