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Rugby union at the 1969 South Pacific Games

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Rugby union
at the 1969 South Pacific Games
VenuePort Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Dates16 - 23 August
Nations5
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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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze Ref
Men's rugby 15s  Fidschi  Papua-Neuguinea  Salomonen [6]

Men's tournament

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Note: Records for this tournament may be incomplete.

Matches

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16 August 1969 Fidschi  84–8  Wallis und Futuna Port Moresby  
August 1969 Papua-Neuguinea  46–0  Wallis und Futuna Port Moresby  
18 August 1969 Papua-Neuguinea  0–79  Fidschi Port Moresby  
Bericht
August 1969 Papua-Neuguinea  23–5  Salomonen Port Moresby  
20 August 1969 Fidschi  113–3  Neukaledonien Port Moresby  
Bericht
August 1969 Papua-Neuguinea  17–8  Neukaledonien Port Moresby  
21 August 1969 Fidschi  113–13  Salomonen Port Moresby  
22 August 1969 Neukaledonien  12–11  Salomonen Port Moresby  

Final

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23 August 1969 Fidschi  88–3  Papua-Neuguinea Port Moresby  
Bericht

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Duke to open games". The Canberra Times. 13 August 1969.
  2. ^ "Rugby Fijians destroy opposition". Pacific Islands Monthly. 40 (9). Pacific Publications: 29. 1 September 1969.
  3. ^ "Pipes and a song end games". The Canberra Times. 25 August 1969.
  4. ^ Cotton, p. 67.
  5. ^ "South Pacific Games". espnscrum.com. August 1969.
  6. ^ "Complete results 3rd South Pacific Games". Pacific Islands Monthly. 40 (9). Pacific Publications: 36–37. 1 September 1969.

Sources

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  • Cotton, Fran; Rhys, Chris, eds. (1984). The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. London: Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3.
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