Rugby League Pacific Rim Competition
- Rugby League Pacific Rim Competition
The Rugby League Pacific Rim Competition is a tournament sanctioned by the Rugby League International Federation and organised by the New Zealand Rugby League and Pacific Island Rugby League Association. It was held for the first time in 2004 in Auckland, New Zealand.
The aim of the tournament is "to promote awareness of the game in the region with a view to re-establishing international fixtures and full contact with the main nations Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand in the near future."
The teams that participated in the 2004 Pacific Rim competition were: Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand Maori, Niue, Samoa and the Cook Islands. In the final, the Cook Islands defeated New Zealand Maoris 46-6.
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