Rugby union at the 1969 South Pacific Games
Appearance
Rugby union at the 1969 South Pacific Games | |
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Venue | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
Dates | 16 - 23 August |
Nations | 5 |
Rugby union at the 1969 South Pacific Games was hosted at Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.[1] Fiji were hot favourites in the tournament and delivered on that promise to comfortably win gold.[2][3][4]
Hosts Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Wallis and Futuna also took part in the tournament.[5]
Medal summary
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref |
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Men's rugby 15s | ![]() |
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[6] |
Men's tournament
[edit]- Note: Records for this tournament may be incomplete.
Matches
[edit]16 August 1969 | Fidschi ![]() |
84–8 | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ||
August 1969 | Papua-Neuguinea ![]() |
46–0 | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ||
18 August 1969 | Papua-Neuguinea ![]() |
0–79 | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ||
Bericht |
August 1969 | Papua-Neuguinea ![]() |
23–5 | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ||
20 August 1969 | Fidschi ![]() |
113–3 | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ||
Bericht |
August 1969 | Papua-Neuguinea ![]() |
17–8 | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ||
21 August 1969 | Fidschi ![]() |
113–13 | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ||
22 August 1969 | Neukaledonien ![]() |
12–11 | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ||
Final
[edit]23 August 1969 | Fidschi ![]() |
88–3 | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ||
Bericht |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Duke to open games". The Canberra Times. 13 August 1969.
- ^ "Rugby Fijians destroy opposition". Pacific Islands Monthly. 40 (9). Pacific Publications: 29. 1 September 1969.
- ^ "Pipes and a song end games". The Canberra Times. 25 August 1969.
- ^ Cotton, p. 67.
- ^ "South Pacific Games". espnscrum.com. August 1969.
- ^ "Complete results 3rd South Pacific Games". Pacific Islands Monthly. 40 (9). Pacific Publications: 36–37. 1 September 1969.
Sources
[edit]- Cotton, Fran; Rhys, Chris, eds. (1984). The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. London: Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3.