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2023 (2023) Pacific Rugby League Championship  ()
Number of teams6 (men)
7 (women)
Host countries Australia
 New Zealand
 Papua New Guinea
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The 2023 Pacific Rugby League Championships is the second edition of the Pacific Rugby League Championship and the first under its current name (having previously been called the Oceania Cup in 2019). The championship includes a collection of international rugby league tournaments to be played from October to November 2023 between nations located in the Pacific region.

The competition will be played in three groupings: the Pacific Cup for higher ranking men's teams, the Pacific Bowl for lower ranking men's teams, and a section of women's matches played throughout.[1][2][3][4][5]

Teams

Squads

Main article: 2023 Pacific Rugby League Championships squads

Men's teams

Competition Team World
ranking 		Coach Captain Ref
Pacific Cup  Australia 1 Australia Mal Meninga James Tedesco [6][7][8]
 New Zealand 2 Australia Michael Maguire James Fisher-Harris [9][10]
 Samoa 3 Australia Ben Gardiner Junior Paulo [11][12]
Pacific Bowl  Cook Islands 13 Australia Karmichael Hunt Brad Takairangi [13]
 Fiji 7 Fiji Wise Kativerata Tui Kamikamica [14][15][16]
 Papua New Guinea 6 Australia Justin Holbrook Kyle Laybutt [17][18]

Women's teams

Competition Team World
ranking 		Coach Captain Ref
Women  Australia 1 Australia Brad Donald Kezie Apps and Ali Brigginshaw [19][8]
 Cook Islands 6
 Fiji 19 Fiji Josaia Dakuitoga Josephine Maejiirs [20][16]
 New Zealand 2 New Zealand Ricky Henry Georgia Hale and Raecene McGregor [9][21]
 Papua New Guinea 5 Australia Ben Jeffries Elsie Albert [22][23]
 Samoa 20 Australia Jamie Soward Niall Williams Guthrie [11][24]
 Tonga 16 New Zealand Kelvin Wright Tiana Penitani [25]

Venues

Five venues have been selected to host the Championships

Officiating

Referees and side-line officials for week one matches were announced on 10 October 2023.[26] Appointments for week two were announced on 17 October 2023, with several changes of role.[27]

Pacific Cup

Standings

Pos. Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Result
1  Australia 1 1 0 0 38 12 +26 2 Advance to Pacific Cup Final
2  New Zealand 1 1 0 0 50 0 +50 2
3  Samoa 2 0 0 2 12 88 -76 0

NB:  Tonga were intended to participate but had already arranged a tour of England before the tournament was announced.

Fixtures

14 October 2023
19:10 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Australia  38–12  Samoa
Tries: Haas 4' c
Tedesco 9' m
Fa'asuamaleaui 12' c
Murray 15' c
Tabuai-Fidow (2) 39' c, 54' m
Staggs 79' c
Goals: Staggs (5/7) 5', 13', 17', 40', 80'
 1st: 28–6
2nd: 10–6
Report
 Tries: Taulagi 18' c
Leilua 72' c
Goals: Crichton (2/2) 20', 74'
Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 18,144
Referee: Grant Atkins (Australia)
Video Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia)
Touch judges: Phil Henderson (Australia), Wyatt Raymond (Australia)
Team details
Australia Position Samoa
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
21 October 2023
18:00 NZDT (UTC+13:00)
New Zealand  50–0  Samoa
1st: 18–0
2nd: 32–0
Report
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 23,269
Referee: Gerard Sutton (Australia)
Team details
New Zealand Position Samoa
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
28 October 2023
20:10 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Australia  v  New Zealand
Report
Team details
Australia Position New Zealand
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
Final
4 November 2023
17:00 NZDT (UTC+13:00)
New Zealand  v  Australia
Report
Team details
Australia Position New Zealand
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS


Pacific Bowl

Standings

Pos. Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Result
1  Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 46 10 +36 2 Advance to Pacific Bowl Final
2  Fiji 1 1 0 0 22 18 +4 2
3  Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 28 68 -40 0

Fixtures

15 October 2023
15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Papua New Guinea  46–10  Cook Islands
Tries: Z. Laybutt 7', 39'
Derby 12'
Kapinias 15'
Richard 22'
Macdonald 26', 41', 42', 76'
Goals: Z. Laybutt (5/9) 14', 16', 23', 41', 44'
 1st: 30–0
2nd: 16–10
Report
 Tries: E. Ioka 48'
S. Marsters 58'
Goals: E. Ioka (1/1) 60'
Takairangi (0/1)
Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby
Referee: Peter Gough (Australia)
Video Referee: Chris Butler (Australia)
Touch judges: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski (Australia), Drew Oultram (Australia)
Team details
Papua New Guinea Position Cook Islands
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
22 October 2023
15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Fiji  22–18  Cook Islands
1st: 4–6
2nd: 18–12
Report
Team details
Fiji Position Cook Islands
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
Team details
Papua New Guinea Position Fiji
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
Team details
Papua New Guinea Position Fiji
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS


Women's games

A series of matches involving seven Women's teams was announced, however the number of matches to be played is irregular and there will be no semi-finals or final.

Teams

Fixtures

14 October 2023
17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Australia  16–10  New Zealand
Tries: Upton (2) 4' c, 31' m
Johnston 25' c
Goals: Brigginshaw (2/3) 5', 26'
 Report
 Tries: Biddle 12' m
Hufanga 43' c
Goals: McGregor (1/2) 44'
Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 12,067
Referee: Todd Smith (Australia)
Video Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia)
Touch judges: Belinda Sharpe (Australia), Darian Furner (Australia)
Team details
Australia Position New Zealand
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
15 October 2023
12:45 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Samoa  26–12  Fiji
Tries: Tui (2) 10' m, 42' m
Mapusua (2) 21' c, 68' c
Nu'uausala 31' c
Goals: Piliae-Rasabale (3/5) 22', 32', 70'
 Report
 Tries: Naikore 5' m, 54' m
Namoce 57' m
Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby
Referee: Liam Kennedy (Australia)
Video Referee: Chris Butler (Australia)
Touch judges: David Munro (Australia), Chris Sutton (Australia)
Team details
Samoa Position Fiji
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
21 October 2023
15:45 NZDT (UTC+13:00)
New Zealand  28–10  Tonga
Report
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: ≈10,000
Referee: Wyatt Raymond (Australia)
Team details
New Zealand Position Tonga
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
22 October 2023
12:45 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Papua New Guinea  28–20  Cook Islands
Report
Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: ≈7,000[29]
Referee: Belinda Sharpe (Australia)
Team details
Papua New Guinea Position Cook Islands
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS
28 October 2023
18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Australia  v  New Zealand
Report
Team details
Australia Position New Zealand
Name Number Number Name
1
FB
 1
2
WG
 2
3
CE
 3
4
CE
 4
5
WG
 5
6
SO/FE
 6
7
SH/HB
 7
8
PR
 8
9
HK
 9
10
PF
 10
11
SR
 11
12
SR
 12
13
LF/LK
 13
IN
IN
IN
IN
CS


Other matches

21 October 2023
New Zealand A New Zealand 36–26 Tonga Tonga A
Tries: Warbrick 2, Howarth, Kini, Roache, Leiataua
Goals: Tuaupiki 6
 Report (NZRL)
 Tries: Koloamatangi-Kalepo, Finefeuiaki, Foketi, Francis
Goals: Teaupa 3

References

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  2. ^ a b "Eden Park to Host Rugby League Triple Header this Labour Weekend". NZRL. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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