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Rugby union at the 1966 South Pacific Games
Venue	Nouméa, New Caledonia
Dates	December
Nations	4
← 19631969 →

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, won the gold medal and were unbeaten in the tournament.

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:

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

New Caledonia	15–7	New Hebrides

New Caledonia	0–34	Papua New Guinea

New Caledonia	24–6	Wallis and Futuna

New Hebrides	3–47	Papua New Guinea

New Hebrides	6–0	Wallis and Futuna

Papua New Guinea	54–5	Wallis and Futuna

See also

• Rugby union at the Pacific Games

References

1. "Former Canberra people in Games". The Canberra Times. 20 December 1966. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
2. ^ "South Pacific Games 1966". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

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