Country: | Vanuatu |
Union: | Vanuatu Rugby Football Union |
Sevens: | yes |
World Cup Apps: | 0 |
The Vanuatu national rugby sevens team is Vanuatu's representative in rugby sevens.
At the 1999 South Pacific Games held in Guam, Vanuatu won its second rugby medal, 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.[1]
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.[2]
Vanuatu's squad to the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands:[3]
Players | |
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Lachlan Hillary Bani | |
Pechan Benjiman | |
Keleto David | |
Yen Felix | |
Andrew Desmond Kaltongga | |
Batick Nally | |
Pedro Sablon | |
Seal Taiwia | |
Naitika Tivivi | |
Adam Tumukon | |
Keane Williams |
Pacific Games | |||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||
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 | |||||||
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Year | Round | Position | |||||
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 | 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 |