1996 (1996) Pacific Challenge () | |
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Number of teams | 7 |
Matches played | 8 |
< 1994 1997 > |
The 1996 Pacific Challenge was a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was played over eight days and in six countries. It featured an uneven draw with every team playing twice, except for Tonga and the New Zealand XIII side who both played three times, and no final.
The tournament was a hastily arranged replacement for the cancelled 1996 Pacific Cup which eventually took place as the 1997 Oceania Cup.[1] The tournament was held during the Superleague war that was severely affecting international rugby league at this time.
3 July 1996
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Fiji | 14 – 8 | Cook Islands |
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3 July 1996
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Māori | 28 – 18 | Tonga |
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3 July 1996
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New Zealand XIII | 21 – 6 | Papua New Guinea |
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6 July 1996
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Fiji | 34 – 16 | New Zealand XIII |
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6 July 1996
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Western Samoa | 16 – 39 | Māori |
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International Stadium, Apia, Western Samoa |
8 July 1996
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Papua New Guinea | 56 - 19 | Tonga |
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10 July 1996
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Cook Islands | 4 – 16 | New Zealand XIII |
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Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
10 July 1996
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Tonga | 22 – 17 | Western Samoa |
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Tefuaiwa Stadium, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga |
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