Pacifica Cup draw and Samoan squad announced

The draw has been made for the Pacifica Cup which will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, in February.

Pool A: Papua New Guinea; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Tonga;

Pool B: Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Cook Islands; NZ;

Thursday 1st February - teams arrive;

Friday 2nd February - teams practice;

Round 1 - Saturday 3rd February: Fiji v New Caledonia Colin Maiden Park No. 1; Papua New Guinea v Samoa Colin Maiden Park No. 2; Vanuatu v Tonga Colin Maiden Park No. 3; Cook Islands v NZ Maori Melville Park;

Round 2 - Sunday 4th February: New Caledonia v Vanuatu Colin Maiden Park No. 1; Samoa v Cook Islands Mt Albert G S; Tonga v Fiji Colin Maiden Park No. 2; NZ Maori v Papua New Guinea Colin Maiden Park No. 3;

Round 3 - Monday 5th February: Vanuatu v Fiji Cornwall; Cook Islands v Papua New Guinea Colin Maiden Park No. 1; New Caledonia v Tonga Colin Maiden Park No. 2; Samoa v NZ Maori Colin Maiden Park No. 3;

Rest Day - Tuesday 6th February - attendance at Eden Park for One Day International (Day/Night);

Semi-Finals - Wednesday 7th February;

Finals Day - Thursday 8th February;

Final Colin Maiden Park No. 1;

Third/Fourth Place Play-off Colin Maiden Park No. 2;

Fifth/Sixth Place Play-off Colin Maiden Park No. 3;

Seventh/Eighth Place Play-off Cornwall;

The Samoan squad has also been announced:

Samoa Rapi Ieremia (Captain) Sinalmea Laumea (Vice-Captain) Iosia Toilolo Viliane Eli Robert Barlow Peter Poulos Gerhard Tuiletufuga Paletiasala Atonio Geoffrey Clarke Vao Pio Dean Seuoti Edward Annandale Filipaina Anesone