South Pacific Championship

The South Pacific Championship (also known as SPC) was a rugby union competition that was introduced in 1986 and contested through to 1990.

[1] The New Zealand provincial teams Auckland and Canterbury were invited into the competition due to their close links with the New South Wales and Queensland unions respectively.

[1] The competition collapsed five years after it began, when the NSWRU found itself in financial difficulties before the 1991 season was started.

South Africa's top three provincial teams were included and a fourth New Zealand province was added.

The competition was the predecessor of the Super 10 that launched the following year in 1993 to include South African provinces.