2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

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2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Fiji
 Japan
 Samoa
 Tonga
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Date5–23 June 2012
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played6
Attendance34,141 (5,690 per match)
Tries scored28 (4.67 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Kurt Morath (Tonga)
(39 points)
Top try scorer(s)David Lemi (Samoa)
(3 tries)
Final
Champions Samoa (2nd title)
Runners-up Fiji
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The 2012 Pacific Nations Cup rugby union tournament was held between the four national sides on the Pacific Rim: Fiji, Japan, Samoa and Tonga.

Japan were the reigning champion after they defeated Fiji in the 2011 competition at Churchill Park, Lautoka. The tournament ran from 5 to 23 June 2012 with most of the matches hosted by Japan. Only the match between Tonga and Fiji was played at Churchill Park in Fiji.

The tournament was a round-robin where each team plays all of the other teams once. There were four points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat. There were 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.

Samoa emerged as champions.

Japan vs Samoa Pacific Nations Cup Match at Chichibunomiya Stadium on 17 June 2012, which was won by Samoa 27-26

Table[edit]

2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1  Samoa 3 3 0 0 76 70 +6 8 7 0 0 12
2  Fiji 3 2 0 1 80 65 +15 10 5 1 1 10
3  Tonga 3 1 0 2 59 69 -10 4 8 0 1 5
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 65 76 -11 7 9 1 3 4
Source : irb.com

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

Schedule[edit]

Round 1[edit]

5 June 2012
17:10 JST (UTC+09)
Samoa 20 – 18 Tonga
Try: Tuigamala 42' c
Lemi 49' c
Con: Anufe (2/2) 44', 51'
Pen: Anufe (2/2) 3', 40'
Drop: Lui (0/1)		Report[1]
Stats[2]		Pen: K. Morath (6/9) 6', 20', 35', 46', 54', 59'
Drop: K. Morath (0/1)
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Attendance: 4,565
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15 Fa'atoina Autagavaia
RW 14 Ken Pisi downward-facing red arrow 51'
OC 13 Alvin Tavana
IC 12 Ki Anufe
LW 11 David Lemi (c)
FH 10 Lolo Lui
SH 9 Nalu Tuigamala downward-facing red arrow 51'
N8 8 Benjamin Masoe downward-facing red arrow 66'
OF 7 Afa Aiono
BF 6 Daniel Chricton
RL 5 Maselino Paulino downward-facing red arrow 59'
LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu
TP 3 Logovii Mulipola downward-facing red arrow 73'
HK 2 Pelesiusi Fualau downward-facing red arrow 49'
LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo
Replacements:
HK 16 Ole Avei upward-facing green arrow 49'
PR 17 Viliamu Afatia upward-facing green arrow 73'
LK 18 Misioka Timoteo upward-facing green arrow 59'
N8 19 Alafoti Fa'osiliva upward-facing green arrow 66'
SH 20 Jeremy Sua upward-facing green arrow 51'
WG 21 Paul Perez upward-facing green arrow 51'
FB 22 Patrick Fa'apale
Coach:
Samoa Stephen Betham
FB 15 Viliame Iongi
RW 14 Damien Fakafanua
OC 13 Mafileo Kefu
IC 12 Alipate Fatafehi downward-facing red arrow 40'
LW 11 Alaska Taufa yellow card 2' to 12' downward-facing red arrow 51'
FH 10 Kurt Morath
SH 9 Taniela Moa (c)
N8 8 Paula Kaho downward-facing red arrow 76'
OF 7 Sione Vaiomoʻunga
BF 6 Sitiveni Mafi downward-facing red arrow 59'
RL 5 Josh Afu
LL 4 Joe Tuineau
TP 3 Kisi Pulu
HK 2 Ilaisa Maʻasi
LP 1 Viliami Pola downward-facing red arrow 40'
Replacements:
PR 16 Tevita Mailau upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 17 Sila Puafisi
N8 18 Pepa Koloamatangi upward-facing green arrow 76'
FL 19 Viliami Faingaʻa upward-facing green arrow 59'
SH 20 Tomasi Palu
WG 21 Siale Piutau upward-facing green arrow 51'
CE 22 Joseph Vaka upward-facing green arrow 40'
Coach:
Australia Toutai Kefu

