QPICC 2018- Summary and Results

Author: QRL Media & QRL South East Queensland Region Media Release
Timestamp: Tue 30 Oct 2018, 05:17 PM

Three days of football, family and cultural festivities wrapped up on Sunday with the conclusion of the 2018 Queensland Pacific Island Cultural Carnival.

At the presentation ceremony, the tournament organisers thanked all the players, team coaching and management staff, medical teams, parents, families, friends, the Logan City Council, QRL and NRL staff, NRL medics, QPS representatives and the Beenleigh Multi-Sports for making this year’s QPICC a full on, family friendly fun weekend. An estimated 2,000 spectators walked through the gates on Friday and Sunday, with a whooping estimated 5,000 spectators on Saturday.

Held at Beenleigh’s Bill Norris Oval with the support of the QRL's South East Division, there was games played in the Under 14 Boys, Under 16 Boys, Under 18 Boys, Open Men and Open Women’s divisions as well as exhibition games in the Under 14 and 16 Girls divisions; with the following nations represented: Cook Islands, Maori, PNG, Samoa, Niue, and Tonga.

The Open Men's and Open Women's finals were spirited games; with the Men's decider especially thrilling; with the two teams - Samoa and Maori - going hard at each other for the full duration of the match.

You can see the full list of results from QPICC 2018 below, including the Most Valuable Player listings from each nation/team and age group.

2018 QPICC RESULTS
Open Men’s Round Games
PNG	20	def	Cook Island	8
Samoa	6	def	Maori	0
Tonga	14	def	PNG	4
Cook Island	8	def	Samoa	6
Maori	16	def	Maori	2
PNG	12	def	Samoa	6
Maori	14	def	Cook Island	6
Samoa	22	def	Tonga	10
Maori	20	def	PNG	10
Tonga	14	def	Cook Island	4
*Men’s Final*
Samoa	10	def	Maori	4

Open Women's Round Games
Samoa	22	def	PNG	0
Maori	14	def	Tonga	0
Tonga	36	def	Niue	6
Maori	32	def	PNG	0
Samoa	28	def	Niue	0
Tonga	32	def	PNG	0
Maori	22	def	Samoa	0
Niue	12	def	PNG	8
Tonga	26	def	Samoa	0
Maori	38	def	Niue	0
*Women's Final*
Maori	10	def	Tonga	0

Under 18s Pool Games
POOL A
Tonga	10	def	Cook Island	10 (Tonga scored first try)
Samoa	36	def	Cook Island	6
Samoa	10	def	Tonga	0
POOL B
PNG	6	def	Maori	4
Niue	24	def	Maori	18
Niue	6	def	PNG	0
*Under 18s Play Off (3rd Place)*
Maori	22	def	Cook Island	6
*Under 18s Semi Final 1*
PNG	10	def	Samoa	8
*Under 18s Semi Final 2*
Niue	14	def	Tonga	4
*Under 18s Final*
Niue	36	def	PNG	4

Under 16s Round Games
Cook Island	20	def	PNG	8
Samoa	42	def	Tonga	0
Cook Island	20	def	Tonga	16
Maori	36	def	PNG	0
Samoa	14	def	Maori	10
Tonga	14	def	PNG	4
Samoa	20	def	Cook Island	4
Maori	10	def	Cook Island	6
Samoa	52	def	PNG	4
Maori	22	def	Tonga	0
*Under 16s Final*
Samoa	12	def	Maori	4

Under 14s Round Games
Cook Island	32	def	PNG	0
Samoa	20	def	Tonga	10
Cook Island	16	def	Tonga	6
Maori	32	def	PNG	0
Samoa	20	def	Maori	12
Tonga	18	def	PNG	8
Cook Island	16	def	Samoa	14
Cook Island	24	def	Maori	6
Samoa	30	def	PNG	4
Tonga	28	def	Maori	4
*Under 14s Final*
Cook Island	22	def	Samoa	6

2018 QPICC Most Valuable Players
Nation	Under 14	Under 16	Under 18	Open Women's	Open Men's
Cook Island	Xavier Collins	Punga Punga	Jimmy Wuatai	N/A	William Samuel
Maori	Reico Ratana	Connor Te Kani	Teui Robati	Jasmin Kemp	BJ Nathan
Niue	N/A	N/A	Stepharn Holo	Rachel ‘Chucky’ Whelan	N/A
PNG	Troy Ennion	Nathan Kalolo	Cruise Ten	Kia Henry-Monaei	Eli Wickham
Samoa	Christopher Fa’agutu	Linston Tuimavave	Larryon Tevita	Taimane Levu	Alfred Penese
Tonga	Junior Taungatua	Saosi Tonga	Bill Aiatasi	Asipau Mafi	Leki Falipaini