Round C Table

RWC Pacific Zone Qualifying 1999 Round C	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Australia (Q)	3	3	0	0	165	33	9
Fiji (Q)	3	2	0	1	78	99	6
Western Samoa (Q)	3	1	0	2	59	71	3
Tonga	3	0	0	3	35	134	0

Round C Results

Home Team		Away Team
Western Samoa	28	Tonga	20
Australia	66	Fiji	20
Fiji	26	Western Samoa	18
Australia	74	Tonga	0
Australia	25	Western Samoa	13
Fiji	32	Tonga	15

Round B Table

RWC Pacific Zone Qualifying Round B	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Fiji (P)	2	2	0	0	73	17	6
Tonga (P)	2	1	0	1	78	32	4
Cook Islands	2	0	0	2	19	121	0

Round B Results

Home Team		Away Team
Fiji	20	Tonga	10
Cook Islands	7	Fiji	53
Tonga	68	Cook Islands	12

Round A Table

RWC Pacific Zone Qualifying 1999 Round A	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Cook Islands (P)	2	2	0	0	62	19	6
Papua New Guinea	2	1	0	1	111	28	4
Tahiti	2	0	0	2	6	132	0

Round A Results

Home Team		Away Team
Cook Islands	22	Papua New Guinea	19
Papua New Guinea	92	Tahiti	6
Tahiti	0	Cook Islands	40

Entrants and Byes To Rounds

Country	Bye To Round
Australia	Round C
Western Samoa	Round C
Fiji	Round B
Tonga	Round B
Cook Islands	Round A
Papua New Guinea	Round A
Tahiti	Round A

Report

Australia, Fiji and Westen Samoa qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup from the Pacific Zone Qualifying Tournaments, with Tonga Qualifying for the Repechage. The Pacific Zone began with Cook Islands progressing from Round A ahead of Papua New Guinea and Tahiti. Round B was straightforward with the seeded teams Fiji and Tonga progessing at the expense of Cook islands. The Final Qualifying Round saw Australia gain big wins over Fiji and Tonga, but struggle against Western Samoa, only winning 25-13. They qualified along with Fiji who had a shock win over Western Samoa to finish second and the Samoans who took the third qualifying spot with a 28-20 victory over Tonga.

References

Images

[1] DW Design & Print (2019) 1999 [Internet] Available from: https://www.dwdesignandprint.co.uk/images/2019/10/24/1999.jpg [Accessed 4 September 2020]

Bibliography

[2] Smith, Bruce (1999) “The Qualifying Tournament: Asia Zone” Rugby World Cup 1999 Pocket Guide. Pg. 202-203. Collins Willow, Glasgow. 1999.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy, Nora Mulcahy & Vinny Kingston

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