1990 Pacific Cup
# 1990 Pacific Cup

The 1990 Pacific Cup was the fifth edition of the Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by Tonga and eventually won by Western Samoa, who defeated New Zealand Māori 26–18 in the final, a replay of the 1988 final.

## Squads

* The Australian Aborigines squad included Ricky Walford, Graham Lyons and Ron Gibbs.
* The New Zealand Māori squad included Dean Clark, Sean Hoppe, Jason Mackie and captain Kelly Shelford.
* The Friendly Islands side was made up mainly of local Tongan players.
* Western Samoa included Se'e Solomona, Tony Tatupu. Vae Afoa and Tony Tuimavave.

## Results

### Group A

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | NZ Māori | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Australian Aborigines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Friendly Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

* 1990

| NZ Māori | 24 – 13 | Australian Aborigines |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| Papua New Guinea | 16 – 14 | Friendly Islands |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| NZ Māori | 20 – 4 | Friendly Islands |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| Australian Aborigines | 28 – 18 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| NZ Māori | 46 – 14 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| Australian Aborigines | v | Friendly Islands |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga

### Group B

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tonga | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Western Samoa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Tokelau | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Niue | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

* 1990

| Tokelau | 26 – 16 | Niue |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| Tonga | 14 – 4 | Western Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| Western Samoa | 66 – 8 | Tokelau |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| Tonga | 58 – 4 | Niue |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| Western Samoa | 52 – 2 | Niue |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| Tonga | 26 – 10 | Tokelau |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | NZ Māori | 32 | | | |
| 2 | Tonga | 20 | | | |
| 2 | Tonga | 20 | NZ Māori | NZ Māori | 18 |
| | | | Western Samoa | Western Samoa | 26 |
| 1 | Western Samoa | 26 | Western Samoa | Western Samoa | 26 |
| 2 | Australian Aboriginies | 22 | | | |

**Semi-finals**

* 1990

| Western Samoa | 26 – 22 | Australian Aboriginies |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
* 1990

| NZ Māori | 32 – 20 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga

**Final**

* 31 October 1990

| NZ Māori | 18 – 26 | Western Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Nuku'alofa, Tonga
