Rugby union at the 1983 South Pacific Games

Rugby union at the 1983 South Pacific Games, currently known as the Pacific Games, was hosted at Apia, the capital of Western Samoa in September 1983. Fiji beat the host nation Western Samoa by 18–10 in the final to win the gold medal.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's rugby 15s	Fiji	Western Samoa	Tonga

Teams

Competing teams were:^[2]

Pool A

Pool B

Group matches

Group A

Group A	September 1979	Western Samoa	55–0	American Samoa	Apia, Western Samoa

Group A	September 1979	Western Samoa	55–4	Cook Islands	Apia, Western Samoa

Group A	September 1979	Western Samoa	def.	Papua New Guinea	Apia, Western Samoa

Group A	September 1979	Western Samoa	def.	Tokelau	Apia, Western Samoa

Group A	September 1979	Western Samoa	def.	Tonga	Apia, Western Samoa

Group A	September 1979	Tonga	def.	American Samoa	Apia, Western Samoa

Group A	September 1979	Tonga	45–3	Cook Islands	Apia, Western Samoa

Group A	September 1979	Tonga	def.	Papua New Guinea	Apia, Western Samoa

Group A	September 1979	Tonga	def.	Tokelau	Apia, Western Samoa

Group A	September 1979	Papua New Guinea	28–15	Tokelau	Apia, Western Samoa

Note: Records for this tournament are incomplete.

Western Samoa and Tonga qualified for the finals.

Group B

Group B	September 1979	Fiji	104–6	New Caledonia	Apia, Western Samoa

Group B	September 1979	Fiji	124–4	Niue	Apia, Western Samoa
			Report^[1]

Group B	September 1979	Fiji	86–0	Solomon Islands	Apia, Western Samoa

Group B	September 1979	Fiji	102–9	Tahiti	Apia, Western Samoa

Group B	September 1979	Solomon Islands	19–12	Niue	Apia, Western Samoa

Note: Records for this tournament are incomplete.

Fiji and New Caledonia qualified for the finals.

Play-offs

Semifinal	September 1979	Fiji	38–10	Tonga	Apia, Western Samoa

Semifinal	September 1979	Western Samoa	def.	New Caledonia	Apia, Western Samoa

3rd-place	September 1979	Tonga	70–0	New Caledonia	Apia, Western Samoa

Final	September 1979	Fiji	18–10	Western Samoa	Apia, Western Samoa

References

1 2 "Rugby union: Come out and play, please". The Canberra Times. 13 September 1983. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
1 2 "South Pacific Games". The Rugby Archive. 1983. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

Rugby at the Pacific Games

Pacific Games

15s	1963 1966 1969 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995

7s	1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Mini Games

15s	1981 1985 1989 1993

7s	1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Known as the South Pacific Games prior to 2009

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