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2010 Pacific Rugby Cup
Countries	Fiji (2 teams) Samoa (2 teams) Tonga (2 teams)
Champions	Fiji Warriors
Matches played	16
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The 2010 Pacific Rugby Cup was the fifth edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition. First held in 2006, the 2010 edition, like its predecessors, featured 6 representative rugby union football teams; 2 from each of the three Pacific rugby unions - Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.

Fiji Warriors won the championship, defeating Fiji Barbarians in the final.

Teams and format

The 6 participating teams were:

Upolu Samoa and Savaii Samoa from Samoa
Fiji Warriors and Fiji Barbarians from Fiji
Tau'uta Reds and Tautahi Gold from Tonga

The teams played a single round robin (home or away) series. The two top teams in the final standings met in the grand final match, with the first ranking team awarded home advantage.

Stadiums

Team	Stadium
Fiji Barbarians	Churchill Park, Lautoka Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
Fiji Warriors	Churchill Park, Lautoka Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
Savai'i Samoa	Apia Park, Apia Prince Edward Park, Iva
Tautahi Gold	Teufaiva Stadium, Nukuʻalofa
Tau'uta Reds	Teufaiva Stadium, Nukuʻalofa
Upolu Samoa	Apia Park, Apia

Table

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Point difference	Bonus points	Points
Fiji Warriors	5	4	0	1	155	73	+82	3	19
Fiji Barbarians	5	4	0	1	145	116	+29	3	19
Tautahi Gold	5	3	0	2	102	93	+9	2	14
Savaii Samoa	5	2	0	3	105	110	−5	2	10
Upolu Samoa	5	1	0	4	94	122	−28	3	7
Tau'uta Reds	5	1	0	4	82	169	−87	1	5
Source: oceaniarugby.com

Competition rules
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 Classification: Teams standings are calculated as follows: Most log points accumulated from all matches Most log points accumulated in matches between tied teams Highest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matches Most points scored accumulated from all matches

Match results

Round 1

	05/05/10	Upolu Samoa	10 – 23	Savaii Samoa	Apia Park, Samoa
	5:30pm

	06/05/10	Tautahi Gold	26 – 10	Tau'uta Reds	Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
	4:00pm

	06/05/10	Fiji Warriors	20 – 23	Fiji Barbarians	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
	5:00pm

Round 2

	10/05/10	Savaii Samoa	14 – 16	Tautahi Gold	Churchill Park, Lautoka
	11:00am

	10/05/10	Tau'uta Reds	30 – 43	Fiji Barbarians	Churchill Park, Lautoka
	2:00pm

	10/05/10	Upolu Samoa	17 – 24	Fiji Warriors	Churchill Park, Lautoka
	5:00pm

Round 3

	14/05/10	Upolu Samoa	18 – 19	Tau'uta Reds	Churchill Park, Lautoka
	11:00am

	14/05/10	Fiji Warriors	42 – 20	Savaii Samoa	Churchill Park, Lautoka
	2:00pm

	14/05/10	Tautahi Gold	27 – 24	Fiji Barbarians	Churchill Park, Lautoka
	5:00pm

Round 4

	18/05/10	Tau'uta Reds	23 – 34	Savaii Samoa	Prince Charles Park, Nadi
	11:00am

	18/05/10	Fiji Barbarians	36 – 25	Upolu Samoa	Prince Charles Park, Nadi
	2:00pm

	18/05/10	Fiji Warriors	21 – 13	Tautahi Gold	Prince Charles Park, Nadi
	5:00pm

Round 5

	22/05/10	Tautahi Gold	20 – 24	Upolu Samoa	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
	11:00am

	22/05/10	Fiji Barbarians	19 – 14	Savaii Samoa	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
	2:00pm

	22/05/10	Tau'uta Reds	0 – 48	Fiji Warriors	Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka
	5:00pm

Final

	29/05/10	Fiji Warriors	26 – 17	Fiji Barbarians	National Stadium, Suva
	3:00pm

References

"2010 Pacific Rugby Cup Fixtures and Results". Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions. 2010. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014.

External links

FORU website Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
"Supporters website", The Pacific Islanders, archived from the original on 27 September 2011

World Rugby Pacific Challenge

Core Teams

Current	Fiji Warriors Junior Japan Samoa A Tonga A
Former	Fiji Barbarians Savaii Samoa Tau'uta Reds Tautahi Gold Upolu Samoa Canada A Pampas XV

Former Opposition
Teams

Australia	ACT A Brisbane Academy Force A Gen Blue Rebel Rising Reds A Sydney Academy
New Zealand	Blues Dev XV Chiefs Dev XV Crusaders Knights Highlanders Dev XV Hurricanes Dev XV