Vanuatu national rugby sevens team

Summary

The Vanuatu national rugby sevens team is Vanuatu's representative in rugby sevens.

Vanuatu
UnionVanuatu Rugby Football Union
World Cup Sevens
Appearances0

History edit

At the 1999 South Pacific Games held in Guam, Vanuatu won its second rugby medal,[1] defeating Solomon Islands for the bronze in the rugby 7s. The first bronze medal had been won for the rugby 15's in 1966, as New Hebrides.[2]

In the 2000 Telecom Oceania Sevens held in Rarotonga, Vanuatu went on to beat Tahiti 31–0 to win the Bowl. The tournament was a qualifier for the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens and the last World Cup place was taken by the Cook Islands, who won the Oceania Sevens Cup.

At the 2011 Pacific Games, Vanuatu finished in 9th place, defeating Tahiti 7–17.

In 2023, at the Oceania Sevens Championship, they played the Oceania Barbarians in the ninth place playoff and finished in tenth place.[3]

Players edit

Current squad edit

Vanuatu's squad to the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands:[4]

Players
Lachlan Hillary Bani
Pechan Benjiman
Keleto David
Yen Felix
Andrew Desmond Kaltongga
Batick Nally
Pedro Sablon
Seal Taiwia
Naitika Tivivi
Adam Tumukon
Keane Williams

Previous Squads edit

Tournament History edit

Pacific Games edit

Pacific Games
Year Round Position Pld W D L
  1999 Bronze Final   6 4 0 2
  2003 7th Place Playoff N/A 5 1 0 4
  2007 7th Place Playoff 8th 6 1 0 5
  2011 9th Place Playoff 9th 5 2 0 3
  2015 7th Place Playoff 8th 7 1 0 6
  2019 Did Not Compete
  2023 7th Place Playoff 7th 5 2 0 3
Total 0 Titles 6/7 34 11 0 23

Oceania Sevens edit

Oceania Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W D L
  2008 7th Place Playoff 7th 5 2 0 3
  2009 Plate Final 6th 8 2 0 6
  2010 7th Place Playoff 8th 6 0 0 6
2011–16 Did Not Compete
  2017 9–12th Place Playoff 11th [a] 4 1 0 3
  2018 9th Place Playoff 10th 4 1 0 3
  2019 13th Place Playoff 13th 6 2 0 4
  2021 Did Not Compete
  2022 Challenge 5th Place Playoff 6th 7 1 0 6
  2023 9th Place Playoff 10th 5 2 0 3
Total 0 Titles 8/15 45 11 0 34

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Due to adverse weather conditions affecting the schedule of games, all classification finals except the fifth-place playoff and Championship Final were cancelled. The fifth-place match was played because of qualification implications.

References edit

  1. ^ "Annual Report" (PDF 3.5 MB). Sporting Pulse. Vanuatu Association of Sports And National Olympic Committee. 1999. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Independence cup". Vanuatu Rugby Union. 21 July 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. ^ Grey, Lachlan (2023-11-12). "Aussie women & NZ men claim Oceania 7s gold, Fiji and Samoa book tickets to Paris". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  4. ^ "2023 Pacific Games – Vanuatu Rugby Sevens Team". sol2023.gems.pro. November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  5. ^ pg2015.gems.pro (9 July 2015). "2015 Pacific Games Men's 7s" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)