New Caledonia national rugby sevens team

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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.

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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
YearRoundPositionPldWDL
Flag of Guam.svg 1999 Plate Final6th6105
Flag of Fiji.svg 2003 9th Place Play-off9th6303
Flag of Samoa.svg 2007 Bowl Final9th5104
Flags of New Caledonia.svg 2011 5th Place Play-off6th6303
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg 2015 5th Place Play-off5th7403
Flag of Samoa.svg 2019 7th Place Play-off8th5203
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg 2023 TBD
Total0 Titles6/63514021

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 Bowl Final9th5104
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2012 Did Not Compete
Flag of Fiji.svg 2013
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2014 11th Place Play-off11th5104
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2015 Did Not Compete
Flag of Fiji.svg 2016 7th Place Play-off8th6105
Flag of Fiji.svg 2017 [lower-alpha 1] 9th3111
Flag of Fiji.svg 2018 7th Place Play-off8th5104
Flag of Fiji.svg 2019 13th Place Play-off14th6105
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2021 Did Not Compete
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2022
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2023
Total0 Titles6/15306123

Players

Squad to 2015 Pacific Games: [4]

Previous Squads

Notes

  1. 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.

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References

  1. "Sevens stars set for Pacific Games". www.world.rugby. 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  2. Raniga, Nitesh (2019-07-12). "Fiji 7s thrash New Caledonia at Pacific Games". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.