# Touch rugby at the Pacific Games

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 | Final | Final | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Ref |
| Year | Host | Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | Ref |
| 2003 | Suva | Fiji | 6–5 | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | medal playoffs | Tuvalu | [4] [5] |
| 2007 | Apia | Fiji | 6–4 | Samoa | Papua New Guinea | 5–4 | Cook Islands | [6] [7] |
| 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 | Final | Final | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Ref |
| Year | Host | Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | Ref |
| 2003 | Suva | No women's competition on programme | No women's competition on programme | No women's competition on programme | No women's competition on programme | No women's competition on programme | No women's competition on programme | No women's competition on programme | |
| 2007 | Apia | Cook Islands | 4–1 | Samoa | | Papua New Guinea | 7–6 | Niue | [9] [7] |
| 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 | Final | Final | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Ref |
| Year | Host | Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | Ref |
| 2003 | Suva | Fiji | 9–8 | Cook Islands | Samoa | medal playoffs | Niue | [10] [5] |
| 2007 | Apia | Samoa | 7–6 | Cook Islands | Papua New Guinea | 5–4 | Niue | [11] [7] |
| 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) | Totals (4 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

## Pacific Mini Games
### Men's

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Ref |
| Year | Host | Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | Ref |
| 2009 | Rarotonga | Cook Islands | 9–4 | Fiji | Samoa | | | [12] [13] |

### Women's

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Ref |
| Year | Host | Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | Ref |
| 2009 | Rarotonga | Samoa | 5–4 | Cook Islands | Niue | | | [12] [13] |

### Mixed

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Ref |
| Year | Host | Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | Ref |
| 2009 | Rarotonga | Cook Islands | 8–7 (a.e.t.) | Fiji | Papua New Guinea | | | [13] [14] |