2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge | |
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Date | 10–18 March 2017 |
Champions | Fiji |
Runners-up | Japan |
Matches played | 6 |
The 2017 Pacific Challenge was the twelfth World Rugby Pacific Challenge. Four teams featured in the tournament which was hosted in Fiji. The format was a round-robin competition without additional finals play-off matches. The hosts Fiji Warriors finished the tournament undefeated to claim the title, with Junior Japan as runner-up.
Closed law trials[]
In accordance with World Rugby's global law trials, which began on 1 January 2017 in the southern hemisphere, several variations to the laws of the game focused around the scrum and ruck areas were adopted for the tournament.[1]
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Law variations for the 2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
Teams[]
The four teams competing were:
Junior Japan
Samoa A
Fiji Warriors
Tonga A
Table[]
Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | BP1 | BP2 | Pts | ||||
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 71 | +54 | 2 | 0 | 15 | ||||
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 103 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 102 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 112 | -34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Updated: 10 March 2017 Source: rugbyarchive.net[2] |
Match results[]
Round 1[]
10 March 2017 | Junior Japan ![]() |
34–31 | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium, Suva | show |
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10 March 2017 | Fiji Warriors ![]() |
38–30 | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium, Suva | show |
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Round 2[]
14 March 2017 | Samoa A ![]() |
22–30 | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium, Suva | show |
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14 March 2017 | Fiji Warriors ![]() |
39–16 | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium, Suva | show |
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- A penalty try = 7 points, no need to kick conversions.
Round 3[]
18 March 2017 | Tonga A ![]() |
33–42 | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium, Suva | show |
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18 March 2017 | Fiji Warriors ![]() |
48–25 | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium, Suva | show |
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![]() Fiji Warriors |
Pacific Challenge Champion |
7th title |
References[]
- ^ "Teams set for Pacific Challenge as closed law trials implemented". World Rugby. 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "World Rugby Pacific Challenge". The Rugby Archive. 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017.
Categories:
- World Rugby Pacific Challenge
- 2017 in Oceanian rugby union
- 2016–17 in Japanese rugby union
- 2017 in Fijian rugby union
- 2017 in Samoan rugby union
- 2017 in Tongan rugby union
- 2017 rugby union tournaments for national teams
- March 2017 sports events in Japan
- March 2017 sports events in Oceania
- March 2017 sports events in Asia
- International rugby union competitions hosted by Fiji