American Samoa national rugby sevens team explained

Country:American Samoa Sevens
Union:American Samoa Rugby Union
Captain:Casey Te Beest
Nickname:Talavalu
Coach:Leota Setefano Fata
Bigwin:
28 October, 2011
Bigloss: 61–0
28 October 2011[1]
Sevens:yes
World Cup Apps:0
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The American Samoa national rugby sevens team represents American Samoa in rugby sevens. They occasionally compete in the Pacific Games and the Oceania Sevens Championship. They have competed in the World Series core team qualifier in 2014.

Background

American Samoa competed in the 2011 Pacific Games and finished in 5th place. In 2013, they finished in fifth place at the Oceania Sevens Championship which gave them the opportunity to compete in the World Series core team qualifier at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens.[2] [3]

The Talavalu competed at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane.[4] They finished in thirteenth place after beating Kiribati in the classification playoff.[5]

Players

Squad to the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship and Pacific Games.[6]

!Players
Ryan Anderson
Joe Koroiadi
Riko Koroiadi
Niles Tuamoheloa
Noah Tuamoheloa
Michael Pa’aga
Casey Te Beest (c)
Lolesio Lolesio
George Ponefasio
Tony Esau
Ta’ai Leota
Joe Tu’ua
James Matavao

Overall

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
Year Round Position
Fifth Place Playoff 5th 6 3 0 3
Did Not Compete
Fifth Place Playoff 5th 5 2 0 3
2023Fifth Place Playoff 5th 5 3 0 2
Total 0 Titles 3/4 16 8 0 8

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens
YearRoundPosition
2008Did Not Compete
2009
2010
2011Fifth Place Playoff6th7205
2012Fifth Place Playoff6th6303
2013Fifth Place Playoff5th6303
2014Seventh Place Playoff8th6114
2015Seventh Place Playoff7th6105
2016Seventh Place Playoff7th7205
2017Seventh Place Playoff7th5113
2018Did Not Compete
2019Ninth Place Playoff9th6303
2021Did Not Compete
2022
202313th Place Playoff13th5104
Total0 Titles9/155417235

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Oceania Sevens Championship Fixtures and Results . Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions . 2011 . June 18, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120619005042/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/tournaments/oceania_sevens_championship/2011/2011_oceania_sevens_fixtures_and_results.html . 2012-06-19 . dead .
  2. Web site: 2013-11-08 . Sport: American Samoa sevens squad picked . 2021-10-21 . RNZ . en-nz.
  3. Web site: 2013-10-05 . Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005115312/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=9/news/newsid=2068954.html . dead . 2013-10-05 . 2023-11-11 .
  4. Web site: 2023-11-09 . Final lap before three-day sevens thriller . 2023-11-11 . oceania.rugby . en.
  5. Web site: Grey . Lachlan . 2023-11-12 . Aussie women & NZ men claim Oceania 7s gold, Fiji and Samoa book tickets to Paris . 2023-11-12 . www.rugby.com.au . en.
  6. Web site: Fa’asau . Asi Andrew . 2023-11-07 . Talavalu and Segaula first of Team American Samoa off to Games . 2023-11-10 . www.samoanews.com . en.