Touch judges:
Japan Akihisa Aso
Japan Taku Otsuki

5 June 2012
19:10 JST (UTC+09)
Fiji 25 – 19 Japan
Try: Katonibau 20' c
Nayacalevu 30' c
Goneva 59' m
Con: Koroilagilagi (2/3) 21', 32'
Pen: Koroilagilagi (2/4) 41', 51'		Report[3]
Stats[4]		Try: Penalty try 62' c
Con: Goromaru (1/1) 60'
Pen: Goromaru (4/4) 5', 10', 19', 44'
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
Attendance: 6,036
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
FB 15 Isimeli Koniferedi
RW 14 Waisea Nayacalevu downward-facing red arrow 72'
OC 13 Vereniki Goneva downward-facing red arrow 60'
IC 12 Isake Katonibau
LW 11 Watisoni Votu
FH 10 Setareki Koroilagilagi
SH 9 Nikola Matawalu downward-facing red arrow 72'
N8 8 Netani Talei (c) downward-facing red arrow 65'
OF 7 Malakai Ravulo
BF 6 Iliesa Ratuva
RL 5 Leone Nakarawa
LL 4 Apisai Naikatini downward-facing red arrow 53'
TP 3 Graham Dewes downward-facing red arrow 56'
HK 2 Viliame Veikoso downward-facing red arrow 70'
LP 1 Setefano Somoca
Replacements:
HK 16 Seremaia Naureure upward-facing green arrow 70'
PR 17 Waisea Daveta upward-facing green arrow 56'
N8 18 Samu Bola upward-facing green arrow 65'
LK 19 Kelepi Ketedromo upward-facing green arrow 53'
SH 20 Kelemedi Bola upward-facing green arrow 72'
WG 21 Aloisio Buto upward-facing green arrow 60'
CE 22 Benedito Koroi upward-facing green arrow 72'
Coach:
Fiji Inoke Male
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru
RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c) downward-facing red arrow 74'
OC 13 Tomohiro Senba
IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa downward-facing red arrow 53'
LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa
FH 10 Kosei Ono
SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa downward-facing red arrow 72'
N8 8 Michael Leitch downward-facing red arrow 64'
OF 7 Takamichi Sasaki
BF 6 Yuta Mochizuki downward-facing red arrow 65'
RL 5 Hitoshi Ono
LL 4 Shinya Makabe
TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama
HK 2 Takeshi Kizu downward-facing red arrow 64'
LP 1 Yusuke Nagae downward-facing red arrow 61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryuhei Arita upward-facing green arrow 64'
PR 17 Hiroshi Yamashita upward-facing green arrow 61'
FL 18 Shoji Ito upward-facing green arrow 65'
N8 19 Takashi Kikutani upward-facing green arrow 64'
SH 20 Jun Fujii upward-facing green arrow 72'
CE 21 Ryan Nicholas upward-facing green arrow 53'
WG 22 Yasunori Nagatomo upward-facing green arrow 74'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones

Touch judges:
Japan Taizo Hirabayashi
Japan Kyosuke Toda

Round 2[edit]

