# Rugby sevens at the 2003 South Pacific Games

Rugby sevens at the 2003 Pacific Games was played as a tournament for 11 men's teams from 3–5 July 2003 at Suva in Fiji. The Fijian team won the final, defeating Cook Islands by 43–10 to claim the gold medal.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's rugby 7s | Fiji | Cook Islands | Samoa |

## Participants

There were 11 teams for the 2003 tournament:
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Guam
* New Caledonia
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Tahiti
* Tonga
* Vanuatu
* Wallis and Futuna

## Format

The eleven teams were drawn into three pools and the first stage was played as a round robin within each group. The top two teams from the each pool and the best two third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage.
Quarterfinals and semifinals in the knockout stage were followed by the third place play-off for the Bronze Medal, and the final for the Gold Medal.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 5 | +69 |
| Tahiti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 27 | +11 |
| Guam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 85 | −80 |
Group A matches:
| Tahiti | 33–5 | Guam |
| Papua New Guinea | 22–5 | Tahiti |
| Papua New Guinea | 52–0 | Guam |

### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 7 | +117 |
| Niue | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 29 | +9 |
| Vanuatu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 60 | −45 |
| New Caledonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 91 | −81 |
Group B matches:
| Samoa | 52–0 | New Caledonia |
| Niue | 7–0 | Vanuatu |
| Niue | 24–0 | New Caledonia |
| Samoa | 43–0 | Vanuatu |
| Samoa | 29–7 | Niue |
| Vanuatu | 15–10 | New Caledonia |

### Group C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | +145 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 45 | +38 |
| Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 64 | +30 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 213 | −213 |
Group C matches:
| Cook Islands | 64–0 | Wallis and Futuna |
| Fiji | 45–0 | Tonga |
| Tonga | 82–0 | Wallis and Futuna |
| Fiji | 33–0 | Cook Islands |
| Cook Islands | 19–12 | Tonga |
| Fiji | 63–0 | Wallis and Futuna |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 July | 5 July | | | |
| Fiji | 50 | | | |
| Fiji | 50 | 5 July | 5 July | | |
| Vanuatu | 5 | 5 July | 5 July | |
| Vanuatu | 5 | Fiji | 36 | |
| 5 July | 5 July | | Fiji | 36 | |
| 5 July | 5 July | Tonga | 0 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | Tonga | 0 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | | | | 5 July | 5 July |
| Tonga | 19 | | | | 5 July | 5 July |
| Tonga | 19 | | | | Fiji | 43 |
| 5 July | 5 July | | | | | Fiji | 43 |
| 5 July | 5 July | | | | Cook Islands | 10 |
| Cook Islands | 36 | | | | Cook Islands | 10 |
| Cook Islands | 36 | 5 July | 5 July | | | |
| Niue | 0 | 5 July | 5 July | | | |
| Niue | 0 | Cook Islands | 14 | | | |
| 5 July | 5 July | | Cook Islands | 14 | | | |
| 5 July | 5 July | Samoa | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| Tahiti | 0 | Samoa | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| Tahiti | 0 | | | | 5 July | 5 July |
| Samoa | 21 | | | | 5 July | 5 July |
| Samoa | 21 | | | | Tonga | 0 |
| | | | | | Samoa | 50 |

### Play-offs for 5th to 8th

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 |
| Vanuatu | 5 | | |
| Vanuatu | 5 | Papua New Guinea | 33 |
| | | Niue | 12 |
| Niue | 17 | Niue | 12 |
| Tahiti | 14 | | |
| Tahiti | 14 | 7th Place | 7th Place |
| | | Vanuatu | 0 |
| | | Tahiti | 0 |

### Play-offs for 9th to 11th

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− |
| New Caledonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 12 | +34 |
| Guam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 40 | –16 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 39 | –18 |
| New Caledonia | 26–5 | Guam |
| New Caledonia | 20–7 | Wallis and Futuna |
| Guam | 19–14 | Wallis and Futuna |

#### 9th Place Play-off

| New Caledonia | 40–17 | Guam |