| Union | Tahiti Rugby Union | |
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| Largest defeat | ||
Australia  59–0  Tahiti (8 July 2015, Pacific Games) | ||
| World Cup Sevens | ||
| Appearances | 0 | |
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.
Tahiti competed at the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa. 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]
Squad to 2015 Pacific Games: [2]
| 2011 Pacific Games Squad |
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| Pacific Games | ||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
 2011 | Seventh place knockout | 7th | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
 2015 | Pool Stage | 7th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
 2019 | Did Not Compete | |||||
 2023 | TBD | |||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Oceania Women's Sevens | ||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2007–16 | Did Not Compete | |||||
 2017 | 5th–8th Place Semifinal | 7th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| 2021 | ||||||
 2022 | ||||||
| 2023 | ||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
The Fiji men's national football team is Fiji's national men's team and is controlled by the governing body of football in Fiji, the Fiji Football Association. The team plays most of their home games at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva.
The Pacific Games, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2023 in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The Games were called the South Pacific Games from 1963 to 2007. The Pacific Games Council (PGC) organises the Games and oversees the host city's preparations. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams. In each sporting event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals are awarded for second place, and bronze medals are awarded for third place.
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 numerous games to date, most against rivals Cook Islands and several 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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