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
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)
Runner-up  Fiji
Official website IRB Pacific Nations Cup
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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 June 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.

Table

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

Round 1

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
Stats		 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)
Samoa
FB 15 Fa'atoina Autagavaia
RW 14 Ken Pisi Substituted off 51'
OC 13 Alvin Tavana
IC 12 Ki Anufe
LW 11 David Lemi (c)
FH 10 Lolo Lui
SH 9 Nalu Tuigamala Substituted off 51'
N8 8 Benjamin Masoe Substituted off 66'
OF 7 Afa Aiono
BF 6 Daniel Chricton
RL 5 Maselino Paulino Substituted off 59'
LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu
TP 3 Logovii Mulipola Substituted off 73'
HK 2 Pelesiusi Fualau Substituted off 49'
LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo
Replacements:
HK 16 Ole Avei Substituted in 49'
PR 17 Viliamu Afatia Substituted in 73'
LK 18 Misioka Timoteo Substituted in 59'
N8 19 Alafoti Fa'osiliva Substituted in 66'
SH 20 Jeremy Sua Substituted in 51'
WG 21 Paul Perez Substituted in 51'
FB 22 Patrick Fa'apale
Coach:
Samoa Stephen Betham
Tonga
FB 15 Viliame Iongi
RW 14 Damien Fakafanua
OC 13 Mafileo Kefu
IC 12 Alipate Fatafehi Substituted off 40'
LW 11 Alaska Taufa Temporarily suspended from 2' to 12' 2' to 12' Substituted off 51'
FH 10 Kurt Morath
SH 9 Taniela Moa (c)
N8 8 Paula Kaho Substituted off 76'
OF 7 Sione Vaiomo'unga
BF 6 Sitiveni Mafi Substituted off 59'
RL 5 Josh Afu
LL 4 Joe Tuineau
TP 3 Kisi Pulu
HK 2 Ilaisa Ma'asi
LP 1 Viliami Pola Substituted off 40'
Replacements:
PR 16 Tevita Mailau Substituted in 40'
PR 17 Sila Puafisi
N8 18 Pepa Koloamatangi Substituted in 76'
FL 19 Viliami Fainga'a Substituted in 59'
SH 20 Thomas Palu
WG 21 Siale Piutau Substituted in 51'
CR 22 Joseph Vaka Substituted in 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
Stats		 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)
Fiji
FB 15 Isimeli Koniferedi
RW 14 Waisea Nayacalevu Substituted off 72'
OC 13 Vereniki Goneva Substituted off 60'
IC 12 Isake Katonibau
LW 11 Watisoni Votu
FH 10 Setareki Koroilagilagi
SH 9 Nikola Matawalu Substituted off 72'
N8 8 Netani Talei (c) Substituted off 65'
OF 7 Malakai Ravulo
BF 6 Iliesa Ratuva
RL 5 Leone Nakarawa
LL 4 Apisai Naikatini Substituted off 53'
TP 3 Graham Dewes Substituted off 56'
HK 2 Viliame Veikoso Substituted off 70'
LP 1 Setefano Somoca
Replacements:
HK 16 Seremaia Naureure Substituted in 70'
PR 17 Waisea Daveta Substituted in 56'
N8 18 Samu Bola Substituted in 65'
LK 19 Kelepi Ketedromo Substituted in 53'
SH 20 Kelemedi Bola Substituted in 72'
WG 21 Aloisio Buto Substituted in 60'
CR 22 Benedito Koroi Substituted in 72'
Coach:
Fiji Inoke Male
Japan
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru
RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c) Substituted off 74'
OC 13 Tomohiro Senba
IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa Substituted off 53'
LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa
FH 10 Kosei Ono
SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa Substituted off 72'
N8 8 Michael Leitch Substituted off 64'
OF 7 Takamichi Sasaki
BF 6 Yuta Mochizuki Substituted off 65'
RL 5 Hitoshi Ono
LL 4 Shinya Makabe
TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama
HK 2 Takeshi Kizu Substituted off 64'
LP 1 Yusuke Nagae Substituted off 61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryuhei Arita Substituted in 64'
PR 17 Hiroshi Yamashita Substituted in 61'
FL 18 Shoji Ito Substituted in 65'
N8 19 Takashi Kikutani Substituted in 64'
SH 20 Jun Fujii Substituted in 72'
CR 21 Ryan Nicholas Substituted in 53'
WG 22 Yasunori Nagatomo Substituted in 74'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones

