Niue national rugby sevens team explained

Country:Niue
Union:Niue Rugby Football Union
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The Niue national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They have participated in two Commonwealth Games — in 2002 and 2006. They also compete in the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship and the Pacific Games.

Background

In September 2000, Niue competed in their first IRB international tournament when they attended the Oceania qualifiers for the World Cup in Rarotonga.[1] They were invited to the 2001 Wellington Sevens as replacements for France who withdrew from the tournament.

They were pooled with New Zealand and Samoa at the 2004 Wellington Sevens.[2] [3] At the 2006 Wellington Sevens they were edged out by Scotland in the Bowl quarterfinals.[4] [5]

In 2009, they were drawn in the same pool with New Zealand, Australia, and Wales for the Wellington Sevens.[6] They featured at the Adelaide and Wellington Sevens in 2010, and participated in the 2011 Gold Coast Sevens.[7]

Niue competed at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane; they finished 15th overall after losing all four of their matches.[8] [9]

Tournament History

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games
YearRoundPosition
1998Did not qualify
2002Bowl Quarter-final4004
2006Bowl Quarter-final4004
2010Did not qualify
2014
2018
2022
Total0 Titles2/78008

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
YearRoundPosition
1999Did Not Compete
20035th Place Playoff6th6303
2007Did Not Compete
2011Bronze Final4th6204
2015Did Not Compete
2019
2023TBD
Total0 Titles2/612507

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens
YearRoundPosition
2008Bronze Final4th5203
2009Bronze Final4th8503
20105th Place Playoff6th6204
20117th Place Playoff8th7205
2012Did Not Compete
2013
2014Bowl Final10th5104
2015Did Not Compete
2016
2017
2018Pool Stage13th3003
2019Pool Stage15th4004
2021Did Not Compete
2022
2023Pool Stage154004
Total0 Titles8/154212030

Players

Previous squad

2011 Gold Coast Sevens

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Turner . Huw . 2001-01-28 . Niue to add Pacific flair to Wellington sevens . dead . https://archive.today/20211019124120/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/34711.html . 2021-10-19 . 2023-11-13 . espn.co.uk.
  2. Web site: 2004-02-05 . Draw for IRB Sevens in Wellington . 2023-11-12 . ESPN.com . en.
  3. News: 2004-01-08 . Sevens draw pits Australia against England . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-11-12.
  4. Web site: 4 February 2006 . Rugby sevens: Fiji triumph in nail-biter . 5 July 2022 . New Zealand Herald.
  5. Web site: 7 January 2009 . Niue ready for return to Wellington . 5 July 2022 . Fiji Sun.
  6. Web site: Tough draw for NZ at Wellington sevens . 3 December 2022 . Stuff.
  7. Web site: 8 September 2011 . Teams announced for Gold Coast kick-off . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20110925194319/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=9/news/newsid=2048923.html . 25 September 2011 . 2011-09-08 . irbsevens.com.
  8. Web site: Grey . Lachlan . 2023-11-11 . Day 2 Recap: Aussie women dominate NZ, Fiji too good as men bow out of title race . 2023-11-12 . www.rugby.com.au . en.
  9. 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.