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Rugby team
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 .
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
Year
Round
Position
1999
Plate Final
6th
6
1
0
5
2003
9th Place Play-off
9th
6
3
0
3
2007
Bowl Final
9th
5
1
0
4
2011
5th Place Play-off
6th
6
3
0
3
2015
5th Place Play-off
5th
7
4
0
3
2019
7th Place Play-off
8th
5
2
0
3
2023
TBD
Total
0 Titles
6/6
35
14
0
21
Oceania Sevens
Players
Squad to
2015 Pacific Games :
[4]
Vaitanaki, Jofrey
Talau Baptiste
Vaisioa Ervin
Palasio Bell
Abry, Arnaud
Jean Jacques Taputai
Emmanuel Roche
Gabriel Keletaona
Alexandre Keletaona
Petelo Falevalu
Jacques Dihace
Nisie Huyard
Previous Squads
2011 Pacific Games Squad
Joffrey Vaitanaki
Desire Takatai
Petelo Folautanoa
Marcel Kauma
Arnaud Abry
Teva Legras
Nicolas Pavlovski
Malesio Maituku
Freidy Totele
Teddy Grondin
Roy Wemama
Notes
^ 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
Rugby union in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand Dependencies and other territories
Governing bodies National teams By dependency Related articles