2022 Pacific Four Series

The 2022 Pacific Four Series was the second edition of the Pacific Four Series. The competition was hosted by New Zealand from 6 to 18 June. Matches were played at two of the venues which hosted the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup – The Trusts Arena in West Auckland and the Semenoff Stadium in Whangārei.

New Zealand won their first series title after defeating the United States 50–6 in the final round.

Format

With New Zealand and Australia joining the competition alongside the United States and Canada, six matches were played in a round-robin format.

Participants

Squads

Match officials

On 1 June World Rugby announced the team of officials selected for the Pacific Four Series in New Zealand. All eight were announced as part of a wider squad of officials for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.

• Lauren Jenner
• Sara Cox
• Maggie Cogger-Orr
• Amber McLachlan

• Julianne Zussman
• Tyler Miller
• Chris Assmus
• Lee Jeffrey

Table

Fixtures

Round 1

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• Maya Montiel of Canada made her international debut.
• Evelyn Ashenbrucker, Georgie Perris-Redding, Bridget Kahele, Shelby Lin and Sam Sullivan of the Eagles made their international debuts.

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• Ruahei Demant captained the Black Ferns for the first time.
• Kendra Cocksedge became the most capped Black Fern with 58 caps, it was her 50th consecutive Test.
• Annabelle Codey and Cecilia Smith made their Wallaroos test debut.

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Round 2

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• Charlotte Clapp made her test debut for the Eagles, she previously played for England's fifteens and sevens teams.
• Ashley Marsters and Jemima McCalman were named in the starting line-up to replace Liz Patu and Ivania Wong who were ruled out due to injury. Tiarna Molloy made her test debut for the Wallaroos.

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• Sylvia Brunt and Amy du Plessis made their Black Ferns test debuts.

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Round 3

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• Piper Duck, Layne Morgan and Cecilia Smith of the Wallaroos got their first test starts while Grace Kemp made her test debut.
• Abby Duguid of Canada made her first test start.

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• For the Black Ferns, Natalie Delamere and Lucy Anderson made their test debut with Sylvia Brunt getting her first start.

Broadcast

All the Pacific Four Series matches were broadcast live in New Zealand on Spark Sport.

References