Rugby union at the 1971 South Pacific Games

Rugby union at the 1971 South Pacific Games was held at Papeete in Tahiti with five men's teams competing.^[1] Western Samoa won the gold medal and were undefeated in the tournament.^[2]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's rugby 15s	Western Samoa	Cook Islands	Tahiti

Men's tournament

Standings

Competition tables after the group stage:^[3]

Group 1
Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Wallis and Futuna	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	2
Tahiti	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0
Group 2
Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Western Samoa	2	2	0	0	52	24	+28	4
Cook Islands	2	1	0	1	45	32	+13	2
New Caledonia	2	0	0	2	14	55	-41	0

Group matches

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Group A	August 1971	Tahiti	0–3	Wallis and Futuna	Papeete, Tahiti

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Group B	August 1971	Cook Islands	27–8	New Caledonia	Papeete, Tahiti

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Group B	August 1971	Cook Islands	18–24	Western Samoa	Papeete, Tahiti

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Group B	August 1971	Western Samoa	6–28	New Caledonia	Papeete, Tahiti

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Play-offs

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Semifinal	September 1971	Tahiti	11–33	Western Samoa	Papeete, Tahiti

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Semifinal	September 1971	Cook Islands	29–18	Wallis and Futuna	Papeete, Tahiti

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3rd-place	September 1971	Tahiti	14–0	Wallis and Futuna	Papeete, Tahiti

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Final	September 1971	Cook Islands	9–23	Western Samoa	Papeete, Tahiti

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See also

• Rugby union at the Pacific Games

References

1. "Islanders arrive for Pacific Games". The Canberra Times. 25 September 1971. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
2. "South Pacific Games 1971". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
3. "South Pacific Games". The Rugby Archive. 1971. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.