Current season or competition: 2024 Rugby League Pacific Championships | |
Sport | Rugby league |
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Instituted | 2019 |
Inaugural season | 2019 |
Number of teams | 7 |
Region | Oceania (APRL) |
Holders | Australia (Men's) Australia (Women's) (2024) |
Most titles | Australia (Men's; 2 titles) Australia (Women's; 1 title) |
Broadcast partner | Nine Network Fox League Sky Sport |
Related competition | Pacific Cup |
The Rugby League Pacific Championship is a rugby league tournament for national teams in Oceania. Its inaugural tournament was in 2019 as the "Oceania Cup".
The tournament replaced the Anzac Test Series (1997–2017), which solely featured Australia and New Zealand as a single match annual test. Before the Pacific Championships, regular regional competition between the other Oceanian countries was sporadic since the cessation of the Pacific Cup (1974–2009) which served as a development competition for the Pacific Islands.