| 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup | |
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| Tournament Format: | Round-robin |
| Date: | 25 May - 24 June 2007 |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Tries: | 92 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Clinton Schifcofske (Australia A) (64 points) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Ryan Cross (Australia A) Lachlan Turner (Australia A) (4 tries) |
| Count: | 2 |
| Website: | IRB Pacific Nations Cup |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Next Tournament: | 2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup |
The 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union competition held between six Pacific Rim sides; Australia A, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks (New Zealand's second XV). This was the first year that Australia A had competed - Australia had declined the invitation to compete in the inaugural competition in 2006 because they wanted to focus on their domestic competition, but on 18 October 2006 it was announced that they would send their second XV. For this reason, the inaugural tournament was renamed the Pacific Nations Cup instead of the IRB Pacific Five Nations as it had been called in 2006.
The tournament was a round-robin of 15 games where each team played one match against each of the others. There are four points for a win, two points for a draw and none for a defeat. There are also bonus points offered with one bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one bonus point for losing by 7 points or less.
New Zealand's Junior All Blacks won the Cup for the second time in Round 4, gaining an unbeatable lead after beating Australia A 50 - 0 in Dunedin.[1]
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points< | -- | Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts--> | |
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 34 | +194 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 104 | +68 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 67 | +29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 115 | -45 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 184 | -115 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 182 | -131 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | Player | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Clinton Schifcofske | 64 | |
| 2 | Stephen Donald | 51 | |
| 3 | Stephen Brett | 32 | |
| 4 | Eiji Ando | 21 | |
| 5 | Ryan Cross | 20 | |
| Lachlan Turner | |||
| 7 | Loki Crichton | 19 | |
| 8 | Vunga Lilo | 18 | |
| Taniela Maravunwasawasa | |||
| 10 | Rico Gear | 15 | |
| David Lemi | |||
| Tane Tuʻipulotu |
| Rank | Player | Team | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Cross | 4 | ||
| Lachlan Turner | ||||
| 3 | Stephen Donald | 3 | ||
| Rico Gear | ||||
| David Lemi | ||||
| Vunga Lilo | ||||
| Tane Tuʻipulotu | ||||
| 10 | 14 players | 2 | ||
| 24 | 1 |