Rugby team
The New Caledonia national rugby sevens team is a minor sporting side that represents New Caledonia in rugby sevens. They finished in sixth place at the 2011 Pacific Games.
History
In 2015, New Caledonia were placed in the same pool with defending champions, Samoa, and were joined by Tonga, Vanuatu, and Nauru for the Pacific Games in Port Moresby.[1] In their opening match of the 2019 Pacific Games, they faced Fiji and were thrashed 47–0.[2] They also competed at the 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship in Fiji.[3]
Tournament History
Pacific Games
Pacific Games |
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
1999 | Plate Final | 6th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
2003 | 9th Place Play-off | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2007 | Bowl Final | 9th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2011 | 5th Place Play-off | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2015 | 5th Place Play-off | 5th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
2019 | 7th Place Play-off | 8th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | TBD |
Total | 0 Titles | 6/6 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
Oceania Sevens
Players
Squad to 2015 Pacific Games:[4]
- Vaitanaki, Jofrey
- Talau Baptiste
- Vaisioa Ervin
- Palasio Bell
- Abry, Arnaud
- Jean Jacques Taputai
- Emmanuel Roche
- Gabriel Keletaona
- Alexandre Keletaona
- Petelo Falevalu
- Jacques Dihace
- Nisie Huyard
Previous Squads
2011 Pacific Games Squad |
- Joffrey Vaitanaki
- Desire Takatai
- Petelo Folautanoa
- Marcel Kauma
- Arnaud Abry
- Teva Legras
- Nicolas Pavlovski
- Malesio Maituku
- Freidy Totele
- Teddy Grondin
- Roy Wemama
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Notes
- ^ Due to adverse weather conditions affecting the schedule of games, all classification finals except the fifth-place playoff and Championship Final were cancelled. The fifth-place match was played because of qualification implications.
References
- ^ "Sevens stars set for Pacific Games". www.world.rugby. 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Raniga, Nitesh (2019-07-12). "Fiji 7s thrash New Caledonia at Pacific Games". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Singh, Shanil (2019-11-08). "Fiji Airways Men's National 7s Team beat New Caledonia 66-0 in 3rd match of Men's International Competition". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ pg2015.gems.pro (9 July 2015). "2015 Pacific Games Men's 7s" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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