The 2025 Pacific Championships will feature Rugby League and Rugby Union events. The Rugby League Championship is scheduled for October and November 2025, with specific matches for the men's and women's competitions taking place, including a double-header at Suncorp Stadium on October 26th. The Pacific Nations Cup (Rugby Union) concluded in September 2025, with Fiji winning the men's tournament.
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The teams for the first round of the 2025 Pacific Championships are in with men’s and women’s teams from Fiji, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea playing this weekend.
Cook Islands, Fiji and PNG will be playing for the Pacific Cup while New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and Australia are competing for the Pacific Championship.
The 2025 Pacific Championships is just days away, kicking off on Saturday with some of the best men's and women's rugby league teams from across the Pacific region.
The Pacific Championships is an annual tournament featuring national teams from the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and Australia.
The tournament, launched in 2019 as the Oceania Cup, featured a two-tier format with Australia, New Zealand, and Tonga in the top tier, while Fiji, Sāmoa, and Papua New Guinea were in the second tier.
The tournaments kick off on Saturday October 18, with a double header featuring PMNG Orchids vs Cook Islands Moana, before Fiji Bati play Cook Islands Aitu at Santos National Football Stadium in Port Moresby.
MEN’S PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
SATURDAY OCTOBER 18
Fiji Bati vs Cook Islands Aitu at Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby, 4.00pm AEDT
SUNDAY OCTOBER 19
New Zealand Kiwis vs Toa Samoa at Go Media Stadium, Auckland, 4.05pm AEDT
SATURDAY OCTOBER 25
Papua New Guinea Kumuls vs Cook Islands Aitu at Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby, 4.00pm AEDT
SUNDAY OCTOBER 19
Toa Samoa vs Tonga at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, 4.00pm AEDT
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1
Papua New Guinea vs Fiji Bati at Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby, 4.00pm AEDT
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2
New Zealand Kiwis vs Tonga at Eden Park, Auckland, 4.05pm AEDT
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9
TBC vs TBC at CommBank Stadium, Sydney, 4.05pm AEDT
MEN’S
The six men’s team will be split into two tournaments the Pacific Cup and the Pacific Bowl.
New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga will contest the Pacific Cup, while Cook Isands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea will contest the Pacific Bowl.
Each side plays each other once, before the first and second ranked teams in the Cup play each other in the final to decide the winners of the Pacific Championships Cup.
The highest ranked Bowl team will take out the Pacific Championships Bowl compeititon with no final played.
WOMEN’S
The six women’s teams are also split into two tournaments the Pacific Cup and the Pacific Bowl.
The Jillaroos, Fetu Samoa and Kiwi Ferns will contest the Pacific Cup, while Cook Islands Moana, PNG Orchids and Tonga will contest the Pacific Bowl.
Each side plays each other once, before the first and second ranked teams in the Cup play each other in the final to decide the winners of the Pacific Championships Cup.
The highest ranked Bowl team will take out the Pacific Championships Bowl compeititon with no final played.