Vanuatu national rugby sevens team explained

Country:Vanuatu
Union:Vanuatu Rugby Football Union
Sevens:yes
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The Vanuatu national rugby sevens team is Vanuatu's representative in rugby sevens.

History

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]

Players

Current squad

Vanuatu's squad to the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands:[3]

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

Tournament history

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
YearRoundPosition
1999Bronze Final6402
20037th Place PlayoffN/A5104
20077th Place Playoff8th6105
20119th Place Playoff9th5203
20157th Place Playoff8th7106
2019Did Not Compete
20237th Place Playoff7th5203
Total0 Titles6/73411023

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens
YearRoundPosition
20087th Place Playoff7th5203
2009Plate Final6th8206
20107th Place Playoff8th6006
2011–16Did Not Compete
20179–12th Place Playoff11th 4103
20189th Place Playoff10th4103
201913th Place Playoff13th6204
2021Did Not Compete
2022Challenge 5th Place Playoff6th7106
20239th Place Playoff10th5203
Total0 Titles8/154511034

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 21 July 2010 . Independence cup . Vanuatu Rugby Union . 2 December 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021647/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-1572-0-0-0&sID=14415&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=12737072 . 3 December 2013.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: November 2023 . 2023 Pacific Games – Vanuatu Rugby Sevens Team . 2023-11-19 . sol2023.gems.pro.
  4. Web site: 2015 Pacific Games Men's 7s . pg2015.gems.pro . 9 July 2015 . 11 July 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091744/http://pg2015.gems.pro/gems_pictures/Game/a117287b-b762-4423-911d-79b93ce4a6de.pdf . dead .