1975 Pacific Cup

Background

Squads

Results

References

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Final

1975 (1975) Pacific Cup ()
Number of teams	4
Host country	PNG
Winner	Māori (1st title)
Matches played	7
Tournaments 1977 >

The 1975 Pacific Cup was the first edition of the Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by Papua New Guinea and eventually won by the New Zealand Māori side, who defeated the hosts 38-13 in the final.

The 1975 Pacific Cup was initiated by the New South Wales Rugby League. The tournament involved two Australian state sides as well as Papua New Guinea, who did not yet have Test match status, and the New Zealand Māori.^[1]

The Northern Territory were invited to participate, but had to drop out after Darwin was devastated by Cyclone Tracey.^[2]

Coached by Tom Newton, the New Zealand Māori squad included Paul Matete, John Wilson, Fred Ah Kuoi, John Smith, Rick Muru, Dane Sorensen, Dennis Key, Ian Bell and captain Richard Bolton.^[1] The Māori side played a warm up game before the competition began, defeating Group 19 12-11 in Tweed Heads.

1975

Western Australia	23 - 21	Victoria

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

1975

Papua New Guinea	15 - 41	Māori

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

1975

Māori	61 - 3	Victoria

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

1975

Papua New Guinea	15 - 13	Western Australia

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

1975

Papua New Guinea	38 - 0	Victoria

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

1975

Māori	38 - 15	Western Australia

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

1975

Māori	38 - 13	Papua New Guinea

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea

Western Australia

1 2 John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. pp. 191–193. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
↑ International Competitions 1975 The Vault

Rugby League Pacific Cup

Tournaments	1975 1977 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 2004 2006 2009

Finals	1975 1977 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1997 2004 2006 2009

Squads	1975 1977 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 2004 2006 2009

Current participants	Cook Islands Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa Tonga

Past participants	American Samoa Australian Aborigines Fijian President's XIII New Zealand New Zealand Māori Niue Norfolk Island Northern Territory Rotuma Tokelau Victoria Western Australia

The tournament has had several names. In 1996, it was known as Pacific Challenge Series; in 1997, the Oceania Cup; and in 2004, the Pacific Rim Championship.

Rugby league in Oceania

Main articles	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga

Major federations	Asia-Pacific Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga

Major competitions	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tonga Solomon Islands

National teams	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands East Timor Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna

Women's national teams	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Niue Samoa Tokelau Tonga

Pacific Cup	1975 1977 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 2004 2006 2009

International competitions	Anzac Test Pacific Rugby League International Four Nations Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy

National competitions	National Rugby League New South Wales Rugby League premiership State of Origin series

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