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2024 Pacific Four Series
Tournament details
Hosts Australia
 New Zealand
 United States
Date28 April — 25 May 2024
Countries Australia
 Canada
 New Zealand
 United States
Final positions
Champions Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
2023
2025

The 2024 Pacific Four Series is the fourth edition of the Pacific Four Series, an international women's rugby union tournament that serves as one of the principal qualification routes for the top two tiers of the 2024 WXV and the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1]

Canada won their second series title and defeated the New Zealand for the first time in 18 encounters.[2][3]

Participants

Nation Stadiums Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 Australia Allianz Stadium 42.500 Sydney England Jo Yapp Michaela Leonard
AAMI Park 29,500 Melbourne
 Canada France Kevin Rouet Sophie de Goede
 New Zealand FMG Stadium Waikato 25,800 Hamilton New Zealand Allan Bunting Kennedy Simon

Ruahei Demant

Apollo Projects Stadium 17,104 Christchurch
North Harbour Stadium 22,000 Albany
 United States Dignity Health Sports Park 27,000 Carson, California Australia Sione Fukofuka Rachel Johnson

Squads

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts  CAN  NZL  USA  AUS
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 105 40 +65 16 6 2 0 14
2  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 143 46 +97 23 7 2 1 11 19–22 57–5 67–19
3  United States 3 1 0 2 44 132 −88 7 22 1 0 5 7–50
4  Australia 3 0 0 3 58 132 −74 9 21 1 1 2 14–33 25–32

Fixtures

The fixtures were announced on 30 January 2024.[5][6]

28 April 2024
13:30 PDT (UTC−7)
United States 7–50 Canada (1 BP)
Try: Perris-Redding 18' c
Con: Cantorna (1/1) 19'
ReportTry: Gallagher (2) 3' m, 70' m
Beukeboom 9' m
Royer 21' c
Grant 43' c
de Goede (2) 50' c, 55' c
Omokhuale 79' c
Con: de Goede (4/6) 21', 44', 50', 56'
Tessier (1/1) 80'
Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson
Referee: Tyler Miller (Australia)[7]

11 May 2024
14:05 NZST (UTC+12)
New Zealand 57–5 United States
Try: Du Plessis 2' c
Paul (3) 5' m, 10' m, 16' m
Vaha'akolo 8' c
Vaipulu 26' c
Tui 54' c
Sae 73' c
Maliepo 75' c
Con: Demant (3/6) 3', 9', 27'
King (3/3) 56', 74', 77'
ReportTry: Taufo'ou 63' m
FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
Referee: Julianne Zussman (Canada)[7]

11 May 2024
16:55 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia 14–33 Canada
Try: Naden 21' c
Penalty try 48'
Con: McKenzie (1/1) 22'
ReportTry: Cline (2) 5' c, 31' c
Hunt (2) 10' m, 45' c
Menin 51' c
Con: De Goede (4/5) 6', 32', 46', 52'
Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Natarsha Ganley (New Zealand)[7]

17 May 2024
16:55 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia 25–32 United States
Try: Miller 5' m
Marsters 18' c
Stewart 33' m
Friedrichs 56' m
Con: McKenzie (1/4) 19'
Pen: McKenzie (1/1) 40'+3
ReportTry: Treder 37' m
Rogers (2) 44' c, 47' m
Clapp 62' c
Hingano 70' m
Con: Cantorna (2/4) 45', 64'
Pen: Cantorna (1/2) 9'
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)[7]

19 May 2024
16:35 NZST (UTC+12)
New Zealand 19–22 Canada
Try: Vaha'akolo (2) 10' c, 22' c
Maliepo 73' m
Con: Demant (2/3) 11', 24'
ReportTry: Bermudez (2) 29' c, 60' c
Hunt 44' m
Con: de Goede (2/3) 30', 60'
Pen: de Goede (1/1) 7'
Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch
Referee: Aurélie Groizeleau (France)[7]

25 May 2024
14:05 NZST (UTC+12)
New Zealand 67–19 Australia
Try: Olsen-Baker 5' c
Brunt 14' c
Paul (3) 21' m, 24' c, 48' m
Mikaele-Tu'u 31' c
Ponsonby 33' m
Vaha'akolo 35' c
Viliko 44' m
Simon (2) 55' c, 72' m
Con: Holmes (6/11) 6', 14, 25', 32', 36', 56'
ReportTry: Stewart 52' m
McKenzie (2) 8' c, 58' c
Con: McKenzie (2/3) 9', 58'
North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)[7]

References

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