Pacific Championship 2024 (Women's)

There are seven nations involved, three in the Cup and four in the Bowl. Let's look at how they went.

Cup: Two sides have players in a semi pro league and are head and shoulders above the rest. Australia were hot favourites and won both their matches although the Kiwi Ferns gave them a real test without being able to score. Then the NZ side easily overcame the PNG Orchids but lacked the finishing of the Jillaroos so that kept the scoreline more respectable for PNG. 

The final placings as below so the top two go into the final while PNG will take on the winner of the Bowl competition.

Bowl: This was played in a knock out format. Samoa overcame Tonga and Fiji the Cook Is. This pitted the two winners in the final and the match highlights are shown above in the video. Samoa scoring a last gasp try to win the Bowl tournament and meet PNG in the final.

This is the table below, the top two played twice and the bottom two just one match each.

The final matches are listed below. The winners of the Bowl took on the lowest finishing Cup team. Samoa was too polished for PNG and has won promotion to the Cup. PNG drops down to the Bowl despite the efforts of Elsie Albert who scored both of their tries. 

In the grand final, Australia won as expected. Their defence was exceptional, conceding just four points throughout and came at the very end of the final. The Kiwi Ferns tried but lacked the class to really trouble the Jillaroos.