The 1982 Pacific Tri-Nations was the first edition of the Pacific Tri-Nations tournament competed for between Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa with each team playing the other two teams once. Western Samoa were the inaugural winners winning both of their matches.

	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Points
1	Western Samoa	2	2	0	0	21	11	+10	4	2	4
2	Fiji	2	1	0	1	47	14	+33	9	3	2
3	Tonga	2	0	0	2	7	50	-43	1	9	0

21 August 1982

Fiji	8-10 [1]	Western Samoa

National Stadium, Suva

25 August 1982

Tonga	3-11 [2]	Western Samoa

28 August 1982

Fiji	37-4 [3]	Tonga

National Stadium, Suva