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2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

2nd rugby union Pacific Nations Cup

Field	Value
name	2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
countries

tournament format	Round-robin
date	25 May - 24 June 2007
teams	6
matches	15
attendance
tries	92
top point scorer	Clinton Schifcofske (Australia A)
(64 points)
top try scorer	Ryan Cross (Australia A)
Lachlan Turner (Australia A)
(4 tries)
champions
count	2
runner-up
website	IRB Pacific Nations Cup
previous year	2006
previous tournament	2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations
next year	2008
next tournament	2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

(64 points) Lachlan Turner (Australia A) (4 tries) | runner-up = The 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union competition held between six Pacific Rim sides; Australia A, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks (New Zealand's second XV). This was the first year that Australia A had competed – Australia had declined the invitation to compete in the inaugural competition in 2006 because they wanted to focus on their domestic competition, but on 18 October 2006 it was announced that they would send their second XV. For this reason, the inaugural tournament was renamed the Pacific Nations Cup instead of the IRB Pacific Five Nations as it had been called in 2006.

The tournament was a round-robin of 15 games where each team played one match against each of the others. 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 less.

New Zealand's Junior All Blacks won the Cup for the second time in Round 4, gaining an unbeatable lead after beating Australia A 50–0 in Dunedin.

Table

2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

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|- bgcolor=#D0F0C0 align=center |1||align=left| || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 228 || 34 || +194 || 34 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 25 |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |2||align=left| || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 172 || 104 || +68 || 22 || 14 || 2 || 0 || 16 |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |3||align=left| || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 96 || 67 || +29 || 12 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 13 |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |4||align=left| || 5 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 70 || 115 || -45 || 9 || 15 || 1 || 2 || 9 |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |5||align=left| || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 69 || 184 || -115 || 10 || 25 || 0 || 1 || 5 |- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center |6||align=left| || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 51 || 182 || -131 || 5 || 26 || 0 || 0 || 4 |-|align=left| *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 |}

Results

Round 1

Stats Cross (2) Polota-Nau Hewat Schifcofske Hewat Tupou

Talei Qera Neivua Thompson

Stats R. Gear (2) Tuiali'i Filipo

Round 2

Ellis Jane R. Gear Tuiali'i Penalty try Hamilton Tuʻipulotu Brett (3)

Stats H. Tongaʻuiha Lilo Watanabe

Stats Mumm Beale Hewat (1/1) Thompson

Round 3

Stats Williams 78' Buatava (0/1)

Stats Witcombe Holah Tuʻipulotu Tuitavake Hamilton

Stats Cross (2) Schifcofske Sare Hardy S. Ma'afu Beale

Round 4

Stats

Stats Lovobalavu Lutui Vahafolau

Donnelly Lauaki Tuitavake Hamilton Nonu Braid

Round 5

Stats Lemi (2) Ulia M. Schwalger Al. Tuilagi Lui (2)

Schifcofske

Stats Tuʻipulotu Brett Tuitavake Nonu Wulf Donald (2) Donald (2)

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Points
1	Clinton Schifcofske	64
2	Stephen Donald	51
3	Stephen Brett	32
4	Eiji Ando	21
5	Ryan Cross	20
Lachlan Turner
7	Loki Crichton	19
8	Vunga Lilo	18
Taniela Maravunwasawasa
10	Rico Gear	15
Scott Hamilton
Josh Holmes
David Lemi
Tane Tuʻipulotu

Source: irb.com

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Ryan Cross	4
Lachlan Turner
3	Stephen Donald	3
Rico Gear
Scott Hamilton
Josh Holmes
David Lemi
Vunga Lilo
Tane Tuʻipulotu
10	14 players	2
24	34 players + penalty try	1

Source: irb.com

References and notes

References

[http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/06/18/junior-all-blacks-clinch-irb-pacific-nations-cup Junior All Blacks Clinch IRB Pacific Nations Cup] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-06-14 , ''Pacific Magazine'', 18 June 2007.)
IRB and scrum.com reports disagree on second try scorer. IRB data used.
Early date due to pre-existing Test commitments
IRB and scrum.com disagree on try scorers. IRB data used.

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