2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup (original) (raw)

2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Fiji Japan Samoa Tonga
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Date	5–23 June 2012
Tournament statistics
Teams	4
Matches played	6
Attendance	34,141 (5,690 per match)
Tries scored	28 (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

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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.comPoints 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

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Round 1

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5 June 2012
17:10 JST (UTC+09)

Samoa	20 – 18	Tonga
Try: Tuigamala 42' cLemi 49' cCon: 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 51' OC 13 Alvin Tavana IC 12 Ki Anufe LW 11 David Lemi (c) FH 10 Lolo Lui SH 9 Nalu Tuigamala 51' N8 8 Benjamin Masoe 66' OF 7 Afa Aiono BF 6 Daniel Crichton RL 5 Maselino Paulino 59' LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu TP 3 Logovii Mulipola 73' HK 2 Pelesiusi Fualau 49' LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo Replacements: HK 16 Ole Avei 49' PR 17 Viliamu Afatia 73' LK 18 Misioka Timoteo 59' N8 19 Alafoti Fa'osiliva 66' SH 20 Jeremy Sua 51' WG 21 Paul Perez 51' FB 22 Patrick Fa'apale Coach: Stephen Betham

FB 15 Viliame Iongi RW 14 Damien Fakafanua OC 13 Mafileo Kefu IC 12 Alipate Fatafehi 40' LW 11 Alaska Taufa 2' to 12' 51' FH 10 Kurt Morath SH 9 Taniela Moa (c) N8 8 Paula Kaho 76' OF 7 Sione Vaiomoʻunga BF 6 Sitiveni Mafi 59' RL 5 Josh Afu LL 4 Joe Tuineau TP 3 Kisi Pulu HK 2 Ilaisa Maʻasi LP 1 Viliami Pola 40' Replacements: PR 16 Tevita Mailau 40' PR 17 Sila Puafisi N8 18 Pepa Koloamatangi 76' FL 19 Viliami Faingaʻa 59' SH 20 Tomasi Palu WG 21 Siale Piutau 51' CE 22 Joseph Vaka 40' Coach: Toutai Kefu

Touch judges:
Akihisa Aso
Taku Otsuki

5 June 2012
19:10 JST (UTC+09)

Fiji	25 – 19	Japan
Try: Katonibau 20' cNayacalevu 30' cGoneva 59' mCon: Koroilagilagi (2/3) 21', 32'Pen: Koroilagilagi (2/4) 41', 51'	Report[3]Stats[4]	Try: Penalty try 62' cCon: 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 72' OC 13 Vereniki Goneva 60' IC 12 Isake Katonibau LW 11 Watisoni Votu FH 10 Setareki Koroilagilagi SH 9 Nikola Matawalu 72' N8 8 Netani Talei (c) 65' OF 7 Malakai Ravulo BF 6 Iliesa Ratuva RL 5 Leone Nakarawa LL 4 Apisai Naikatini 53' TP 3 Graham Dewes 56' HK 2 Viliame Veikoso 70' LP 1 Setefano Somoca Replacements: HK 16 Seremaia Naureure 70' PR 17 Waisea Daveta 56' N8 18 Samu Bola 65' LK 19 Kelepi Ketedromo 53' SH 20 Kelemedi Bola 72' WG 21 Aloisio Buto 60' CE 22 Benedito Koroi 72' Coach: Inoke Male

FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c) 74' OC 13 Tomohiro Senba IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa 53' LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa FH 10 Kosei Ono SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa 72' N8 8 Michael Leitch 64' OF 7 Takamichi Sasaki BF 6 Yuta Mochizuki 65' RL 5 Hitoshi Ono LL 4 Shinya Makabe TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama HK 2 Takeshi Kizu 64' LP 1 Yusuke Nagae 61' Replacements: HK 16 Ryuhei Arita 64' PR 17 Hiroshi Yamashita 61' FL 18 Shoji Ito 65' N8 19 Takashi Kikutani 64' SH 20 Jun Fujii 72' CE 21 Ryan Nicholas 53' WG 22 Yasunori Nagatomo 74' Coach: Eddie Jones

Touch judges:
Taizo Hirabayashi
Kyosuke Toda

Round 2

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10 June 2012
12:10 JST (UTC+09)

