Rugby league at the Pacific Games

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Rugby league at the Pacific Games was introduced in 2007 at Apia in Samoa. Rugby league nines is the form of the game currently played at the Pacific Games. The 7-a-side version of the game was played at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games.[1]

Men's summaries[edit]

Year Host Final Bronze medal match Ref
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
2007 Samoa
Apia
Fiji Fiji 14–0 Cook Islands Cook Islands Samoa Samoa 20–10 Tonga Tonga [2][3][4]
2015 Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 38–10 Samoa Samoa Tonga Tonga 16–14 Fiji Fiji [5]
2019 Samoa
Apia
Fiji Fiji 14–0 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Samoa Samoa 16–12 Tonga Tonga
2023 Solomon Islands
Honiara
Samoa Samoa 8–0 Fiji Fiji Cook Islands Cook Islands 16–7 Tonga Tonga

Women's summaries[edit]

Year Host Final Bronze medal match Ref
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
2019 Samoa
Apia
Fiji Fiji 16–14 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Cook Islands Cook Islands 24–10 Samoa Samoa
2023 Solomon Islands
Honiara
Cook Islands Cook Islands 16–8 Tonga Tonga Fiji Fiji 4–0 Samoa Samoa

Medal table[edit]

The all-time medal standings for rugby league at the Pacific Games, including the South Pacific Games, from 2007–present is collated in the table below. This includes both men's and women's events.

All-time medal table – Pacific Games rugby league nines
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Fiji3115
2 Papua New Guinea1203
3 Cook Islands1124
 Samoa1124
5 Tonga0112
Totals (5 entries)66618

Pacific Mini Games[edit]

The 2009 Pacific Mini Games was/is the only Mini-Games to have had rugby league (sevens) included on the programme. It was only the men's tournament that was contested.

Year Host Final Bronze medal match Ref
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
2009 Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Fiji
Fiji
20–14 Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Samoa
Samoa
26–24 Tonga
Tonga
[6]
[7]
[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "VIIIth Pacific Mini Games Report" (PDF 3.9 MB). Pacific Mini Games 2009. 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. ^ "South Pacific Games - Apia: Finals results". Sporting Pulse. 2007. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. ^ "South Pacific Games - Apia:Pool results". Sporting Pulse. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. ^ "South Pacific Games - Apia:Pool Ladders". Sporting Pulse. 2007. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Unbeaten PNG Claim Rugby League 9s Gold". EMTV. 13 Jul 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  6. ^ "South Pacific Mini Games - Rarotonga: Finals results". Sporting Pulse. 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  7. ^ "South Pacific Mini Games - Rarotonga:Pool Ladders". Sporting Pulse. 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  8. ^ "South Pacific Mini Games - Rarotonga:Pool results". Sporting Pulse. 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2015.