Pacific Four Series
Current season or competition:
2023 Pacific Four Series
SportRugby union
Instituted2021
Number of teams4
Countries Australia
 Canada
 New Zealand
 United States
Holders New Zealand (2nd in 2023)
Most titles New Zealand (2 titles)

The Pacific Four Series is an international rugby union competition that is sanctioned by World Rugby. It is contested between four women's national teams — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.[1] It began in 2021 and was initially contested between Canada and the United States. They were later joined by Australia and New Zealand in 2022.

History

The Pacific Four Series was announced as a cross-regional tournament that will serve as a qualifier for Oceania Rugby and Rugby Americas North (RAN) to the WXV competition that will officially launch in 2023. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States were announced as the competing teams for the tournament.[2][3]

Australia and New Zealand were unable to join the inaugural competition in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, World Rugby decided to proceed with the soft launch with only Canada and the United States. Canada won the initial tournament after two rounds of play.[4][5]

New Zealand won the 2022 Pacific Four Series after defeating the United States 50–6 in the final match.[6][7]

Results

Year Host(s) Winner Runner-up
2021  United States  Canada  United States
2022  New Zealand  New Zealand  Canada
2023  Australia
 Canada
 Spain 		 New Zealand  Canada

Team records

Team Winner Runner-up 3rd 4th
 Australia 1 (2023) 1 (2022)
 Canada 1 (2021) 2 (2022, 2023)
 New Zealand 2 (2022, 2023)
 United States 1 (2021) 1 (2022) 1 (2023)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pacific Four Series". World Rugby. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "What is the Pacific Four Series?". W RUGBY. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  3. ^ "World Rugby confirms Pacific Four Series schedule, the new cross-regional women's 15s tournament". World Rugby. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Canada captures Pacific Four Series title with 26-13 win over USA Rugby". Rugby Canada. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  5. ^ "Canada seal inaugural World Rugby Pacific Four Series title". www.women.rugby. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  6. ^ "Black Ferns win Pacific Four". Otago Daily Times Online News. 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  7. ^ "New Zealand win the Pacific Four Series 2022". www.world.rugby. 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
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