1992 Pacific Cup (rugby league)

1992 (1992) Pacific Cup  ()
Number of teams	10
Host country	New Zealand
Winner	Western Samoa (2nd title)
Matches played	24
Tournaments  < 1990 1994 >

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 Australian Aboriginal side included Darrell Trindall, Paul Davis, Wayne Alberts, George Longbottom and Will Robinson.
• American Samoa replaced Papua New Guinea at late notice. They included Hitro Okesene and his brother Paul.^[1]
• The Cook Islands included Denvour Johnston.
• Fiji included James Pickering.
• The New Zealand Māori squad consisted of Peter Edwards, Richie Barnett, Whetu Taewa, Ruben Wiki, Jason Kaulima, David Ewe, David Bailey, Dean Clark, Ken McIntosh, Daryl Beazley, Mark Chambers, John Lomax, Syd Eru, Tukere Barlow, captain Mark Woods and Jason Mackie.^[1] Quentin Pongia was unavailable.
• Tonga included Esau Mann, Jimmy Veikoso, Willie Wolfgramm and .
• Western Samoa included Mike Setefano, Bryan Laumatia, Tony Tatupu and Paki, Paddy and Tony Tuimavave.^[2]
• Norfolk Island - Shaun Goudie (c), Matthew Reeves (vc), Terry Jope, Brendan Christian, Brett Skinner, Brendon Cook, Jason Richards, Dylan Menzies, Peter Yager, Jeff Singer, Micky Saunders, Darren Nicolai, George Nabeaur, Kerry Nicholson, Shane Schmitz, Ian Kienan, Paul Dodds, Darren Trickey, Hayden Evans, Brendan King, Brian Buffett, Edan Mackie, Niel Christian and Brad Jones. Mal Snell (coach), Paul Christian (liaison office) and John Moochie Christian (first aid).^[3]

Tournament team[]

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

Results[]

Section 1[]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Western Samoa	4	4	0	0	8
2	Tonga	4	3	0	1	6
3	Cook Islands	4	1	0	3	2
4	Niue	4	1	0	3	2
5	Fiji	4	1	0	3	2

Section 2[]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Māori	4	4	0	0	8
2	Australian Aborigines	4	3	0	1	6
3	American Samoa	4	2	0	2	4
4	Tokelau	4	1	0	3	2
5	Norfolk Island	4	0	0	4	0

An opening ceremony was held at Carlaw Park before the New Zealand Māori v Australian Aborigines match.^[2]

Finals[]

	Semifinals					Final
	1	NZ Māori	6
	2	Tonga	18
						Tonga		14
						Western Samoa		18
	1	Western Samoa	44
	2	Australian Aboriginies	26			Third place
						NZ Māori		44
						Australian Aboriginies		12

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.^[1]

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