10 June 2012
12:10 JST (UTC+09)
Fiji 26 – 29 Samoa
Try: Kenatale 10' c
Talei 73' mc
Tuapati 79' m
Con: Koroilagilagi (1/3) 11'
Pen: Koroilagilagi (3/5) 3', 24', 60'		Report[5]
Stats[6]		Try: Fa'osiliva 27' c
Lemi 29' m, 50' m
Con: Anufe (1/3) 28'
Pen: Anufe (4/5) 5', 21', 67', 77'
Drop: Anufe (0/1)
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 5,906
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15 Kameli Ratuvou
RW 14 Aloisio Buto downward-facing red arrow 56'
OC 13 Vereniki Goneva downward-facing red arrow 75'
IC 12 Isake Katonibau
LW 11 Watisoni Votu
FH 10 Setareki Koroilagilagi
SH 9 Nemia Kenatale downward-facing red arrow 78'
N8 8 Netani Talei (c)
OF 7 Samu Bola
BF 6 Josefa Domolailai downward-facing red arrow 61'
RL 5 Leone Nakarawa
LL 4 Apisai Naikatini downward-facing red arrow 53'
TP 3 Waisea Daveta
HK 2 Seremaia Naureure downward-facing red arrow 64'
LP 1 Jerry Yanuyanutawa downward-facing red arrow 53'
Replacements:
HK 16 Talemaitoga Tuapati upward-facing green arrow 64'
PR 17 Setefano Somoca upward-facing green arrow 53'
FL 18 Iliesa Ratuva upward-facing green arrow 61'
LK 19 Malakai Ravulo upward-facing green arrow 53'
SH 20 Kelemedi Bola upward-facing green arrow 78'
CE 21 Iliesa Salusalu upward-facing green arrow 75'
WG 22 Waisea Nayacalevu upward-facing green arrow 56'
Coach:
Fiji Inoke Male
FB 15 Fa'atoina Autagavaia
RW 14 Paul Perez downward-facing red arrow 59'
OC 13 Lolo Lui
IC 12 Paul Williams downward-facing red arrow 40'
LW 11 David Lemi (c)
FH 10 Ki Anufe
SH 9 Jeremy Sua downward-facing red arrow 77'
N8 8 Ben Masoe
OF 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu downward-facing red arrow 49'
BF 6 Alafoti Fa'osiliva
RL 5 Daniel Chricton downward-facing red arrow 59'
LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu
TP 3 James Johnston downward-facing red arrow 41'
HK 2 Ole Avei downward-facing red arrow 75'
LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo
Replacements:
HK 16 Steve Fualau upward-facing green arrow 75'
PR 17 Logovi'i Mulipola upward-facing green arrow 41'
LK 18 Maselino Paulino upward-facing green arrow 59' yellow card 69' to 79'
FL 19 Misioka Timoteo upward-facing green arrow 49'
SH 20 Nalu Tuigamala upward-facing green arrow 77'
CE 21 Fautua Otto upward-facing green arrow 40'
WG 22 Ken Pisi upward-facing green arrow 59'
Coach:
Samoa Stephen Betham

Touch judges:
Ireland John Lacey
Japan Kazuhito Taniguchi

10 June 2012
14:10 JST (UTC+09)
Japan 20 – 24 Tonga
Try: Tui 13' c
Goromaru 43' c
Con: Goromaru (2/2) 14', 44'
Pen: Goromaru (2/4) 19', 69'		Report[7]
Stats[8]		Try: Taufa 15' c
Moa 24' c
Kaho 61' c
Con: K. Morath (3/3) 16', 25', 63'
Pen: K. Morath (1/4) 25'
Drop: K. Morath (0/1)
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 7,719
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru
RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c)
OC 13 Ryan Nicholas red cross icon 6' to 9' red cross icon 34' to 37'
IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa
LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa
FH 10 Kosei Ono
SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa
N8 8 Hendrik Tui downward-facing red arrow 63'
OF 7 Takamichi Sasaki downward-facing red arrow 63'
BF 6 Yuta Mochizuki
RL 5 Hitoshi Ono downward-facing red arrow 73'
LL 4 Shinya Makabe
TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita downward-facing red arrow 52'
HK 2 Takeshi Kizu downward-facing red arrow 40'
LP 1 Yusuke Nagae
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryuhei Arita upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 17 Kensuke Hatakeyama upward-facing green arrow 52'
FL 18 Shoji Ito upward-facing green arrow 63'
N8 19 Takashi Kikutani upward-facing green arrow 63'
SH 20 Jun Fujii
CE 21 Tomohiro Senba upward-facing green arrow 6' downward-facing red arrow 9' upward-facing green arrow 34' downward-facing red arrow 37' upward-facing green arrow 73'
WG 22 Yasunori Nagatomo
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones
FB 15 Viliame Iongi
RW 14 Siale Piutau
OC 13 Alipate Fatafehi downward-facing red arrow 40'
IC 12 Joseph Vaka
LW 11 Alaska Taufa
FH 10 Kurt Morath
SH 9 Taniela Moa (c)
N8 8 Viliami Maʻafu downward-facing red arrow 35'
OF 7 Sione Vaiomoʻunga red cross icon 22' to 29'
BF 6 Sitiveni Mafi downward-facing red arrow 61'
RL 5 Joseph Tuineau
LL 4 Joshua Afu
TP 3 Kisi Pulu
HK 2 Ilaisia Maʻasi
LP 1 Tevita Mailau
Replacements:
HK 16 Viliami Pola
PR 17 Sila Puafisi
N8 18 Paula Kaho upward-facing green arrow 35'
FL 19 Pepa Koloamatangi upward-facing green arrow 22' downward-facing red arrow 29' upward-facing green arrow 61'
SH 20 Tomasi Palu
CE 21 Mafileo Kefu upward-facing green arrow 40' yellow card 70' to 80'
WG 22 Eddie Paea
Coach:
Australia Toutai Kefu

