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In 2011 the IRB has announced an exciting new format for the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup which will see Super Rugby teams from Australia and New Zealand participating for the first time.

This new format will see the three A teams from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga taking on the Academy teams from six Super Rugby teams in three separate series – an Australian series, a New Zealand series and a Pacific Island series where the three Pacific Island teams will play each other.

The new format takes the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup to a new level. Designed to bridge the gap between domestic and International rugby for the best locally-based players from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, the new format will now expose the Pacific Island players and management to some of the best professional rugby structures in the world.

The Tournament is a key element of the IRB’s global strategic investment program aimed at improving the competitiveness of the global Game.

2006 Champions: Savai’i Samoa
2007 Champions: Upolu Samoa
2008 Champions: Tautahi Gold
2009 Champions: Fiji Warriors
2010 Champions: Fiji Warriors
2011 Champions: Fiji Warriors

The IRB Pacific Nations Cup is an International round-robin competition comprising the test teams of Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Japan.  The Junior All Blacks - who in 2008 were replaced by the New Zealand Maori - and Australia A who participated in 2007 and 2008 have withdrawn from the competition.  

Like the Pacific Rugby Cup, the IRB Pacific Nations Cup is a key component of the IRB’s £48m million Strategic Investment initiative and is designed to provide the Pacific Island Nations and Japan with regular high level competition.

The tournament structure for the 2011 IRB Pacific Nations Cup has been condensed with the three rounds being played over two weeks with the opening match, Japan v Samoa, being played in Tokyo on 2 July and the remainder of the Tournament being played in Fiji between 2 and 13 July 2011.  The entire Tournament will be played within the IRB's Southern Hemisphere Window enabling Unions to secure the services of their overseas-based players in preparation for RWC 2011.

2006 Champions: Junior All Blacks
2007 Champions: Junior All Blacks
2008 Champions: New Zealand Maori
2009 Champions: Junior All Blacks
2010 Champions: Samoa

The Oceania Cup is FORU's showpiece rugby event for our Development and Targeted Unions. Contested by American Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Tahiti, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.  The 2011 Oceania Cup will be hosted by the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union in the first two weeks of December 2011.  

2008 Champions: Niue
2009 Champions: Papua New Guinea