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

Women's summaries

Year	Host		Final				Bronze medal match				Ref
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal		Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
2003	Suva		No women's competition on programme
2007	Apia		Cook Islands	4–1	Samoa	Papua New Guinea	7–6	Niue
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		Final				Bronze medal match				Ref
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal		Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
2003	Suva		Fiji	9–8	Cook Islands		Samoa	medal playoffs	Niue
2007	Apia		Samoa	7–6	Cook Islands		Papua New Guinea	5–4	Niue
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			–				–

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	5	2	3	10
2	Fiji (FIJ)	3	0	2	5
3	Samoa (SAM)	2	7	2	11
4	Cook Islands (COK)	1	2	4	7
Totals (4 entries)		11	11	11	33

Pacific Mini Games

Men's

Year	Host		Final				Bronze medal match				Ref
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal		Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
2009	Rarotonga		Cook Islands	9–4	Fiji		Samoa

Women's

Year	Host		Final				Bronze medal match				Ref
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal		Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
2009	Rarotonga		Samoa	5–4	Cook Islands		Niue

Mixed

Year	Host		Final				Bronze medal match				Ref
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal		Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
2009	Rarotonga		Cook Islands	8–7 (a.e.t.)	Fiji		Papua New Guinea

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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