Rugby league nines at the 2015 Pacific Games
# Rugby league nines at the 2015 Pacific Games

Rugby league nines at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from 11–12 July 2015 at Sir John Guise Stadium. Hosts Papua New Guinea won the gold medal, defeating Samoa in the final by 38–10. Tonga took the bronze medal, defeating the Cook Islands by 16-14 in the third place match. PNG's Wartovo Puara Jr was named Player of the Tournament.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Samoa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Tonga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Results

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Tonga |

## Teams

| Cook Islands | Fiji | Papua New Guinea | Western Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tonga |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bernard FairekaMau GeorgeBilsy GukisuvaBobby HansenWilliam KauvaiCheydan ManiJohn MarstersPeter MarstersNgamata MiriauDesmond NicholasTeu PaerauSirla PeraJamane PureawTeina SavageHosea TaripoVaine ToaStanley TobiaLouisson TuaiviMorey Vati | Waisea BatiWame BelolevuEsira DokoniEliki LeduaJiuta LutumailagiJovilisi NaqitawaRoko NaulivouEtuate QionimacawaNemani RaiwaluiTomasi RavouvouEtika RokobuliAsaeli SaravakiJone SaririNereo SenimoliLepani Tacikalou | Bland AbavuStargroth AmeanAse BoasWatson BoasIsrael Eliab (c)David LapuaWillie MinogaKato OttioBrandy PeterWartovo PuaraGahuna SilasThompson TetehHenry WanAdex WeraRex YellonNoel Zeming | Tautua FaauilaRamon FilipineFaalele IosuaFosi McCarthyArnold MeredithTanielu PaseneLeia SaofaigaHenry SuauuIonatana TinoPousea TofilauOnopene TuaiaUati Mikaele UatiAlbert VialiAotealofa Wines | Bruce AngikimuaZanetana DjokovicMaitoo HauiraeAtson HouElwin JohnMostyn Maenuu JnrEzekiel ManaJeffery MaungatuuSteve MoanaJimmy PuiaTimo SangaMoses SingamoanaRodney SinugebaTuimaugi KaugaLavan TaikaDuran TaupongiEugene TekobiCarlwyn TengemoanaTingiia TinoBilly Toatee JnrLavern TuhatangataUtu Willy Jnr | Sione FaSamuela FiefiaBruce FolauUikilifi FotuaikaSydney HaveaLeiataua KilifiVahai NauTimote PasekaSosefo SulukaElone TaufahemaOfa TeisinaViliami TupouPita Vakautakakala |
| Coach: Albert Nicholas | Coach: Maika Vunivere | Coach: Michael Marum | Coach: Mike Felise | Coach: Kauka Havea | Coach: Taufa Fukofuka |

## Matches

### Preliminary round

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 20 | +138 | 10 |
| Fiji | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 8 |
| Samoa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 70 | 28 | 5 |
| Tonga | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 86 | -26 | 4 |
| Cook Islands | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 74 | 80 | -6 | 3 |
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 176 | -156 | 0 |

* 11 July 2015

| Fiji | 16 – 10 | Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Cook Islands | 32 – 10 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Papua New Guinea | 42 – 0 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Cook Islands | 12 - 14 | Fiji |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Samoa | 20 – 8 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Papua New Guinea | 42 – 4 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Cook Islands | 10 – 14 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Papua New Guinea | 30 – 0 | Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Fiji | 16 – 0 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Cook Islands | 4 – 26 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Fiji | 8 – 4 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Samoa | 52 – 0 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium
* 12 July 2015

| Cook Islands | 16 – 16 | Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Fiji | 12 –18 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Samoa | 6 – 34 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 |
| Tonga | 6 | | |
| Tonga | 6 | Papua New Guinea | 38 |
| | | Samoa | 10 |
| Fiji | 12 | Samoa | 10 |
| Samoa | 20 | | |
| Samoa | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Tonga | 16 |
| | | Fiji | 14 |

* 12 July 2015

| Papua New Guinea | 38 – 6 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Fiji | 12 – 20 | Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Cook Islands | 42 – 8 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Tonga | 16 – 14 | Fiji |
| - | - | - |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

| Papua New Guinea | 38 – 10 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium

## Rankings

Classification :

| | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - |
| | Samoa |
| | Tonga |
| 4 | Fiji |
| 5 | Cook Islands |
| 6 | Solomon Islands |
