Tautahi Gold beat Upolu Samoa 11 points to 3 in the grand final match to win the Pacific Rugby Cup for 2008, becoming the first Tongan team, and the first team outside of Samoa, to win the trophy.
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.
Upolu Samoa began its title defence away to 2007 beaten finalists Tau'uta Reds in Nuku'alofa on April 19, while Fiji Warriors faced Tautahi Gold in Lautoka and 2006 champions Savaii Samoa played Fiji Barbarians in Apia. Four further rounds followed on consecutive weekends before the top two ranked teams contested the Grand Final on May 24.
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
2008, pacific, rugby, pacific, rugby, 2008, third, edition, pacific, rugby, competition, first, held, 2006, 2008, edition, like, predecessors, featured, representative, rugby, union, football, teams, from, each, three, pacific, rugby, unions, fiji, samoa, tong. The IRB Pacific Rugby Cup 2008 was the third edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition First held in 2006 the 2008 edition like its predecessors featured 6 representative rugby union football teams 2 from each of the three Pacific rugby unions Fiji Samoa and Tonga 2008 Pacific Rugby CupCountriesFiji 2 teams Samoa 2 teams Tonga 2 teams ChampionsTautahi GoldMatches played16 20072009 Tautahi Gold beat Upolu Samoa 11 points to 3 in the grand final match to win the Pacific Rugby Cup for 2008 becoming the first Tongan team and the first team outside of Samoa to win the trophy Contents 1 Teams 2 Format and schedule 3 Table 4 Match results 4 1 Round One 4 2 Round Two 4 3 Round Three 4 4 Round Four 4 5 Round Five 5 Final 6 References 7 External linksTeams editThe 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 TongaFormat and schedule editThe 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 The 2008 tournament followed the completion of Fiji s Colonial Cup Samoa s National Provincial Championship and Tonga s Provincial Championship and provided the coaches of the three national teams with a competitive player development pathway just ahead of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2008 Upolu Samoa began its title defence away to 2007 beaten finalists Tau uta Reds in Nuku alofa on April 19 while Fiji Warriors faced Tautahi Gold in Lautoka and 2006 champions Savaii Samoa played Fiji Barbarians in Apia Four further rounds followed on consecutive weekends before the top two ranked teams contested the Grand Final on May 24 Table editTeam Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Point Difference Bonus Points PointsUpolu Samoa 5 4 0 1 90 49 41 1 17Tautahi Gold 5 3 0 2 97 75 22 1 13Savaii Samoa 5 3 0 2 81 81 0 1 13Fiji Barbarians 5 2 0 3 72 90 18 2 10Tau uta Reds 5 2 0 3 84 95 11 1 9Fiji Warriors 5 1 0 4 70 104 34 3 7Source oceaniarugby com 1 Competition rulesPoints breakdown 4 points for a win2 points for a draw1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a matchClassification Teams standings are calculated as follows Most log points accumulated from all matchesMost log points accumulated in matches between tied teamsHighest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matchesMost points scored accumulated from all matchesMatch results editRound One edit 2008 04 18 Fiji Warriors 21 19 Tautahi Gold Churchill Park Lautoka Savai i Samoa 17 13 Fiji Barbarians Apia Park Apia 2008 04 19 Tau uta Reds 12 20 Upolu Samoa Teufaiva Stadium Nukuʻalofa Round Two edit 2008 04 25 Fiji Barbarians 5 22 Upolu Samoa National Stadium Suva 2008 04 26 Savai i Samoa 20 18 Fiji Warriors Prince Edwards Park Savaii Tau uta Reds 11 21 Tautahi Gold Teufaiva Stadium Nukuʻalofa Round Three edit 2008 05 02 Upolu Samoa 13 8 Fiji Warriors Apia Park Apia Tautahi Gold 27 17 Savai i Samoa Teufaiva Stadium Nukuʻalofa 2008 05 03 Fiji Barbarians 25 24 Tau uta Reds Lawaqa Park Sigatoka Round Four edit 2008 05 09 Fiji Warriors 16 23 Tau uta Reds Prince Charles Park Nadi Tautahi Gold 20 0 Fiji Barbarians Teufaiva Stadium Nukuʻalofa 2008 05 10 Upolu Samoa 9 14 Savai i Samoa Apia Park Apia Round Five edit 2008 05 16 Tau uta Reds 14 13 Savai i Samoa Teufaiva Stadium Nukuʻalofa 2008 05 17 Fiji Warriors 7 29 Fiji Barbarians Subrail Park Labasa Upolu Samoa 26 10 Tautahi Gold Apia Park Apia Final edit2008 05 24 Upolu Samoa 3 11 Tautahi Gold Apia Park Apia References edit 2008 Pacific Rugby Cup Fixtures and Results Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions 2008 Archived from the original on 2 March 2014 External links editFORU website Archived 2011 02 01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Pacific Rugby Cup amp oldid 1061224333, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
