Vanuatu women's national rugby sevens team explained

Country:Vanuatu
Union:Vanuatu Rugby Football Union
First: 48–0
(7 November 2019, ANZ Stadium, Suva)
Bigwin: 10–24
(8 November 2019, ANZ Stadium)
Sevens:yes
World Cup Apps:0

The Vanuatu women's national rugby sevens team is Vanuatu's national representative in rugby sevens.

History

Vanuatu made their international debut at the 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship against hosts, Fiji.[1] They placed tenth overall out of twelve competing teams.[2] They had their first taste of international sevens when they played New Caledonia ahead of the Pacific Games in Samoa earlier that year.

They competed at the 2022 Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge tournament in Brisbane in an attempt to qualify for the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in 2023.[3] [4]

Tournament History

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's Sevens
YearRoundPosition
2007–2018Did Not Compete
2019Ninth Place Playoff10th5104
2021Did Not Compete
2022
2023
Total0 Titles1/135104

Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge

References

  1. Web site: 2019-11-07 . Historic Oceania Rugby appearance just the start for Vanuatu . 2023-11-18 . www.rugbyworldcup.com . en.
  2. Web site: 2019-11-10 . MSG Secretariat backed Vanuatu National Women's Rugby Sevens Team creates history for Vanuatu at the Oceania 7s Tournament 2019 – Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat . 2021-11-03 . msgsec.info . en-US.
  3. Web site: Natoga . Anasilini . 2022-11-09 . Vanuatu women's rugby 7s team win friendly against Police . 2023-11-18 . Vanuatu Daily Post . en.
  4. Web site: 2022-11-11 . 7s teams departs for Australia next Monday . 2023-11-18 . Sista . en-US.