Rugby league nines at the 2015 Pacific Games
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| Rugby league nines at the 2015 Pacific Games | |||||||
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 Rugby league 9's pictogram for the Games | |||||||
| Venue | Sir John Guise Stadium | ||||||
| Location | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | ||||||
| Dates | 11–12 July 2015 | ||||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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Rugby league nines at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from 11–12 July 2015 at Sir John Guise Stadium.[1][2] Hosts Papua New Guinea won the gold medal, defeating Samoa in the final by 38–10. Tonga took the bronze medal, defeating the Cook Islands by 16-14 in the third place match. PNG's Wartovo Puara Jr was named Player of the Tournament.[3][4]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Samoa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Tonga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men | Papua New Guinea |
Samoa |
Tonga |
Teams
 Cook Islands[5] |
 Fiji |
Papua New Guinea |
Western Samoa |
 Solomon Islands |
Tonga |
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| Coach: Albert Nicholas[6] | Coach: Maika Vunivere | Coach: Michael Marum[7] | Coach: Mike Felise | Coach: Kauka Havea[8] | Coach: Taufa Fukofuka |
Matches
Preliminary round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
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| Papua New Guinea |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 20 | +138 | 10 |
| Fiji |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 8 |
| Samoa |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 70 | 28 | 5 |
| Tonga |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 86 | -26 | 4 |
| Cook Islands |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 74 | 80 | -6 | 3 |
| Solomon Islands |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 176 | -156 | 0 |
Finals
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | |||||
| Tonga | 6 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | |||||
| Samoa | 10 | |||||
| Fiji | 12 | |||||
| Samoa | 20 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Tonga | 16 | |||||
| Fiji | 14 | |||||
