The Pacific Cup and Bowl tournaments have six sides competing (with Samoa away in England). We will look at each separately.
Cup: Australia were favourites although the NZ side was expected to give them a run for their money and Tonga competitive and not to be ruled out. As things transpired, the Kangaroos won both the pool matches but had to work hard in the process.
It came down to the other two as to who would join them in the final. The highlights are above if you want to watch them before knowing the score.
Tonga came out and led 24-0 just before half time. The Kiwis then took over and came back to draw level but in the end Tonga showed more composure in slotting home the winning field goal while the Kiwis kept missing their attempts.
The final placings has Australia and Tonga going into the final while NZ takes on the winner of the Bowl group.
Bowl: PNG were the team tipped to win this division and that's what happened. Fiji was a stern test though. Then Fiji overwhelmed the Cook Is team, the latter started well against PNG but couldn't sustain their effort.
The two final games are as below with the results posted soon.
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