The International Rugby Board has confirmed that the 2008 Pacific Cup involving regional teams from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga will be played from April 18 to May 24.
The tournament, involving six teams, has helped the island nations groom players for the test arena in the Pacific Nations Cup and the World Cup.
Fiji's World Cup coach, Illivasi Tabua says the Cup tournament has helped blood the local players who had little or no previous exposure at test level.
Tabua's team upset Wales in their deciding group game to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament in France in October.
