# Touch rugby at the 2003 South Pacific Games – Men's tournament

{{Main|Touch rugby at the 2003 Pacific Games}} The Men's touch rugby tournament at the 2003 Pacific Games was held in Suva from 7 to 10 July 2003 at the Veiuto Primary School. Fiji won the gold medal, defeating Papua New Guinea by 6–5 in the final. Samoa took the bronze medal.

## Participants

Seven teams played in the tournament:
* Fiji
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Tuvalu
* Tonga
* Tahiti

## Format

The teams played a round-robin followed by play-offs for the medals.

## Preliminary round

* Teams
* Papua New Guinea
* Fiji
* Samoa
* Tuvalu
* Tonga
* Niue
* Tahiti
* • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the medal play-offs. |||||||

### Day 1

* 7 Jul 2009 10:00 am
| Tuvalu | 10–1 | Tahiti |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 7 Jul 2009 10:00 am
| Fiji | 6–7 | Papua New Guinea |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 2
* 7 Jul 2009 11:00 am
| Tonga | 1–4 | Samoa |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 7 Jul 2009 1:00 pm
| Tahiti | 0–20 | Fiji |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 7 Jul 2009 2:00 pm
| Papua New Guinea | 6–1 | Tonga |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 7 Jul 2009 2:00 pm
| Samoa | 2–0 | Niue |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 2

### Day 2

* 8 Jul 2009 10:00 am
| Papua New Guinea | 10–5 | Samoa |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 8 Jul 2009 11:00 am
| Niue | 7–8 | Tuvalu |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 8 Jul 2009 12:00 pm
| Fiji | 10–5 | Tonga |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 8 Jul 2009 1:00 pm
| Papua New Guinea | 15–6 | Niue |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 8 Jul 2009 2:00 pm
| Tahiti | 0–14 | Samoa |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 8 Jul 2009 3:00 pm
| Tonga | 2–5 | Tuvalu |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1

### Day 3

* 9 Jul 2009 1:00 am
| Fiji | 12–6 | Samoa |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 9 Jul 2009 11:00 am
| Tonga | 7–5 | Niue |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 2
* 9 Jul 2009 1:00 pm
| Papua New Guinea | 12–4 | Tuvalu |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 2
* 9 Jul 2009 9:00 am
| Fiji | 11–1 | Tuvalu |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 9 Jul 2009 9:00 am
| Tahiti | 4–13 | Niue |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 2
* 9 Jul 2009 11:00 am
| Papua New Guinea | 22–0 | Tahiti |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 9 Jul 2009 3:00 pm
| Tahiti | 1–21 | Tonga |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 2
* 9 Jul 2009 4:00 pm
| Tuvalu | 5–6 | Samoa |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1
* 9 Jul 2009 4:00 pm
| Fiji | 13–3 | Niue |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 2

## Lower bracket play-offs

| Seventh place knockout | Seventh place knockout | Seventh place knockout | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| | | | 1 | Tonga |
| 2 | Niue | 9 | | Niue |
| 3 | Tahiti | 3 | | |

### Seventh place knockout

* 10 Jul 2009 10:00 am
| Niue | 9–3 | Tahiti |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1

### Fifth play-off

* 10 Jul 2009 1:00 pm
| Tonga | def. by | Niue |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1

## Medal play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | 6 | | | | Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | 5 |
| Fiji | Fiji | 5 | | | | Fiji | Fiji | 6 |
| | | | Fiji | Fiji | 11 | | | |
| | | | Samoa | Samoa | 2 | | | |
| Samoa | Samoa | 10 | | | | | | |
| Tuvalu | Tuvalu | 5 | | | | | | |

### Major semi-final

* 10 Jul 2009 8:00 am
| Papua New Guinea | 6–5 | Fiji |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1

### Elimination semi-final

* 10 Jul 2009 9:00 am
| Samoa | 10–5 | Tuvalu |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1

### Preliminary final

* 10 Jul 2009 12:00 pm
| Fiji | 11–2 | Samoa |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1

### Final

* 10 Jul 2009 3:00 pm
| Papua New Guinea | 5–6 | Fiji |
* Veiuto Primary School No. 1