| Rugby league nines at the 2019 Pacific Games | |
|---|---|
 Rugby league nines pictogram for the Games | |
| Venue | Apia Park |
| Location | Apia, Samoa |
| Dates | 8–9 July 2019 |
| Teams | 7 (men) 6 (women) |
Rugby league nines at the 2019 Pacific Games was played from 8–9 July 2019 at Apia Park in Samoa. [1] A women's rugby league tournament was introduced for the first time at the Pacific Games. [2] [3]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fiji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Samoa* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 4 |
| Samoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Fiji | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 22 | -4 | 2 |
 Tonga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8 | +36 | 4 |
 Tokelau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 2 |
 Solomon Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 28 | -20 | 0 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | |||||
| Tonga | 0 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||
| Fiji | 14 | |||||
| Fiji | 18 | |||||
| Samoa | 8 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Tonga | 12 | |||||
| Samoa | 16 | |||||
| Classification | |
|---|---|
 | Fiji |
 | Papua New Guinea |
 | Samoa |
| 4 | Tonga |
| 5 | Cook Islands |
| 6 | Tokelau |
| 7 | Solomon Islands |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 12 | +42 | 4 |
| Samoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 2 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 76 | -72 | 0 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | +26 | 4 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 2 |
 Niue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 28 | -24 | 0 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | |||||
| Cook Islands | 8 | |||||
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | |||||
| Fiji | 16 | |||||
| Fiji | 12 | |||||
| Samoa | 4 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Cook Islands | 24 | |||||
| Samoa | 10 | |||||
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Fiji |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Cook Islands |
| 4 | Samoa |
| 5 | Niue |
| 6 | Solomon Islands |
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Known as the South Pacific Games prior to 2009 | ||||