American Samoa national rugby sevens team

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American Samoa Sevens
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Union American Samoa Rugby Union
Nickname(s)Talavalu
Coach(es)Leota Setefano Fata
Captain(s)Casey Te Beest
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Team kit
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Change kit
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Largest win
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia 7–38 American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg
28 October, 2011
Largest defeat
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 61–0 American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg
28 October 2011 [1]
World Cup Sevens
Appearances0

The American Samoa national rugby sevens team represents American Samoa in rugby sevens. They occasionally compete in the Pacific Games and the Oceania Sevens Championship. They have competed in the World Series core team qualifier in 2014.

Contents

Background

American Samoa competed in the 2011 Pacific Games and finished in 5th place. In 2013, they finished in fifth place at the Oceania Sevens Championship which gave them the opportunity to compete in the World Series core team qualifier at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens. [2] [3]

The Talavalu competed at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane. [4] [5] They finished in thirteenth place after beating Kiribati in the classification playoff. [6]

Players

Squad to the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship and Pacific Games. [5]

Players
Ryan Anderson
Joe Koroiadi
Riko Koroiadi
Niles Tuamoheloa
Noah Tuamoheloa
Michael Pa’aga
Casey Te Beest (c)
Lolesio Lolesio
George Ponefasio
Tony Esau
Ta’ai Leota
Joe Tu’ua
James Matavao

Overall

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
YearRoundPositionPldWDL
Flags of New Caledonia.svg 2011 Fifth Place Playoff5th6303
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg 2015 Did Not Compete
Flag of Samoa.svg 2019 Fifth Place Playoff5th5203
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg 2023 Fifth Place Playoff5th5302
Total0 Titles3/416808

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens
YearRoundPositionPldWDL
Flag of Samoa.svg 2008 Did Not Compete
Flag of French Polynesia.svg 2009
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2010
Flag of Samoa.svg 2011 Fifth Place Playoff6th7205
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2012 Fifth Place Playoff6th6303
Flag of Fiji.svg 2013 Fifth Place Playoff5th6303
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2014 Seventh Place Playoff8th6114
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2015 Seventh Place Playoff7th6105
Flag of Fiji.svg 2016 Seventh Place Playoff7th7205
Flag of Fiji.svg 2017 Seventh Place Playoff7th5113
Flag of Fiji.svg 2018 Did Not Compete
Flag of Fiji.svg 2019 Ninth Place Playoff9th6303
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2021 Did Not Compete
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2022
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2023 13th Place Playoff13th5104
Total0 Titles9/155417235

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References

  1. Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (2011). "2011 Oceania Sevens Championship Fixtures and Results". Archived from the original on 2012-06-19. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  2. "Sport: American Samoa sevens squad picked". RNZ. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  3. "Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa". 2013-10-05. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  4. "Final lap before three-day sevens thriller". oceania.rugby. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  5. 1 2 Fa’asau, Asi Andrew (2023-11-07). "Talavalu and Segaula first of Team American Samoa off to Games". www.samoanews.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  6. Grey, Lachlan (2023-11-12). "Aussie women & NZ men claim Oceania 7s gold, Fiji and Samoa book tickets to Paris". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2023-11-12.