Touch rugby at the Pacific Games explained

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

Men's summaries

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Bronze medal match			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Ref
width=15%	Gold medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Silver medal	width=15%	Bronze medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2003	Suva	Fiji	6–5	Papua New Guinea	Samoa	align=center style="padding:1px; line-height:102%; font-size:87%; color:#555;"	medal playoffs	Tuvalu	^[1] ^[2]
2007	Apia	Fiji	6–4	Samoa	Papua New Guinea	5–4	Cook Islands	^[3] ^[4]
2015	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	8–7	Samoa	Cook Islands	18–4	Solomon Islands	^[5]
2019	Apia	Papua New Guinea	12–11	Samoa	Fiji	9–6	Cook Islands
2023	Honiara		–			–

Women's summaries

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Bronze medal match			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Ref
width=15%	Gold medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Silver medal	width=15%	Bronze medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2003	Suva	No women's competition on programme
2007	Apia	Cook Islands	4–1	Samoa	Papua New Guinea	7–6	Niue	^[6]
2015	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	6–2	Samoa	Cook Islands	11–2	Kiribati
2019	Apia	Papua New Guinea	9–4	Samoa	Fiji	6–5	Cook Islands
2023	Honiara		–			–

Mixed tournament

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Bronze medal match			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Ref
width=15%	Gold medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Silver medal	width=15%	Bronze medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2003	Suva	Fiji	9–8	Cook Islands	Samoa	align=center style="padding:1px; line-height:102%; font-size:87%; color:#555;"	medal playoffs	Niue	^[7]
2007	Apia	Samoa	7–6	Cook Islands	Papua New Guinea	5–4	Niue	^[8]
2015	Port Moresby	Samoa	9–7	Papua New Guinea	Cook Islands	10–3	Tonga
2019	Apia	Papua New Guinea	10–9	Samoa	Cook Islands	10–7	Fiji
2023	Honiara		–			–

Pacific Mini Games

Men's

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Bronze medal match			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Ref
width=15%	Gold medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Silver medal	width=15%	Bronze medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2009	Rarotonga	Cook Islands	9–4	Fiji	Samoa			^[9] ^[10]

Women's

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Bronze medal match			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Ref
width=15%	Gold medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Silver medal	width=15%	Bronze medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2009	Rarotonga	Samoa	5–4	Cook Islands	Niue

Mixed

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Bronze medal match			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Ref
width=15%	Gold medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Silver medal	width=15%	Bronze medal	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2009	Rarotonga	Cook Islands	8–7 (a.e.t.)	Fiji	Papua New Guinea			^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 10 July 2003 . 2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Results & Fixtures - Men . Sports Pulse . 2 November 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070301/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=2-1977-0-17950-0&pool=-1 . 4 March 2016.
2. Web site: 10 July 2003 . 2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Finals Day - Day 4 . Sports Pulse . 2 November 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073939/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-1977-0-0-0&sID=15278&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=41909 . 4 March 2016.
3. Web site: 2007 . 2007 South Pacific Games - Touch (Men) . Sports Pulse . 2 November 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074103/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=0-3575-0-58988-0&pool=1001 . 4 March 2016.
4. Web site: 2007 . 2007 South Pacific Games - Touch . Sports Pulse . 2 November 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081110/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?action=MTAL&assoc=3575 . 4 March 2016.
5. News: 11 July 2015 . PNG wins double gold in touch footy . Fiji Times . 11 July 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150711160029/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=312851 . 11 July 2015.
6. Web site: 2007 . 2007 South Pacific Games - Touch (Women) . Sports Pulse . 2 November 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075452/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=0-3575-0-58987-0&pool=1001 . 4 March 2016.
7. Web site: 10 July 2003 . 2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Results & Fixtures - Mixed . Sports Pulse . 2 November 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072646/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=2-1977-0-17969-0&pool=-1 . 4 March 2016.
8. Web site: 2007 . 2007 South Pacific Games - Touch (Mixed) . Sports Pulse . 2 November 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080319/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=0-3575-0-58986-0&pool=1001 . 4 March 2016.
9. Web site: 2009 . Silver and Gold at Touch . Sports Pulse . 2 November 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074803/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-4627-0-0-0&sID=144618&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=10122241 . 4 March 2016.
10. 2009 . VIIIth Pacific Mini Games Report . 37 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145022/http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=1103123 . 24 September 2015.
11. Web site: 2009 . 2009 South Pacific Mini Games - Touch (Mixed) . Sports Pulse . 2 November 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072004/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-4627-0-0-0&sID=144618&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=10176697 . 4 March 2016.