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2009 Pacific Rugby Cup

Rugby union tournament

Field	Value
image
imagesize	200px
countries	Fiji Fiji (2 teams)
SAM Samoa (2 teams)
TON Tonga (2 teams)
champions	FIJ Fiji Warriors
matches	16
prevseason	2008
nextseason	2010

SAM Samoa (2 teams) TON Tonga (2 teams) The IRB Pacific Rugby Cup 2009 was the fourth edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition. First held in 2006, the 2009 edition, like its predecessors, featured 6 representative rugby union football teams; 2 from each of the three Pacific rugby unions - Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.

Fiji Warriors won the championship, defeating Upolu Samoa in the final.

Teams and format

The 6 participating teams were:

Upolu Samoa and Savaii Samoa from Samoa
Fiji Warriors and Fiji Barbarians from Fiji
Tau'uta Reds and Tautahi Gold from Tonga

The teams played a single round robin (home or away) series. The two top teams in the final standings met in the grand final match, with the first ranking team awarded home advantage.

Stadiums

Team	Stadium
Fiji Barbarians	Churchill Park, Lautoka
Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
Fiji Warriors	Churchill Park, Lautoka
Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
Savai'i Samoa	Apia Park, Apia
Prince Edward Park, Iva
Tautahi Gold	Teufaiva Stadium, Nukualofa
Tau'uta Reds	Teufaiva Stadium, Nukualofa
Upolu Samoa	Apia Park, Apia

Table

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|} :{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-size:100%; width:60%;" |- ! colspan="4" style="border:0px" |Competition rules |- 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 |}

Match results

;Round One

;Round Two

;Round Three

;Round Four

;Round Five

Final

References

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