[4] The tournament continued without playing their fixtures but a revised qualification process was put in place to allow Tonga to challenge later for the Oceania berth at the Rugby World Cup repechage qualifier.

[4] The Black Ferns Development XV were undefeated in the tournament and won the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship [5] based on the combined pool standings, with Australia A as runner-up.

Fiji won direct entry to the World Cup by defeating Samoa in the qualifying playoff match.

[6] Due to Tonga's absence, a consolation match was arranged for Papua New Guinea against a Fiji developmental team.

[6] Tonga traveled to Port Moresby in March the following year and defeated Papua New Guinea to set up a playoff against Samoa to determine who qualified for the repechage tournament.