New Caledonia national rugby sevens team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see New Caledonia women's national rugby sevens team.
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The New Caledonia national rugby sevens team is a minor sporting side that represents New Caledonia in rugby sevens. They finished in sixth place at the 2011 Pacific Games.

History

In 2015, New Caledonia were placed in the same pool with defending champions, Samoa, and were joined by Tonga, Vanuatu, and Nauru for the Pacific Games in Port Moresby.[1] In their opening match of the 2019 Pacific Games, they faced Fiji and were thrashed 47–0.[2] They also competed at the 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship in Fiji.[3]

Tournament History

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
Year Round Position Pld W D L
Guam 1999 Plate Final 6th 6 1 0 5
Fiji 2003 9th Place Play-off 9th 6 3 0 3
Samoa 2007 Bowl Final 9th 5 1 0 4
New Caledonia 2011 5th Place Play-off 6th 6 3 0 3
Papua New Guinea 2015 5th Place Play-off 5th 7 4 0 3
Samoa 2019 7th Place Play-off 8th 5 2 0 3
Solomon Islands 2023 TBD
Total 0 Titles 6/6 35 14 0 21

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W D L
Samoa 2008 Did Not Compete
French Polynesia 2009
Australia 2010
Samoa 2011 Bowl Final 9th 5 1 0 4
Australia 2012 Did Not Compete
Fiji 2013
Australia 2014 11th Place Play-off 11th 5 1 0 4
New Zealand 2015 Did Not Compete
Fiji 2016 7th Place Play-off 8th 6 1 0 5
Fiji 2017 — [a] 9th 3 1 1 1
Fiji 2018 7th Place Play-off 8th 5 1 0 4
Fiji 2019 13th Place Play-off 14th 6 1 0 5
Australia 2021 Did Not Compete
New Zealand 2022
Australia 2023
Total 0 Titles 6/15 30 6 1 23

Players

Squad to 2015 Pacific Games:[4]

  • Vaitanaki, Jofrey
  • Talau Baptiste
  • Vaisioa Ervin
  • Palasio Bell
  • Abry, Arnaud
  • Jean Jacques Taputai
  • Emmanuel Roche
  • Gabriel Keletaona
  • Alexandre Keletaona
  • Petelo Falevalu
  • Jacques Dihace
  • Nisie Huyard

Previous Squads

Notes

  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

  1. ^ "Sevens stars set for Pacific Games". www.world.rugby. 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  2. ^ Raniga, Nitesh (2019-07-12). "Fiji 7s thrash New Caledonia at Pacific Games". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  3. ^ Singh, Shanil (2019-11-08). "Fiji Airways Men's National 7s Team beat New Caledonia 66-0 in 3rd match of Men's International Competition". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  4. ^ 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)
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