Touch judges:
Ireland John Lacey
Japan Taizo Hirabayashi

Round 3[edit]

17 June 2012
14:10 JST (UTC+09)
Samoa 27 – 26 Japan
Try: Fotuali'i 31' c
Lemalu (2) 38' c, 61' m
Con: Anufe (2/2) 31', 39'
Lui (0/1)
Pen: Anufe (2/5) 43', 65'
Drop: Fotuali'i (0/1)		Report[9]
Stats[10]		Try: Tui 19' m
Kikutani (2) 26' m, 28' m
Hirose 37' m
Con: Goromaru (0/2)
Nicholas (0/2)
Pen: Goromaru (2/2) 7', 11'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 5,386
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
FB 15 Fa'atoina Autagavaia
RW 14 Paul Perez
OC 13 Lolo Lui
IC 12 Paul Williams
LW 11 David Lemi (c)
FH 10 Ki Anufe downward-facing red arrow 66'
SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i
N8 8 Kane Thompson
OF 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu downward-facing red arrow 57'
BF 6 Alafoti Fa'osiliva
RL 5 Joe Tekori red cross icon 19' to 24' downward-facing red arrow 62'
LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu
TP 3 Logovi'i Mulipola yellow card 17' to 27' downward-facing red arrow 57'
HK 2 Ti'i Paulo downward-facing red arrow 57'
LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo yellow card 36' to 46'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ole Avei upward-facing green arrow 57'
PR 17 Census Johnston upward-facing green arrow 19' downward-facing red arrow 24' upward-facing green arrow 57'
LK 18 Daniel Chricton upward-facing green arrow 62'
N8 19 Ben Masoe upward-facing green arrow 57'
FH 20 Jeremy Sua upward-facing green arrow 66'
CE 21 Fautua Otto
WG 22 Ken Pisi
Coach:
Samoa Stephen Betham
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru downward-facing red arrow 68'
RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c)
OC 13 Tomohiro Senba
IC 12 Ryan Nicholas
LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa
FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa downward-facing red arrow 57'
SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa downward-facing red arrow 70'
N8 8 Hendrik Tui
OF 7 Yuta Mochizuki downward-facing red arrow 57'
BF 6 Takashi Kikutani
RL 5 Hitoshi Ono
LL 4 Shinya Makabe downward-facing red arrow 61'
TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama downward-facing red arrow 63'
HK 2 Takeshi Kizu downward-facing red arrow 54'
LP 1 Yusuke Nagae
Replacements:
PR 16 Ryuhei Arita upward-facing green arrow 54'
PR 17 Hiroshi Yamashita upward-facing green arrow 63'
LK 18 Shoji Ito upward-facing green arrow 61'
FL 19 Takamichi Sasaki upward-facing green arrow 57'
SH 20 Jun Fujii upward-facing green arrow 70'
FH 21 Kosei Ono upward-facing green arrow 57'
WG 22 Yasunori Nagatomo upward-facing green arrow 68'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones

