Rugby league at the Pacific Games was introduced in 2007 at Apia in Samoa. Rugby league nines is the form of the game currently played at the Pacific Games. The 7-a-side version of the game was played at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games. [1]
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Ref | |||||||
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| Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2007 |  Apia |  Fiji | 14–0 |  Cook Islands | Samoa | 20–10 |  Tonga | [2] [3] [4] | |||
| 2015 |  Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 38–10 | Samoa | Tonga | 16–14 | Fiji | [5] | |||
| 2019 | Apia | Fiji | 14–0 | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | 16–12 | Tonga | ||||
| 2023 |  Honiara | – | – | ||||||||
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Ref | |||||||
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| Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2019 | Apia | Fiji | 16–14 | Papua New Guinea | Cook Islands | 24–10 | Samoa | ||||
| 2023 | Honiara | – | – | ||||||||
The all-time medal standings for rugby league at the Pacific Games, including the South Pacific Games, from 2007–present is collated in the table below. This includes both men's and women's events.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Samoa | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Tonga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
The 2009 Pacific Mini Games was/is the only Mini-Games to have had rugby league (sevens) included on the programme. It was only the men's tournament that was contested.
| Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Ref | |||||||
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| Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2009 | Rarotonga | Fiji | 20–14 | Cook Islands | Samoa | 26–24 | Tonga | [6] [7] [8] | |||
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