Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance

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The Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) was set up in 2002 as a basis of co-operation between the Fiji, Samoa and Tonga Rugby Unions. Niue and the Cook Islands also became members of the Alliance and supplied players to the Pacific Islanders team.

References

Dewey, Robert F. Jr. (2014-07-24). "Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA): Rugby in 'Our Sea of Islands'". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 31 (11): 1406–1420. doi:10.1080/09523367.2014.895714. ISSN 0952-3367. S2CID 143276945.

External links

dhskx Islanders Rugby Teams supporters website

Rugby union in the Pacific Island Alliance

Pacific Islanders rugby union team

Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance

Tours

Europe	2006 2008
Oceania	2004

Rugby union in Fiji

Governing body

Fiji Rugby Union

National teams

Men	Fiji Sevens Fiji Warriors U20 Pacific Islanders
Women	Fiji Sevens

Other notable teams

Competitions

International	World Cup Pacific Nations Cup Pacific Challenge Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series
National	Skipper Cup Farebrother-Sullivan Trophy
Hosted	Fiji International Sevens (1993–2000)

Former teams

Rugby union in Samoa and American Samoa

Governing bodies

National teams

Men's	Samoa A U-20 7's Pacific Islanders Am.Samoa Am.Samoa 7's
Women's	Samoa 7's Am.Samoa 7's

Other notable teams

Manuma Samoa

Competitions

International	Samoa at the Rugby World Cup Pacific Nations Cup Pacific Rugby Cup Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series
National	Samoa National Provincial Championship
Defunct	Super 10 Pacific Rim Championship Pacific Tri-Nations Women's Pacific Tri-Nations

Venues

Former teams

Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance
Samoa rules (hybrid sport)

Rugby union in Tonga

Governing body

Tonga Rugby Union

National teams

Men's	Tonga A 7's U-20 Pacific Islanders
Women's	Tonga 7's

Competitions

International	Pacific Nations Cup Pacific Rugby Cup Sevens World Series
National	Datec Cup Provincial Championship
Defunct	Super 10 Pacific Rim Championship Pacific Tri-Nations Punjas Series

Former teams

Rugby union in the Cook Islands

Governing body

Cook Islands Rugby Union

National teams

Men's	Cook Islands 7's U-20
Women's	Cook Islands 7's

Rugby union in Niue

Governing body

Niue Rugby Union

National teams

Men's	Niue 7's U-20
Women's	Niue 7's

v t e Rugby union in Oceania
By country	Australia Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
By overseas territory	American Samoa Cook Islands French Polynesia Hawaii New Caledonia Niue Tokelau Wallis and Futuna
Men's rugby union national teams	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna
Women's rugby union national teams	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna
Men's rugby sevens national teams	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna
Women's rugby sevens national teams	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna
International competitions	Rugby Championship World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup World Rugby Pacific Challenge Oceania Rugby Men's Championship Oceania Rugby Women's Championship Oceania Men's Sevens Oceania Women's Sevens Pacific Games
Province and club competitions	Super Rugby Super Rugby Aupiki Super W Mitre 10 Cup Farah Palmer Cup National Rugby Championship
Organizations	Oceania Rugby SANZAAR

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