Fiji	26 – 29	Samoa
Try: Kenatale 10' cTalei 73' mcTuapati 79' mCon: Koroilagilagi (1/3) 11'Pen: Koroilagilagi (3/5) 3', 24', 60'	Report[5]Stats[6]	Try: Fa'osiliva 27' cLemi 29' m, 50' mCon: 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 56' OC 13 Vereniki Goneva 75' IC 12 Isake Katonibau LW 11 Watisoni Votu FH 10 Setareki Koroilagilagi SH 9 Nemia Kenatale 78' N8 8 Netani Talei (c) OF 7 Samu Bola BF 6 Josefa Domolailai 61' RL 5 Leone Nakarawa LL 4 Apisai Naikatini 53' TP 3 Waisea Daveta HK 2 Seremaia Naureure 64' LP 1 Jerry Yanuyanutawa 53' Replacements: HK 16 Talemaitoga Tuapati 64' PR 17 Setefano Somoca 53' FL 18 Iliesa Ratuva 61' LK 19 Malakai Ravulo 53' SH 20 Kelemedi Bola 78' CE 21 Iliesa Salusalu 75' WG 22 Waisea Nayacalevu 56' Coach: Inoke Male

FB 15 Fa'atoina Autagavaia RW 14 Paul Perez 59' OC 13 Lolo Lui IC 12 Paul Williams 40' LW 11 David Lemi (c) FH 10 Ki Anufe SH 9 Jeremy Sua 77' N8 8 Ben Masoe OF 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu 49' BF 6 Alafoti Fa'osiliva RL 5 Daniel Crichton 59' LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu TP 3 James Johnston 41' HK 2 Ole Avei 75' LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo Replacements: HK 16 Steve Fualau 75' PR 17 Logovi'i Mulipola 41' LK 18 Maselino Paulino 59' 69' to 79' FL 19 Misioka Timoteo 49' SH 20 Nalu Tuigamala 77' CE 21 Fautua Otto 40' WG 22 Ken Pisi 59' Coach: Stephen Betham

Touch judges:
John Lacey
Kazuhito Taniguchi

10 June 2012
14:10 JST (UTC+09)

Japan	20 – 24	Tonga
Try: Tui 13' cGoromaru 43' cCon: Goromaru (2/2) 14', 44'Pen: Goromaru (2/4) 19', 69'	Report[7]Stats[8]	Try: Taufa 15' cMoa 24' cKaho 61' cCon: 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 6' to 9' 34' to 37' IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa FH 10 Kosei Ono SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa N8 8 Hendrik Tui 63' OF 7 Takamichi Sasaki 63' BF 6 Yuta Mochizuki RL 5 Hitoshi Ono 73' LL 4 Shinya Makabe TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita 52' HK 2 Takeshi Kizu 40' LP 1 Yusuke Nagae Replacements: HK 16 Ryuhei Arita 40' PR 17 Kensuke Hatakeyama 52' FL 18 Shoji Ito 63' N8 19 Takashi Kikutani 63' SH 20 Jun Fujii CE 21 Tomohiro Senba 6' 9' 34' 37' 73' WG 22 Yasunori Nagatomo Coach: Eddie Jones

FB 15 Viliame Iongi RW 14 Siale Piutau OC 13 Alipate Fatafehi 40' IC 12 Joseph Vaka LW 11 Alaska Taufa FH 10 Kurt Morath SH 9 Taniela Moa (c) N8 8 Viliami Maʻafu 35' OF 7 Sione Vaiomoʻunga 22' to 29' BF 6 Sitiveni Mafi 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 35' FL 19 Pepa Koloamatangi 22' 29' 61' SH 20 Tomasi Palu CE 21 Mafileo Kefu 40' 70' to 80' WG 22 Eddie Paea Coach: Toutai Kefu

Touch judges:
John Lacey
Taizo Hirabayashi

Round 3

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17 June 2012
14:10 JST (UTC+09)

Samoa	27 – 26	Japan
Try: Fotuali'i 31' cLemalu (2) 38' c, 61' mCon: Anufe (2/2) 31', 39'Lui (1/1)Pen: Anufe (2/5) 43', 65'Drop: Fotuali'i (0/1)	Report[9]Stats[10]	Try: Tui 19' mKikutani (2) 26' m, 28' mHirose 37' mCon: 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 66' SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i N8 8 Kane Thompson OF 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu 57' BF 6 Alafoti Fa'osiliva RL 5 Joe Tekori 19' to 24' 62' LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu TP 3 Logovi'i Mulipola 17' to 27' 57' HK 2 Ti'i Paulo 57' LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo 36' to 46' Replacements: HK 16 Ole Avei 57' PR 17 Census Johnston 19' 24' 57' LK 18 Daniel Crichton 62' N8 19 Ben Masoe 57' FH 20 Jeremy Sua 66' CE 21 Fautua Otto WG 22 Ken Pisi Coach: Stephen Betham

FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru 68' RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c) OC 13 Tomohiro Senba IC 12 Ryan Nicholas LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa 57' SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa 70' N8 8 Hendrik Tui OF 7 Yuta Mochizuki 57' BF 6 Takashi Kikutani RL 5 Hitoshi Ono LL 4 Shinya Makabe 61' TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama 63' HK 2 Takeshi Kizu 54' LP 1 Yusuke Nagae Replacements: PR 16 Ryuhei Arita 54' PR 17 Hiroshi Yamashita 63' LK 18 Shoji Ito 61' FL 19 Takamichi Sasaki 57' SH 20 Jun Fujii 70' FH 21 Kosei Ono 57' WG 22 Yasunori Nagatomo 68' Coach: Eddie Jones

Touch judges:
Taizo Hirabayashi
Taku Otsuki

23 June 2012
15:40 (UTC+12)

Tonga	17 – 29	Fiji
Try: Piutau 43' mCon: K. Morath (0/1)Pen: K. Morath (4/5) 21', 28', 31', 61'	Report[11]Stats[12]	Try: Talebula (2) 19' c, 64' mNaureure 47' cMocetadra 61' cCon: 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 40' IC 12 Alipate Fatafehi 69' LW 11 Alaska Taufa FH 10 Kurt Morath 71' SH 9 Taniela Moa (c) N8 8 Paula Kaho 61' OF 7 Sione Vaiomoʻunga BF 6 Sitiveni Mafi 26' RL 5 Joseph Tuineau LL 4 Joshua Afu TP 3 Kisi Pulu 76' HK 2 Ilaisia Maʻasi 66' LP 1 Ofa Faingaʻanuku Replacements: HK 16 Viliami Pola 66' PR 17 Sila Puafisi 76' FL 18 Lua Lokotui 26' N8 19 Viliami Faingaʻa 61' FH 20 Tomasi Palu 71' CE 21 Joseph Vaka 40' CE 22 Eddie Paea 69' Coach: Toutai Kefu

FB 15 Metuisela Talebula RW 14 Isimeli Koniferedi 49' OC 13 Vereniki Goneva 63' IC 12 Isake Katonibau LW 11 Watisoni Votu FH 10 Jonetani Ralulu 67' SH 9 Nikola Matawalu N8 8 Kelepi Ketedromo OF 7 Samu Bola 65' BF 6 Josefa Domolailai RL 5 Leone Nakarawa 45' LL 4 Apisai Naikatini TP 3 Setefano Somoca (c) HK 2 Seremaia Naureure 64' LP 1 Graham Dewes 46' Replacements: HK 16 Talemaitoga Tuapati 64' PR 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa 46' LK 18 Iliesa Ratuva 45' FL 19 Apakuki Waisavu 65' SH 20 Kelemedi Bola 63' FH 21 Benedito Koroi 67' CE 22 Maikeli Mocetadra 49' Coach: Inoke Male

Touch judges:
Garratt Williamson
Samuela Tuidraki

Statistics

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Point scorers[edit] Rank Player Team Points 1 Kurt Morath Tonga 39 2 Ayumu Goromaru Japan 35 3 Ki Anufe Samoa 34 4 Setareki Koroilagilagi Fiji 21 5 David Lemi Samoa 15 Metuisela Talebula Fiji 7 Takashi Kikutani Japan 10 Faatiga Lemalu Samoa Hendrik Tui Japan Source: irb.com	Try scorers[edit] Rank Player Team Tries 1 David Lemi Samoa 3 2 Takashi Kikutani Japan 2 Faatiga Lemalu Samoa Metuisela Talebula Fiji Hendrik Tui Japan 6 17 players + 1 Penalty try 1 Source: irb.com

See also

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• Sports portal
• 2012 IRB Nations Cup

References

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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.
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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.
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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.
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10. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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12. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

External links

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• IRB Pacific Nations Cup – from the IRB website (accessed 1 May 2012)