IRB announced 2008 Pacific Cup dates [1]
Friday, December 7, 2007 - 16:14. Updated on Friday, June 13, 2014 - 18:06.
The 2008 Pacific Cup will start from April 18 to May 24, the International Rugby Board announced on Thursday.
The Pacific Cup Tournament involved six teams, two each from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
The tournament grooms players from the Pacific Islands for the test arena, according to an IRB statement.
"The 2007 IRB Pacific Rugby Cup really helped blood our local players who had little or no previous exposure at Test level," Fiji's World Cup coach Ilivasi Tabua was quoted as saying in the statement.
"Many of these players took a step up and made the Fiji Test side in the IRB Pacific Nations Cup, and some went all the way and did their country proud at the Rugby World Cup," he added.
IRB Pacific Rugby Cup 2008 schedule:
Round 1?
Friday April 18?Fiji Warriors vs Tautahi Gold, Churchill Park, Lautoka, 7pm?Savai'i Samoa vs Fiji Barbarians, Marist Stadium, Apia, 4pm
Saturday April 19?Tau'uta Reds, vs Upolu Samoa, Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, 3pm
Round 2?
Friday April 25?Fiji Barbarians vs Upolu Samoa, National Stadium, Suva, 7pm
Saturday April 26?Savai'i Samoa vs Fiji Warriors, Prince Edward Park , Savaii, 3pm?Tau'uta Reds vs Tautahi Gold, Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, 3pm
Round 3?
Friday May 2?Upolu Samoa vs Fiji Warriors, Marist Stadium, Apia, 3pm?Tautahi Gold vs Savai'i Samoa, Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, 3pm
Saturday May 3?Fiji Barbarians vs Tau'uta Reds, Lawaqa Park, Sigatoka, 3pm
Round 4?
Friday May 9?Fiji Warriors vs Tau'uta Reds, Prince Charles Park, Nadi, 7pm?Tautahi Gold, vs, Fiji Barbarians, Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, 3pm
Saturday May 10?Upolu Samoa vs Savai'i Samoa, Marist Stadium, Apia, 3pm
Round 5?
Friday May 16?Tau'uta Reds vs Savai'i Samoa, Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, 3pm
Saturday May 17?Fiji Warriors vs Fiji Barbarians, Subrail Park, Labasa 3pm?Upolu Samoa vs Tautahi Gold, Marist Stadium, Apia, 3pm
Final?
Saturday May 24?1st Place Team vs 2nd place team (Hosted by top ranked team)