2017 Oceania Rugby Cup

2017 Oceania Rugby Cup
Tournament details
Host nation  Cook Islands
Date 4 August 2017
Final positions
Champions  Tahiti
Runner-up  Cook Islands
2015
2019

The 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup for national rugby union teams in the Oceania region was held in Cook Islands at the National Stadium in Rarotonga on 4 August 2017.[1][2] With Papua New Guinea being forced to withdraw,[3] only two countries remained in the competition played as a straight knock-out match as part of Oceania qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[1]

Tahiti, as the winner of the match over host nation Cook Islands, advanced to the Asia/Oceania play-off repechage, to play the winner of Round 3 of the Asian qualification process.

Match

References

  1. 1 2 "Sport: Cook Islands to host Tahiti in Oceania Rugby Cup". Radio New Zealand. 19 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. "Cook Islands to Host 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup". Oceania Rugby. 18 May 2017. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. "Ben Frame board blames impasse for PNG Pupuks fall-out". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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