This time it featured Australia and New Zealand, in addition to many of the Pacific Cup nations, who had since established themselves in the sport.

The competition has a single edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was re-founded in 2023 as the Rugby League Pacific Championship.

The Pacific Cup was started in 1975 by Keith Gittoes of the New South Wales Rugby League.

[2] The competing teams were Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga.

[2] Eighteen teams from ten nations have taken part in the 12 Pacific Cup tournaments held to date: