1992 Pacific Cup (rugby league)

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.

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

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 Franklin Fonua.
• 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

18 October 1992 1300

Tonga	24 - 8	Niue

Carlaw Park, Auckland

18 October 1992 1430

Western Samoa	32 - 18	Fiji

Carlaw Park, Auckland

20 October 1992 1830

Cook Islands	23 - 22	Niue

Carlaw Park, Auckland

20 October 1992 2000

Western Samoa	20 - 12	Tonga

Carlaw Park, Auckland

22 October 1992 1830

Niue	14 - 0	Fiji

Carlaw Park, Auckland

22 October 1992 2000

Tonga	26 - 6	Cook Islands

Carlaw Park, Auckland

24 October 1992 1300

Western Samoa	66 - 12	Cook Islands

Carlaw Park, Auckland

24 October 1992 1430

Tonga	23 - 20	Fiji

Carlaw Park, Auckland

26 October 1992 1300

Western Samoa	41 - 28	Niue

Carlaw Park, Auckland

26 October 1992 1430

Fiji	58 - 6	Cook Islands

Carlaw Park, Auckland

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

17 October 1992 1230

American Samoa	26 - 18	Tokelau

Carlaw Park, Auckland

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

17 October 1992 1530

Māori	36 - 24	Australian Aborigines

Carlaw Park, Auckland

19 October 1992 1830

Māori	84 - 8	Norfolk Island

Carlaw Park, Auckland

19 October 1992 2000

Australian Aborigines	46 - 18	Tokelau

Carlaw Park, Auckland

21 October 1992 1830

Australian Aborigines	74 - 2	Norfolk Island

Carlaw Park, Auckland

21 October 1992 2000

Māori	26 - 12	American Samoa

Carlaw Park, Auckland

24 October 1992 1300

American Samoa	94 - 2	Norfolk Island

Davies Park, Huntly

24 October 1992 1430

Māori	38 - 14	Tokelau

Davies Park, Huntly

26 October 1992 1300

Tokelau	44 - 8	Norfolk Island

Jubilee Park, Whangārei

26 October 1992 1430

Australian Aborigines	32 - 14	American Samoa

Jubilee Park, Whangārei

Finals

	Semifinals					Finals
	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

28 October 1992 1830

Western Samoa	44 - 26	Australian Aboriginies

Carlaw Park, Auckland

28 October 1992 2000

Māori	6 - 18	Tonga

Carlaw Park, Auckland

Third place playoff

31 October 1992 1300

Māori	44 - 12	Australian Aboriginies

Carlaw Park, Auckland

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]

31 October 1992[4] 1500

Tonga	14 - 18	Western Samoa

Carlaw Park, Auckland