Touch rugby at the Pacific Games

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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.

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

Pacific Mini Games

References

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