City of Salford Construction on a new 20,000 seat £35 million pound stadium was complete in 2012. Now named the AJ Bell stadium it is home to Salford Red Devils and Sale Sharks rugby union team. Swinton Lions were founded in 1866 and play in the Championship at heywood road sale. They won the Rugby Football League Championship six times between 1927 and 1964, before it was superseded by Super League. They have also won the Challenge Cup three times between 1900 and 1928. Broughton Rangers were founded in 1877 and won the Rugby League Challenge Cup in the 1901–02 and 1910–11 seasons.
Rugby union at the Pacific Games was for national rugby union teams (15-a-side). The first two events in 1963 and 1966 were played as round-robin competitions only and, as such, did not include finals. ! rowspan="2" style="padding:2px;"|Games ! rowspan="2" style="width:5.7em;"|Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:5.7em;"|Host city !colspan=3|Final ! |Third Place ! rowspan="2" style="width:3em;" |Ref ! style="width:11.3em;"|Gold ! style="padding:2px;"|Score ! style="width:10.3em;"|Silver ! style="width:10.3em;"|Bronze Rugby union at the Pacific Games Rugby union at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1963 when included as one of ten sports at the first games held in Suva, Fiji. Rugby sevens is the form of rugby now played at the Pacific Games, with