Touch rugby at the Pacific Games

Touch rugby was introduced to the Pacific Games in 2003 at Suva in Fiji.[1] It is an optional sport for the Pacific Games program,[2] and the tournaments include men's, women's and mixed competitions.[3] The first touch rugby tournament at the Pacific Mini Games was played in the Cook Islands in 2009.

Men's summaries
Year Host Final Bronze medal match Ref
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
2003 Fiji
Suva		 Fiji Fiji 6–5 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Samoa Samoa medal
playoffs		 Tuvalu Tuvalu [4]
[5]
2007 Samoa
Apia		 Fiji Fiji 6–4 Samoa Samoa Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 5–4 Cook Islands Cook Islands [6]
[7]
2015 Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby		 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 8–7 Samoa Samoa Cook Islands Cook Islands 18–4 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands [8]
2019 Samoa
Apia		 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 12–11 Samoa Samoa Fiji Fiji 9–6 Cook Islands Cook Islands
2023 Solomon Islands
Honiara		 – –

Women's summaries
Year Host Final Bronze medal match Ref
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
2003 Fiji
Suva		 No women's competition on programme
2007 Samoa
Apia		 Cook Islands Cook Islands 4–1 Samoa Samoa Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 7–6 Niue Niue [9]
[7]
2015 Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby		 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 6–2 Samoa Samoa Cook Islands Cook Islands 11–2 Kiribati Kiribati [8]
2019 Samoa
Apia		 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 9–4 Samoa Samoa Fiji Fiji 6–5 Cook Islands Cook Islands
2023 Solomon Islands
Honiara		 – –

Mixed tournament
Year Host Final Bronze medal match Ref
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
2003 Fiji
Suva		 Fiji Fiji 9–8 Cook Islands Cook Islands Samoa Samoa medal
playoffs		 Niue Niue [10]
[5]
2007 Samoa
Apia		 Samoa Samoa 7–6 Cook Islands Cook Islands Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 5–4 Niue Niue [11]
[7]
2015 Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby		 Samoa Samoa 9–7 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Cook Islands Cook Islands 10–3 Tonga Tonga
2019 Samoa
Apia		 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 10–9 Samoa Samoa Cook Islands Cook Islands 10–7 Fiji Fiji
2023 Solomon Islands
Honiara		 – –

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Papua New Guinea (PNG)52310
2 Fiji (FIJ)3025
3 Samoa (SAM)27211
4 Cook Islands (COK)1247
Totals (4 entries)11111133

Pacific Mini Games
Men's
Year Host Final Bronze medal match Ref
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
2009 Cook Islands
Rarotonga		 Cook Islands Cook Islands 9–4 Fiji Fiji Samoa Samoa [12]
[13]
Women's
Year Host Final Bronze medal match Ref
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
2009 Cook Islands
Rarotonga		 Samoa Samoa 5–4 Cook Islands Cook Islands Niue Niue [12]
[13]
Mixed
Year Host Final Bronze medal match Ref
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
2009 Cook Islands
Rarotonga		 Cook Islands Cook Islands 8–7
(a.e.t.)		 Fiji Fiji Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea [13]
[14]

References
  1. "2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Day 2 action and results". Sports Pulse. 8 July 2003. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. Charter - Constitution, Code of Conduct, Protocols, and Regulations adopted Apia, Samoa 14 May 2006 - As amended most recently in Noumea, New Caledonia, 27 August 2010 (PDF 0.3 MB) (Report). Pacific Games Council. 2010. p. 15. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  3. "2007 South Pacific Games - Touch". Sports Pulse. 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. "2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Results & Fixtures - Men". Sports Pulse. 10 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  5. "2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Finals Day - Day 4". Sports Pulse. 10 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  6. "2007 South Pacific Games - Touch (Men)". Sports Pulse. 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. "2007 South Pacific Games - Touch". Sports Pulse. 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  8. "PNG wins double gold in touch footy". Fiji Times. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  9. "2007 South Pacific Games - Touch (Women)". Sports Pulse. 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  10. "2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Results & Fixtures - Mixed". Sports Pulse. 10 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  11. "2007 South Pacific Games - Touch (Mixed)". Sports Pulse. 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  12. "Silver and Gold at Touch". Sports Pulse. 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  13. VIIIth Pacific Mini Games Report (Report). 2009. p. 37. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  14. "2009 South Pacific Mini Games - Touch (Mixed)". Sports Pulse. 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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