Using the same format as the men's competition, it was divided into a Cup and Bowl. Australia, NZ and Samoa were the Cup competitors. The Cook Is, Tonga and Fiji the Bowl teams.
Cup: NZ was pushed hard in the opener, scraping home 22-18 against Samoa. Australia then easily defeated Samoa 60-0, a bizarre sin binning against Samoa thankfully not affecting the outcome. NZ then went close to an upset, falling short 4-10 to Australia.
The final was expected to go Australia's way and it did. Two sin binning calls handed out to NZ, helping the Australian cause. The NZ side tried but as not up to the task.
Bowl: I had no idea who would win this. The Cook Is team was the surprise package, winning both its games to win the competition. This meant the third game was the decider as to who would come second and third. Tonga won that 42-6.
The Cup final highlights are below.
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