Current season or competition: 2025 Pacific Four Series | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 2021 |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Countries |  Australia Canada New Zealand United States |
| Holders | New Zealand (3rd in 2025) |
| Most titles | New Zealand (3 titles) |
ThePacific Four Series is an internationalrugby union competition that is sanctioned byWorld Rugby. It is contested between four women's national teams —Australia,Canada,New Zealand, and theUnited States.[1] It began in 2021 and was initially contested betweenCanada and theUnited States. They were later joined byAustralia andNew Zealand in 2022.
The Pacific Four Series was announced as a cross-regional tournament that will serve as a qualifier forOceania Rugby andRugby Americas North (RAN) to theWXV competition that will officially launch in 2023. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States were announced as the competing teams for the tournament.[2][3]
Australia and New Zealand were unable to join the inaugural competition in 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. However, World Rugby decided to proceed with the soft launch with only Canada and the United States. Canada won the initial tournament after two rounds of play.[4][5]
New Zealand won the2022 Pacific Four Series after defeating the United States 50–6 in the final match.[6][7] New Zealand retained the series title in 2023.[8][9] In 2024, Canada won their first-ever test against theBlack Ferns and claimed their second title.[10][11]
| Year | Host(s) | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | United States | Canada | United States |
| 2022 | New Zealand | New Zealand | Canada |
| 2023 | Various | New Zealand | Canada |
| 2024 | Various | Canada | New Zealand |
| 2025 | Various | New Zealand | Canada |
| Team | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 (2023,2025) | 2 (2022,2024) | ||
| Canada | 2 (2021,2024) | 3 (2022,2023,2025) | ||
| New Zealand | 3 (2022,2023,2025) | 1 (2024) | ||
| United States | 1 (2021) | 2 (2022,2024) | 2 (2023,2025) |