Rugby union at the 1966 South Pacific Games

Rugby union at the 1966 South Pacific Games was played as a round-robin tournament with 4 men's teams competing. No finals were played and the teams finishing in the top three positions were awarded medals. Papua New Guinea, captained by Peter Emery,^[1] won the gold medal and were unbeaten in the tournament.^[2]

Rugby union at the 1966 South Pacific Games
Venue	Nouméa, New Caledonia
Dates	December
Nations	4
← 1963 1969 →

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's rugby 15s	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia	New Hebrides

Men's tournament

Standings

Final standings after the round robin tournament:^[2]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Papua New Guinea	3	3	0	0	135	8	127	6
New Caledonia	3	2	0	1	39	47	-8	4
New Hebrides	3	1	0	2	16	62	-46	2
Wallis and Futuna	3	0	0	3	11	84	-73	0

Matches

December 1966

New Caledonia	15–7	New Hebrides

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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December 1966

New Caledonia	0–34	Papua New Guinea

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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December 1966

New Caledonia	24–6	Wallis and Futuna

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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December 1966

New Hebrides	3–47	Papua New Guinea

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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December 1966

New Hebrides	6–0	Wallis and Futuna

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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December 1966

Papua New Guinea	54–5	Wallis and Futuna

Nouméa, New Caledonia

See also

• Rugby union at the Pacific Games