Tahiti women's national rugby sevens team

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Union Tahiti Rugby Union
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Largest defeat
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 59–0 Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
(8 July 2015, Pacific Games)
World Cup Sevens
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The Tahiti women's national sevens rugby union team is Tahiti's national representative in Rugby sevens. Tahiti competes in the Pacific Games since the introduction of women's rugby sevens in the 2011 Pacific Games in New Caledonia.

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Background

Tahiti competed at the 2011 Pacific Games in Noumea. They played six games in the preliminary rounds, losing four and drawing twice with Cook Islands and Guam; They finished in 7th place overall. At the 2015 Pacific Games Tahiti lost all of their matches and finished in last place.

Tahiti made their only Oceania Championship appearance at the 2017 tournament that was held in Fiji. [1]

Current squad

Squad to 2015 Pacific Games: [2]

Previous Squads

Tournament History

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
YearRoundPositionPldWDL
Flags of New Caledonia.svg 2011 Seventh place knockout7th7025
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg 2015 Pool Stage7th6006
Flag of Samoa.svg 2019 Did Not Compete
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg 2023 TBD
Total0 Titles2/3130211

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's Sevens
YearRoundPositionPldWDL
2007–16Did Not Compete
Flag of Fiji.svg 2017 5th–8th Place Semifinal7th4004
Flag of Fiji.svg 2018 Did Not Compete
Flag of Fiji.svg 2019
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2021
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2022
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2023
Total0 Titles1/134004

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References

  1. "Sevens Action to Return to Fiji in 2017". Oceania Rugby. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. "2015 Pacific Games Women's 7s" (PDF). pg2015.gems.pro. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.