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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Pacific Games [ edit ]
Pacific Games
Year
Round
Position
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 [ edit ]
Players [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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
^ 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 [ edit ]
Rugby union in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand Dependencies and other territories
Governing bodies National teams By dependency Related articles