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Vanuatu national rugby sevens team

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The Vanuatu national rugby sevens team is Vanuatu's representative in rugby sevens.

History

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At the 1999 South Pacific Games held in Guam, Vanuatu won its second rugby medal,[1] defeating Solomon Islands for the bronze in the rugby 7s. The first bronze medal had been won for the rugby 15's in 1966, as New Hebrides.[2]

In the 2000 Telecom Oceania Sevens held in Rarotonga, Vanuatu went on to beat Tahiti 31–0 to win the Bowl. The tournament was a qualifier for the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens and the last World Cup place was taken by the Cook Islands, who won the Oceania Sevens Cup.

At the 2011 Pacific Games, Vanuatu finished in 9th place, defeating Tahiti 7–17.

In 2023, at the Oceania Sevens Championship, they played the Oceania Barbarians in the ninth place playoff and finished in tenth place.[3]

Players

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Current squad

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Vanuatu's squad to the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands:[4]

Players
Lachlan Hillary Bani
Pechan Benjiman
Keleto David
Yen Felix
Andrew Desmond Kaltongga
Batick Nally
Pedro Sablon
Seal Taiwia
Naitika Tivivi
Adam Tumukon
Keane Williams

Previous squads

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Tournament history

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Pacific Games

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Pacific Games
Year Round Position Pld W D L
Guam 1999 Bronze Final 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 4 0 2
Fiji 2003 7th Place Playoff N/A 5 1 0 4
Samoa 2007 7th Place Playoff 8th 6 1 0 5
New Caledonia 2011 9th Place Playoff 9th 5 2 0 3
Papua New Guinea 2015 7th Place Playoff 8th 7 1 0 6
Samoa 2019 Did Not Compete
Solomon Islands 2023 7th Place Playoff 7th 5 2 0 3
Total 0 Titles 6/7 34 11 0 23

Oceania Sevens

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Oceania Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W D L
Samoa 2008 7th Place Playoff 7th 5 2 0 3
French Polynesia 2009 Plate Final 6th 8 2 0 6
Australia 2010 7th Place Playoff 8th 6 0 0 6
2011–16 Did Not Compete
Fiji 2017 9–12th Place Playoff 11th [a] 4 1 0 3
Fiji 2018 9th Place Playoff 10th 4 1 0 3
Fiji 2019 13th Place Playoff 13th 6 2 0 4
Australia 2021 Did Not Compete
New Zealand 2022 Challenge 5th Place Playoff 6th 7 1 0 6
Australia 2023 9th Place Playoff 10th 5 2 0 3
Total 0 Titles 8/15 45 11 0 34

See also

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Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "Annual Report" (PDF 3.5 MB). Sporting Pulse. Vanuatu Association of Sports And National Olympic Committee. 1999. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Independence cup". Vanuatu Rugby Union. 21 July 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "2023 Pacific Games – Vanuatu Rugby Sevens Team". sol2023.gems.pro. November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  5. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)