Touch judges:
Japan Taizo Hirabayashi
Japan Kyosuke Toda

Round 2

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
Stats		 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)
Fiji
FB 15 Kameli Ratuvou
RW 14 Aloisio Buto Substituted off 56'
OC 13 Vereniki Goneva Substituted off 75'
IC 12 Isake Katonibau
LW 11 Watisoni Votu
FH 10 Setareki Koroilagilagi
SH 9 Nemia Kenatale Substituted off 78'
N8 8 Netani Talei (c)
OF 7 Samu Bola
BF 6 Josefa Domolailai Substituted off 61'
RL 5 Leone Nakarawa
LL 4 Apisai Naikatini Substituted off 53'
TP 3 Waisea Daveta
HK 2 Seremaia Naureure Substituted off 64'
LP 1 Jerry Yanuyanutawa Substituted off 53'
Replacements:
HK 16 Talemaitoga Tuapati Substituted in 64'
PR 17 Setefano Somoca Substituted in 53'
FL 18 Iliesa Ratuva Substituted in 61'
LK 19 Malakai Ravulo Substituted in 53'
SH 20 Kelemedi Bola Substituted in 78'
CR 21 Iliesa Salusalu Substituted in 75'
WG 22 Waisea Nayacalevu Substituted in 56'
Coach:
Fiji Inoke Male
Samoa
FB 15 Fa'atoina Autagavaia
RW 14 Paul Perez Substituted off 59'
OC 13 Lolo Lui
IC 12 Paul Williams Substituted off 40'
LW 11 David Lemi (c)
FH 10 Ki Anufe
SH 9 Jeremy Sua Substituted off 77'
N8 8 Ben Masoe
OF 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu Substituted off 49'
BF 6 Alafoti Fa'osiliva
RL 5 Daniel Chricton Substituted off 59'
LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu
TP 3 James Johnston Substituted off 41'
HK 2 Ole Avei Substituted off 75'
LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo
Replacements:
HK 16 Steve Fualau Substituted in 75'
PR 17 Logovi'i Mulipola Substituted in 41'
LK 18 Maselino Paulino Substituted in 59' Temporarily suspended from 69' to 79' 69' to 79'
FL 19 Misioka Timoteo Substituted in 49'
SH 20 Nalu Tuigamala Substituted in 77'
CR 21 Fautua Otto Substituted in 40'
WG 22 Ken Pisi Substituted in 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
Stats		 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)
Japan
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru
RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c)
OC 13 Ryan Nicholas Sent to blood bin 6' to 9' Sent to blood bin 34' to 37'
IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa
LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa
FH 10 Kosei Ono
SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa
N8 8 Hendrik Tui Substituted off 63'
OF 7 Takamichi Sasaki Substituted off 63'
BF 6 Yuta Mochizuki
RL 5 Hitoshi Ono Substituted off 73'
LL 4 Shinya Makabe
TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita Substituted off 52'
HK 2 Takeshi Kizu Substituted off 40'
LP 1 Yusuke Nagae
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryuhei Arita Substituted in 40'
PR 17 Kensuke Hatakeyama Substituted in 52'
FL 18 Shoji Ito Substituted in 63'
N8 19 Takashi Kikutani Substituted in 63'
SH 20 Jun Fujii
CR 21 Tomohiro Senba Substituted in 6' Substituted off 9' Substituted in 34' Substituted off 37' Substituted in 73'
WG 22 Yasunori Nagatomo
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones
Tonga
FB 15 Viliame Iongi
RW 14 Siale Piutau
OC 13 Alipate Fatafehi Substituted off 40'
IC 12 Joseph Vaka
LW 11 Alaska Taufa
FH 10 Kurt Morath
SH 9 Taniela Moa (c)
N8 8 Viliami Ma'afu Substituted off 35'
OF 7 Sione Vaiomo'unga Sent to blood bin 22' to 29'
BF 6 Sitiveni Mafi Substituted off 61'
RL 5 Joseph Tuineau
LL 4 Joshua Afu
TP 3 Kisi Pulu
HK 2 Ilaisia Ma'asi
LP 1 Tevita Mailau
Replacements:
HK 16 Viliami Pola
PR 17 Sila Puafisi
N8 18 Paula Kaho Substituted in 35'
FL 19 Pepa Koloamatangi Substituted in 22' Substituted off 29' Substituted in 61'
SH 20 Thomas Palu
CR 21 Mafileo Kefu Substituted in 40' Temporarily suspended from 70' to 80' 70' to 80'
WG 22 Eddie Paea
Coach:
Australia Toutai Kefu

