2006 FORU Cup

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2006 FORU Cup
Date14 October 2006–
21 October 2006
CountriesFlag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Flag of Niue.svg  Niue
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
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The 2006 FORU Cup was an international rugby union competition for countries and territories from Oceania with national teams in the developmental band. It was run by the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions, which is the administrative body for rugby in the Oceania region.

Rugby union Team sport, code of rugby football

Rugby union, widely known simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts at each end.

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Teams competing included Niue, Tahiti, Cook Islands, and Vanuatu. [1] [2] The final was never played. [2]

First round

Western Zone

14 October 2006
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg22 - 0Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Result [2]

Ranking

Eastern Zone

14 October 2006
Niue  Flag of Niue.svg41-6Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Result [1]
Growers Stadium Pukekohe
18 October 2006
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg87–18Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Result [1]
Growers Stadium Pukekohe
21 October 2006
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg41–15Flag of Niue.svg  Niue
Result [1]
Growers Stadium Pukekohe

Ranking:

The Cook Islands is a third tier rugby union playing nation. They began playing international rugby in the early 1971. Thus far, the Cook Islands have not made an appearance at any of the World Cups.

The Niue Island national rugby union team is the national team of the third tier rugby union playing nation of Niue Island. The team first started playing in 1983 in mainly competes in the Oceania Cup, which it won in 2008. Rugby union in Niue Island is administered by the Niue Rugby Football Union.

The Tahiti national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union team, representing the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. They first played in 1971 and have played just 12 games to date, four against the Cook Islands and three against Niue. Other games have been played against Samoa, Wallis and Futuna, Papua New Guinea and Tonga. France played a match against Tahiti at the end of their 1979 tour and won 92-12. Plans to have annual "test" match series against Pacific island neighbours, New Caledonia have been put on hold, due to time, availability, finances, and coaching and refereeing resources. They have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. Rugby union in Tahiti is administered by the Fédération Tahitienne de Rugby de Polynésie Française. Currently, players who have represented or played for the Tahiti national rugby team, are eligible to represent France. However, playing at a professional level can only enable this. At present there are several Tahitian professional rugby players abroad in France’s Top 14 and Pro D2 professional competition.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "FORU Cup 2006 / Results". espnscrum.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Oceania Cup 2006". rugbyarchive.net. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.


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