1990 Pacific Cup

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.

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

Squads

• The Australian Aborigines 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	NZ 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

NZ Māori	24 – 13	Australian Aborigines

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Papua New Guinea	16 – 14	Friendly Islands

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NZ Māori	20 – 4	Friendly Islands

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Australian Aborigines	28 – 18	Papua New Guinea

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NZ Māori	46 – 14	Papua New Guinea

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Australian Aborigines	v	Friendly Islands

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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

Tokelau	26 – 16	Niue

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Western Samoa	42 – 8	Tonga

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Western Samoa	66 – 8	Tokelau

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Tonga	58 – 4	Niue

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Western Samoa	52 – 2	Niue

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Tonga	26 – 10	Tokelau

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Finals

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	NZ Māori	32
	2	Tonga	20
						NZ Māori		18
						Western Samoa		26
	1	Western Samoa	26
	2	Australian Aboriginies	22

Semi-finals

Western Samoa	26 – 22	Australian Aboriginies

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NZ Māori	32 – 20	Tonga

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Final

Western Samoa	26 – 18	NZ Māori

31 October 1990

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

References

1. John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 265–269. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.

External links

• International Competitions 1990 The Vault
• Pacific Cup 1990 Rugby League Project