Papua New Guinea won gold at the Port Moresby 2015 Rugby League 9s, defeating Samoa 38-10 in a gold medal match performance that underlined the hosts' superiority throughout the two-day event.
Samoa coach Mike Felise believed his side was "lucky" to come away with a medal after a shaky start to the tournament, but said they regrouped at the end of day one.
"Our motivation really, really picked up after our last game (on day one) against Solomon Islands (Samoa won 50-0), it showed us how we could really play.
Coach Taufa Fukofuka (TON) was delighted with his side's turnaround after winning just a single match on day one.
"We're really happy with the boys winning a medal. I told the boys last night that if we beat Solomon Islands by more than four tries (in the final round-robin match on Sunday) then maybe we would make the semi-final, and the boys worked hard for it.