| Team Pacific Manila World Cup Champions |
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| Written by Kumiko Mae L. Yasuda | |
| Friday, 16 November 2007 | |
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Three teams tied with four wins and one loss at the end of the Manila World Cup tournament held Oct. 20 at the Nomad Sports Club, Paranaque. Team Pacific, Manila World Cup’s (MWC) were declared champions, reigned supreme over six other teams with their superior For and Against score of 112. It won against team Philippines 34-0, France 52-5, Japan 31-5, and Barbarians 12-5 points. Pacific’s only loss came from a two-point deficit against Australia.
 Team Pacific 'haka'  Sean Gorget trying to break through a tackle However, Team Barbarians and Australia finished close behind with the same ranking as the champions with the same win-loss record. Accordingly, second and third place were taken by these teams. Barbarians took second place with a For and Against score of 77 compared to Australia’s 29.
Other than taking second place, a player from team Barbarians received the Best and Fairest Award in the awarding ceremony held the evening of the same day. This award was given to Sean Gorget after receiving the highest tallied score based upon team captain’s votes after each game.
On the other hand, Team Philippines suffered a -112 For and Against record by virtue of their zero win and five loss record. This was followed by Japan’s -80 and one win and four losses standing.
 Team Australia  Team Barbarians  Team Philippines  Team France  Team Japan |
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