Rugby union at the 1969 South Pacific Games

Rugby union
at the 1969 South Pacific Games
VenuePort Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Dates16 - 23 August
Nations5
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Rugby union at the 1969 South Pacific Games was hosted at Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.[1] Fiji were hot favourites in the tournament and delivered on that promise to comfortably win gold.[2][3][4]

Hosts Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Wallis and Futuna also took part in the tournament.[5]

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  4. ^ Cotton, p. 67.
  5. ^ "South Pacific Games". espnscrum.com. August 1969.