1990 Pacific Cup

1990 (1990) Pacific Cup  ()
Number of teams	8
Host country	Tonga
Winner	Samoa (1st title)
Matches played	15
Tournaments  < 1988 1992 >

The 1990 Pacific Cup was the fifth edition of the Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by Tonga and eventually won by Western Samoa, who defeated New Zealand Māori 26-18 in the final, a replay of the 1988 final.

Contents 1 Squads 2 Results 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Finals 2.3.1 Semi Finals 2.3.2 Final 3 References 4 External links

Squads

• The Australian Aboriginies squad included Ricky Walford, Graham Lyons and Ron Gibbs.
• The New Zealand Māori squad included Dean Clark, Sean Hoppe, Jason Mackie and captain Kelly Shelford.^[1]
• The Friendly Islands side was made up mainly of local Tongan players.^[1]
• Western Samoa included Se'e Solomona, Tony Tatupu. Vae Afoa and Tony Tuimavave.

Results

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	New Zealand Māori	3	3	0	0	6
2	Australian Aborigines	3	2	0	1	4
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	2
4	Friendly Islands	3	0	0	3	0

1990	New Zealand Māori	24 - 13	Australian Aboriginies	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	Papua New Guinea	16 - 14	Friendly Islands	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	New Zealand Māori	20 - 4	Friendly Islands	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	Australian Aboriginies	28 - 18	Papua New Guinea	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	New Zealand Māori	46 - 14	Papua New Guinea	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	Australian Aboriginies	'	Friendly Islands	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Western Samoa	3	3	0	0	6
2	Tonga	3	2	0	1	4
3	Tokelau	3	1	0	2	2
4	Niue	3	0	0	3	0

1990	Tokelau	26 - 16	Niue	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	Western Samoa	42 - 8	Tonga	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	Western Samoa	66 - 8	Tokelau	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	Tonga	58 - 4	Niue	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	Western Samoa	52 - 2	Niue	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	Tonga	26 - 10	Tokelau	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Finals

	Semi-finals					Finals
	1	NZ Māori	32
	2	Tonga	8
						NZ Māori		18
						Western Samoa		26
	1	Western Samoa	22
	2	Australian Aboriginies	16

Semi Finals

1990	Western Samoa	22 - 16	Australian Aboriginies	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

1990	New Zealand Māori	32 - 8	Tonga	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Final

31 October 1990	New Zealand Māori	18 - 26	Western Samoa	Nuku'alofa, Tonga

References

External links

• International Competitions 1990 The Vault

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