1992 Pacific Cup (rugby league)


The 1992 Pacific Cup was the sixth edition of the Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by New Zealand and eventually won by Western Samoa, who defeated Tonga 18-14 in the final, after double extra time.

Squads

The Tournament team was: Paki Tuimavave, Richie Barnett, Darrell Trindall, Jimmy Vaikoso, Sanisuni Wabi, Darryl Beazley, John Lomax, Fred Sapata, James Pickering, Wayne Alberts, Tony Tatupu, Tony Tuimavave. Bench: Will Robinson, Paddy Tuimavave, Dave Schaumkell and Jason Mackie.

Results

Section 1

Section 2

An opening ceremony was held at Carlaw Park before the New Zealand Māori v Australian Aborigines match.

Finals

Semi Finals

Third place playoff

Final

The six teams that did not make the semi-finals played in a Nines tournament at Jack Colvin Park on 29 October. The final was played as a curtain raiser to the Pacific Cup Final and won by Tokelau who defeated Fiji. Tonga was captained by loose forward Mark Roiall
The match went into triple overtime after Tonga had led 12-4 after 55 minutes.