Touch judges:
Japan Taizo Hirabayashi
Japan Taku Otsuki

23 June 2012
15:40 (UTC+12)
Tonga 17 – 29 Fiji
Try: Piutau 43' m
Con: K. Morath (0/1)
Pen: K. Morath (4/5) 21', 28', 31', 61'		Report[11]
Stats[12]		Try: Talebula (2) 19' c, 64' m
Naureure 47' c
Mocetadra 61' c
Con: Ralulu (2/3) 19', 47'
Talebula (1/1) 61'
Pen: Talebula (1/2) 67'
Drop: Talebula (0/1)
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 4,529
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
FB 15 Viliame Iongi
RW 14 Siale Piutau
OC 13 Mafileo Kefu downward-facing red arrow 40'
IC 12 Alipate Fatafehi downward-facing red arrow 69'
LW 11 Alaska Taufa
FH 10 Kurt Morath downward-facing red arrow 71'
SH 9 Taniela Moa (c)
N8 8 Paula Kaho downward-facing red arrow 61'
OF 7 Sione Vaiomoʻunga
BF 6 Sitiveni Mafi downward-facing red arrow 26'
RL 5 Joseph Tuineau
LL 4 Joshua Afu
TP 3 Kisi Pulu downward-facing red arrow 76'
HK 2 Ilaisia Maʻasi downward-facing red arrow 66'
LP 1 Ofa Faingaʻanuku
Replacements:
HK 16 Viliami Pola upward-facing green arrow 66'
PR 17 Sila Puafisi upward-facing green arrow 76'
FL 18 Lua Lokotui upward-facing green arrow 26'
N8 19 Viliami Faingaʻa upward-facing green arrow 61'
FH 20 Tomasi Palu upward-facing green arrow 71'
CE 21 Joseph Vaka upward-facing green arrow 40'
CE 22 Eddie Paea upward-facing green arrow 69'
Coach:
Australia Toutai Kefu
FB 15 Metuisela Talebula
RW 14 Isimeli Koniferedi downward-facing red arrow 49'
OC 13 Vereniki Goneva downward-facing red arrow 63'
IC 12 Isake Katonibau
LW 11 Watisoni Votu
FH 10 Jonetani Ralulu downward-facing red arrow 67'
SH 9 Nikola Matawalu
N8 8 Kelepi Ketedromo
OF 7 Samu Bola downward-facing red arrow 65'
BF 6 Josefa Domolailai
RL 5 Leone Nakarawa downward-facing red arrow 45'
LL 4 Apisai Naikatini
TP 3 Setefano Somoca (c)
HK 2 Seremaia Naureure downward-facing red arrow 64'
LP 1 Graham Dewes downward-facing red arrow 46'
Replacements:
HK 16 Talemaitoga Tuapati upward-facing green arrow 64'
PR 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa upward-facing green arrow 46'
LK 18 Iliesa Ratuva upward-facing green arrow 45'
FL 19 Apakuki Waisavu upward-facing green arrow 65'
SH 20 Kelemedi Bola upward-facing green arrow 63'
FH 21 Benedito Koroi upward-facing green arrow 67'
CE 22 Maikeli Mocetadra upward-facing green arrow 49'
Coach:
Fiji Inoke Male

Touch judges:
New Zealand Garratt Williamson
Fiji Samuela Tuidraki

Statistics[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Planet Rugby | Rugby Union Tournaments | IRB Pacific Nations Cup | Samoa edge Tonga". Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  2. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Planet Rugby | Rugby Union Tournaments | IRB Pacific Nations Cup | Fiji topple Pacific champions". Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Planet Rugby | Rugby Union Tournaments | IRB Pacific Nations Cup | Samoa edge Fiji to remain unbeaten". Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  6. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Planet Rugby | Rugby Union Tournaments | IRB Pacific Nations Cup | Tonga keep Japan winless". Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  8. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Planet Rugby | Rugby Union News | Samoa win Pacific Nations Cup". Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  10. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  12. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

External links[edit]

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