title: 1990 Pacific Cup
text: # 1990 Pacific Cup
  
  The 1990 Pacific Cup was the fifth edition of the Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by Tonga and eventually won by Western Samoa, who defeated New Zealand Māori 26–18 in the final, a replay of the 1988 final.
  
  ## Squads
  
  * The Australian Aborigines squad included Ricky Walford, Graham Lyons and Ron Gibbs.
  * The New Zealand Māori squad included Dean Clark, Sean Hoppe, Jason Mackie and captain Kelly Shelford.
  * The Friendly Islands side was made up mainly of local Tongan players.
  * Western Samoa included Se'e Solomona, Tony Tatupu. Vae Afoa and Tony Tuimavave.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Group A
  
  | | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | NZ Māori | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
  | 2 | Australian Aborigines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 4 | Friendly Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  
  * 1990
  
  | NZ Māori | 24 – 13 | Australian Aborigines |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | Papua New Guinea | 16 – 14 | Friendly Islands |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | NZ Māori | 20 – 4 | Friendly Islands |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | Australian Aborigines | 28 – 18 | Papua New Guinea |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | NZ Māori | 46 – 14 | Papua New Guinea |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | Australian Aborigines | v | Friendly Islands |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  
  ### Group B
  
  | | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tonga | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
  | 2 | Western Samoa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
  | 3 | Tokelau | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
  | 4 | Niue | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  
  * 1990
  
  | Tokelau | 26 – 16 | Niue |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | Tonga | 14 – 4 | Western Samoa |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | Western Samoa | 66 – 8 | Tokelau |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | Tonga | 58 – 4 | Niue |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | Western Samoa | 52 – 2 | Niue |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | Tonga | 26 – 10 | Tokelau |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | NZ Māori | 32 | | | |
  | 2 | Tonga | 20 | | | |
  | 2 | Tonga | 20 | NZ Māori | NZ Māori | 18 |
  | | | | Western Samoa | Western Samoa | 26 |
  | 1 | Western Samoa | 26 | Western Samoa | Western Samoa | 26 |
  | 2 | Australian Aboriginies | 22 | | | |
  
  **Semi-finals**
  
  * 1990
  
  | Western Samoa | 26 – 22 | Australian Aboriginies |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  * 1990
  
  | NZ Māori | 32 – 20 | Tonga |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  
  **Final**
  
  * 31 October 1990
  
  | NZ Māori | 18 – 26 | Western Samoa |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nuku'alofa, Tonga
  