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| countries = {{flagicon|Fiji}} [[Fiji]] (2 teams)<br/>{{flagicon|SAM}} [[Samoa]] (2 teams)<br/>{{flagicon|TON}} [[Tonga]] (2 teams)
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| champions = {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Fiji Warriors]]
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| relegated = 
| matches = 16
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| prevseason = [[2008 Pacific Rugby Cup|2008]]
| nextseason = [[2010 Pacific Rugby Cup|2010]]
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The '''IRB Pacific Rugby Cup 2009''' was the fourth edition of the [[Pacific Rugby Cup]] competition. First held in 2006, the 2009 edition, like its predecessors, featured 6 representative [[rugby union football]] teams; 2 from each of the three [[Pacific]] [[rugby union]]s - [[Rugby union in Fiji|Fiji]], [[Rugby union in Samoa|Samoa]] and [[Rugby union in Tonga|Tonga]].

[[Fiji Warriors]] won the championship, defeating [[Upolu Samoa]] in the final.

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==Teams and format==
The 6 participating teams were:
*[[Upolu Samoa]] and [[Savaii Samoa]] from [[Samoa]]
*[[Fiji Warriors]] and [[Fiji Barbarians]] from [[Fiji]]
*[[Tau'uta Reds]] and [[Tautahi Gold]] from [[Tonga]]

The teams played a single round robin (home or away) series. The two top teams in the final standings met in the grand final match, with the first ranking team awarded home advantage.

==Stadiums==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Stadium
|-
| [[Fiji Barbarians]] || [[Churchill Park (Lautoka)|Churchill Park]], [[Lautoka]]<br/>[[Lawaqa Park]], [[Sigatoka]]
|-
| [[Fiji Warriors]] || [[Churchill Park (Lautoka)|Churchill Park]], [[Lautoka]]<br/>[[Lawaqa Park]], [[Sigatoka]]
|-
| [[Savaii Samoa|Savai'i Samoa]] || [[Apia Park]], [[Apia]]<br/>Prince Edward Park, [[Iva, Samoa|Iva]]
|-
| [[Tautahi Gold]] || [[Teufaiva Stadium]], [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]]
|-
| [[Tau'uta Reds]] || [[Teufaiva Stadium]], [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]]
|-
| [[Upolu Samoa]] || [[Apia Park]], [[Apia]]
|}

==Table==

:{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|Played
!width=40|Won
!width=40|Drawn
!width=40|Lost
!width=40|For
!width=40|Against
!width=40|Point Difference
!width=40|Bonus Points
!width=40|Points
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|align=left| '''[[Upolu Samoa]]'''
|5||4||0||1||114||84||+30||1||'''17'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|align=left| '''[[Fiji Warriors]]''' 
|5||3||0||2||168||89||+79||5||'''17'''
|- align=center
|align=left| '''[[Savaii Samoa]]'''
|5||3||0||2||103||91||+12||3||'''15'''
|- align=center
|align=left| '''[[Tautahi Gold]]'''
|5||3||0||2||110||78||+32||3||'''15'''
|- align=center
|align=left| '''[[Tau'uta Reds]]''' 
|5||1||0||4||62||113||-51||2||'''6'''
|- align=center
|align=left| '''[[Fiji Barbarians]]'''
|5||1||0||4||74||191||-117||1||'''5'''

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|}
:{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; line-height:100%; font-size:100%; width:60%;"
|-
! colspan="4" style="border:0px" |{{pad|2.2em}}Competition rules
|-
| colspan="4" | '''Points breakdown:'''<br/>4 points for a win<br/>2 points for a draw<br/>1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less<br/>1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match<br/>
'''Classification:'''<br/>Teams standings are calculated as follows:<br/>Most log points accumulated from all matches<br/>Most log points accumulated in matches between tied teams<br/>Highest difference between points scored for and against accumulated from all matches<br/>Most points scored accumulated from all matches
|}

==Match results==
;Round One

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|date = 2009-04-24
|home = [[Savaii Samoa|Savai'i Samoa]]
|score = 14-15
|away = [[Tau'uta Reds]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Apia Park]], [[Apia]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-04-24
|home = [[Fiji Barbarians]]
|score = 8-47
|away = [[Fiji Warriors]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Lawaqa Park]], [[Sigatoka]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-04-25
|home = [[Tautahi Gold]]
|score = 9-17
|away = [[Upolu Samoa]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Teufaiva Stadium]], [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]]
}}

;Round Two

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-01
|home = [[Upolu Samoa]]
|score = 19-15
|away = [[Tau'uta Reds]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Apia Park]], [[Apia]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-01
|home = [[Fiji Barbarians]]
|score = 17-23
|away = [[Savaii Samoa|Savai'i Samoa]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Churchill Park (Lautoka)|Churchill Park]], [[Lautoka]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-02
|home = [[Tautahi Gold]]
|score = 26-21
|away = [[Fiji Warriors]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Teufaiva Stadium]], [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]]
}}

;Round Three

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-08
|home = [[Upolu Samoa]]
|score = 49-13
|away = [[Fiji Barbarians]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Apia Park]], [[Apia]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-09
|home = [[Fiji Warriors]]
|score = 39-22
|away = [[Savaii Samoa|Savai'i Samoa]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Lawaqa Park]], [[Sigatoka]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-09
|home = [[Tautahi Gold]]
|score = 14-12
|away = [[Tau'uta Reds]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Teufaiva Stadium]], [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]]
}}

;Round Four

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-15
|home = [[Fiji Warriors]]
|score = 21-23
|away = [[Upolu Samoa]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Churchill Park (Lautoka)|Churchill Park]], [[Lautoka]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-16
|home = [[Tau'uta Reds]]
|score = 15-26
|away = [[Fiji Barbarians]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Teufaiva Stadium]], [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-16
|home = [[Savaii Samoa|Savai'i Samoa]]
|score = 18-14
|away = [[Tautahi Gold]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = Prince Edward Park, [[Iva, Samoa|Iva]]
}}

;Round Five

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-22
|home = [[Savaii Samoa|Savai'i Samoa]]
|score = 26 - 6
|away = [[Upolu Samoa]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Apia Park]], [[Apia]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-22
|home = [[Fiji Barbarians]]
|score = 10-47
|away = [[Tautahi Gold]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Lawaqa Park]], [[Sigatoka]]
}}

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = 2009-05-23
|home = [[Tau'uta Reds]]
|score = 15-40
|away = [[Fiji Warriors]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Teufaiva Stadium]], [[Nukuʻalofa|Nuku{{Okina}}alofa]]
}}

==Final==

{{rugbybox collapsible
|date = May 30, 2009
|home = [[Upolu Samoa]]
|score =  7-19
|away = [[Fiji Warriors]]
|homescore = 
|awayscore = 
|stadium = [[Apia Park]], [[Apia]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist<!--|colwidth=25em-->|refs=
<ref name = foru-2009>{{cite web 
 |date= 2009
 |title= 2009 Pacific Rugby Cup Fixtures and Results
 |publisher= Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions
 |url= http://oceaniarugby.com/fixtures__results/pacific_rugby_cup/2009_prc_fixtures_and_results_1.html
 |url-status= dead
 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140302025510/http://oceaniarugby.com/fixtures__results/pacific_rugby_cup/2009_prc_fixtures_and_results_1.html
 |archivedate= 2 March 2014 }}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.oceaniarugby.com FORU website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201100656/http://oceaniarugby.com/ |date=2011-02-01 }}

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