2019 Oceania Cup (rugby league)
The 2019 Oceania Cup was the inaugural edition of the Oceania Cup. Contested by six teams, the competition began in June and concluded in November.
The competition was announced at the Rugby League International Federation congress in November 2018. The draw was released in March and breaks the six teams into two separate pools with promotion and relegation to exist in what is to become an annual tournament. Group A will comprise the top three ranked Pacific nations in, and while Group B will comprise, and.
The winner of Pool A will win the Oceania Cup while the winner of Pool B will win the Oceania Shield and be promoted to Pool A in the next edition in place of Australia, who were due to travel to Europe for their first Kangaroos tour since 2003.
Venues
The games were played at the following venues in New Zealand and Australia.| Auckland | Auckland | Wollongong |
| Eden Park | Mt Smart Stadium | WIN Stadium |
| Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 23,000 |
| Sydney | Christchurch | - |
| Leichhardt Oval | Rugby League Park | - |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | - |
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Results
Group A - Cup
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 2 |
Notes:Jahrome Hughes, Briton Nikora, Manase Fainu, Kotoni Staggs, and Sitili Tupouniua made their Test debuts, while John Asiata made his debut for Tonga having previously represented Samoa.
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Notes:Josh Addo-Carr, Nick Cotric, Payne Haas, Jack Wighton, Braden Hamlin-Uele, and Corey Harawira-Naera made their Test debuts, while Paul Vaughan made his debut for Australia having previously represented Italy, and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad and Zane Tetevano made their debut for New Zealand both having previously represented the Cook Islands.
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Notes:Cameron Murray made his Test debut.
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Group B - Shield
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 0 |
Notes:Xavier Coates, Edene Gebbie, Edwin Ipape, Zev John, Kyle Laybutt, Bernard Lewis, Terry Wapi, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Hymel Hunt, Marion Seve, and Jaydn Su'A made their Test debuts, while Jamayne Isaako made his debut for Samoa having previously represented New Zealand.
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Notes:Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, Luciano Leilua, Moses Leota, Ronaldo Mulitalo, Brian To'o, Lamar Liolevave, and Joseph Ratuvakacereivalu made their Test debuts, while Danny Levi made his debut for Samoa having previously represented New Zealand.
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Notes:Daniel Russell made his Test debut, while Alex Johnston made his debut for Papua New Guinea having previously represented Australia.