Touch judges:
Ireland John Lacey
Japan Taizo Hirabayashi

Round 3

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
Stats		 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)
Samoa
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 Substituted off 66'
SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i
N8 8 Kane Thompson
OF 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu Substituted off 57'
BF 6 Alafoti Fa'osiliva
RL 5 Joe Tekori Sent to blood bin 19' to 24' Substituted off 62'
LL 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu
TP 3 Logovi'i Mulipola Temporarily suspended from 17' to 27' 17' to 27' Substituted off 57'
HK 2 Ti'i Paulo Substituted off 57'
LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo Temporarily suspended from 36' to 46' 36' to 46'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ole Avei Substituted in 57'
PR 17 Census Johnston Substituted in 19' Substituted off 24' Substituted in 57'
LK 18 Daniel Chricton Substituted in 62'
N8 19 Ben Masoe Substituted in 57'
FH 20 Jeremy Sua Substituted in 66'
CR 21 Fautua Otto
WG 22 Ken Pisi
Coach:
Samoa Stephen Betham
Japan
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru Substituted off 68'
RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c)
OC 13 Tomohiro Senba
IC 12 Ryan Nicholas
LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa
FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa Substituted off 57'
SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa Substituted off 70'
N8 8 Hendrik Tui
OF 7 Yuta Mochizuki Substituted off 57'
BF 6 Takashi Kikutani
RL 5 Hitoshi Ono
LL 4 Shinya Makabe Substituted off 61'
TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama Substituted off 63'
HK 2 Takeshi Kizu Substituted off 54'
LP 1 Yusuke Nagae
Replacements:
PR 16 Ryuhei Arita Substituted in 54'
PR 17 Hiroshi Yamashita Substituted in 63'
LK 18 Shoji Ito Substituted in 61'
FL 19 Takamichi Sasaki Substituted in 57'
SH 20 Jun Fujii Substituted in 70'
FH 21 Kosei Ono Substituted in 57'
WG 22 Yasunori Nagatomo Substituted in 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
Stats		 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)
Tonga
FB 15 Viliame Iongi
RW 14 Siale Piutau
OC 13 Mafileo Kefu Substituted off 40'
IC 12 Alipate Fatafehi Substituted off 69'
LW 11 Alaska Taufa
FH 10 Kurt Morath Substituted off 71'
SH 9 Taniela Moa (c)
N8 8 Paula Kaho Substituted off 61'
OF 7 Sione Vaiomo'unga
BF 6 Sitiveni Mafi Substituted off 26'
RL 5 Joseph Tuineau
LL 4 Joshua Afu
TP 3 Kisi Pulu Substituted off 76'
HK 2 Ilaisia Ma'asi Substituted off 66'
LP 1 Ofa Fainga'anuku
Replacements:
HK 16 Viliami Pola Substituted in 66'
PR 17 Sila Puafisi Substituted in 76'
FL 18 Lua Lokotui Substituted in 26'
N8 19 Viliami Fainga'a Substituted in 61'
FH 20 Thomas Palu Substituted in 71'
CR 21 Joseph Vaka Substituted in 40'
CR 22 Eddie Paea Substituted in 69'
Coach:
Australia Toutai Kefu
Fiji
FB 15 Metuisela Talebula
RW 14 Isimeli Koniferedi Substituted off 49'
OC 13 Vereniki Goneva Substituted off 63'
IC 12 Isake Katonibau
LW 11 Watisoni Votu
FH 10 Jonetani Ralulu Substituted off 67'
SH 9 Nikola Matawalu
N8 8 Kelepi Ketedromo
OF 7 Samu Bola Substituted off 65'
BF 6 Josefa Domolailai
RL 5 Leone Nakarawa Substituted off 45'
LL 4 Apisai Naikatini
TP 3 Setefano Somoca (c)
HK 2 Seremaia Naureure Substituted off 64'
LP 1 Graham Dewes Substituted off 46'
Replacements:
HK 16 Talemaitoga Tuapati Substituted in 64'
PR 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa Substituted in 46'
LK 18 Iliesa Ratuva Substituted in 45'
FL 19 Apakuki Waisavu Substituted in 65'
SH 20 Kelemedi Bola Substituted in 63'
FH 21 Benedito Koroi Substituted in 67'
CR 22 Maikeli Mocetadra Substituted in 49'
Coach:
Fiji Inoke Male

Touch judges:
New Zealand Garratt Williamson
Fiji Samuela Tuidraki

Statistics

See also

References

External links

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