2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Fiji |
| Venue | Churchill Park, Lautoka |
| Date | 18 November 2019– 30 November 2019 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  New Zealand |
← 2018 2022 → | |
The 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship that was held in Fiji, was the 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifier for the Oceania region.[1] The tournament was played at Churchill Park in Lautoka from 18–30 November 2019, with six teams entered. Australia and New Zealand sent development teams, having already qualified for the 2021 World Cup.[2]
Teams[edit]
Format[edit]
A split pool format was used for the Oceania tournament, with the teams seeded into two pools of three. Each team was scheduled to play one match against each of the teams in the opposite pool.[3] However, following a measles outbreak in Tonga, the Tongan women's team had to withdraw from competition after one of their players arriving in Fiji was suspected of having measles.[4] The tournament continued without playing their fixtures but a revised qualification process was put in place to allow Tonga to challenge later for the Oceania berth at the Rugby World Cup repechage qualifier.[4]
The Black Ferns Development XV were undefeated in the tournament and won the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship [5] based on the combined pool standings, with Australia A as runner-up. Qualification to the World Cup remained up for grabs in Lautoka for the remaining three nations (excluding Australia and New Zealand). Fiji won direct entry to the World Cup by defeating Samoa in the qualifying playoff match.[6]
Arrangements were made for a playoff match in early 2020 between Tonga and Papua New Guinea, with the winner to meet Samoa in another playoff match to decide the World Cup repechage berth.[4]
Tournament[edit]
Pool stage[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Ferns Dev. XV
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 0 | +234 | 15 |
| 2 |  Samoa
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 65 | +12 | 5 |
| 3 |  Tonga
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia A
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 7 |
| 2 | Fiji
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 5 |
| 3 |  Papua New Guinea
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 196 | -184 | 0 |
Round 1
| 18 November | Australia A
|
0–0 a | Tonga
|
Churchill Park, Lautoka | ||
| Report [7] |
| Test: 1370 | 18 November | Samoa
|
65–12 | Papua New Guinea
|
Churchill Park, Lautoka | |
| Report [8] |
| 18 November | Black Ferns Dev XV
|
53–0 | Fiji
|
Churchill Park, Lautoka | ||
| Report [9] |
Notes:
Round 2
| 22 November | Australia A
|
0–50 | Black Ferns Dev XV
|
Churchill Park, Lautoka | ||
| Report [10] |
| Test: 1372 | 22 November | Samoa
|
7–26 | Fiji
|
Churchill Park, Lautoka | |
| Report [11] |
| Bye/s: Papua New Guinea |
Round 3
| 26 November | Black Ferns Dev XV
|
131–0 | Papua New Guinea
|
Churchill Park, Lautoka | ||
| Report [12] |
| 26 November | Australia A
|
27–5 | Samoa
|
Churchill Park, Lautoka | ||
| Report [13] |
| Bye/s: Fiji |
Playoffs[edit]
Samoa and Fiji played in the World Cup qualifier match at Lautoka.[6] Due to Tonga's absence, a consolation match was arranged for Papua New Guinea against a Fiji developmental team.[6]
Consolation match[edit]
| 30 November | Fijiana Dev XV
|
40–22 | Papua New Guinea
|
Churchill Park, Lautoka | ||
| Report [14] |
World Cup qualifier[edit]
| Test: 1379 | 30 November | to RWC Fiji
|
41–13 | Samoa
|
Churchill Park, Lautoka | |
| Report [15] |
Repechage qualifiers[edit]
Tonga traveled to Port Moresby in March the following year and defeated Papua New Guinea to set up a playoff against Samoa to determine who qualified for the repechage tournament.
| Test: 1389 | 1 March 2020 | Papua New Guinea
|
24–36 | Tonga
|
Bava Park, Port Moresby | |
| Report [16] |
| Test: 1397 | 14 November 2020 | to repechage Samoa
|
40–0 | Tonga
|
The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand | |
References[edit]
- ^ "World Rugby announces new Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 qualification pathway". World.Rugby. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Australia & New Zealand to feature at 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship". Oceania Rugby. 2 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019.
- ^ Birch, John (18 November 2019). "Samoa open qualifier with big win". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Oceania-qualification for women's Rugby World Cup revised". Loop. 24 November 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2019: trophy lift". World Rugby. November 2019. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Birch, John (19 November 2019). "Fiji qualify for World Cup". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020.
- ^ a b greenwood, Emma (17 November 2019). "Oceania Rugby cancel Australia A-Tonga clash after suspected measles case". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2019, Match 1". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2019, Match 3". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2019, Match 5". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2019, Match 5". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2019, Match 7". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2019, Match 8". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2019, Match 10". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2019, Match 11". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Tonga defeat Papua New Guinea in 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifiying". Rugby.World.Cup. Retrieved 1 March 2020.