Pacific Rim Rugby Championship

Pacific Rim Championship
Epson Cup logo introduced in 1999
SportRugby union
First season1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Ceased2001; 23 years ago (2001)
No. of teams6
Last
champion(s)		 Fiji  (2001)
Most titles Canada  (3 times)

The Pacific Rim Rugby Championship, also known as the Epson Cup for sponsorship purposes,[1] was an international rugby union tournament contested by national teams from around the Pacific.[2][3] The championship was held annually between 1996 and 2001.

The competition was run by the International Rugby Board.[4] In the first three tournaments, Canada, United States, Japan and Hong Kong competed for the championship. The competition was expanded to six teams in 1999 with the Pacific Tri-Nations teams Fiji, Samoa and Tonga replacing Hong Kong for the last three tournaments.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference espn-2000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ "Epson Renews Pacific Rim Title Sponsorship". Sport Cal. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference irb-2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).