The 2009 Pacific Nations Cup is a rugby union tournament held between five national sides on the Pacific Rim: Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks.

Australia A has also decided to pull out due to a similar decision.

This year the tournament will begin on June 12 and ends on July 3, 2009 and most of the matches will be hosted by Fiji.

The awarding of the key international tournament to the Fiji Rugby Union represents a further boost to the continued development of rugby in the region.

The two opening round matches will be played outside of Fiji with Samoa hosting the Junior All Blacks in Apia and Tonga entertaining the Fijians in Nukuʻalofa the following day before the tournament moves to Fiji for a 17-day festival of international rugby spread across three match venues: the ANZ National Stadium (Suva), Churchill Park (Lautoka) and Lawaqa Park (Sigatoka).