Nauru_national_rugby_sevens_team
Nauru national rugby sevens team
Rugby team
The Nauru national rugby sevens team made its international debut at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1]
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| Union | Nauru Rugby Union | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | |||
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| First international | ||||
Nauru  0–69  Samoa(2015 Pacific Games, 8 July 2015) | ||||
| Largest win | ||||
Nauru 31-10  Wallis and Futuna(2017 Pacific Mini Games, 9 July 2017) | ||||
| Largest defeat | ||||
Nauru 0–73  Fiji(2016 Oceania Sevens 11 November 2016) | ||||
| World Cup Sevens | ||||
| Appearances | 0 | |||
Nauru was introduced to the sport of Rugby sevens in 2012.[2] They became an associate member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions in 2014.[3][4]
Having made their international debut at the 2015 Pacific Games, they were pooled alongside New Caledonia 7s, Tonga 7s, Vanuatu 7s and 2011 Pacific Games Gold medalists Samoa 7s.[3]
Nauru won their first international game at the 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship, defeating the Solomon Islands 22-19. Competing in the 2017 Pacific Mini Games, Nauru defeated Vanuatu 24-12, and Wallis and Futuna 31-10, their largest win ever.[5] At the 2019 Oceania Sevens in Fiji, Nauru, recorded their first international win when they defeated Vanuatu in the 11th–14th place playoffs.[6]
In 2023, they competed at the Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane where they finished in 12th place overall.[7]
Oceania Sevens
| Oceania Sevens | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2008–14 | Did Not Compete | |||||
 2015 |
7th Place Playoff | 8th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2016 |
9th Place Playoff | 9th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 |
Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2018 |
11th Place Playoff | 12th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 |
11th Place Playoff | 12th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
 2021 |
Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2022 | ||||||
| 2023 |
11th Place Playoff | 12th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 5/15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
Pacific Games
Squad to the 2023 Pacific Games:
| Players |
|---|
| Matai Logan Dabwadauw |
| Elkodawn Dagiaro |
| Johnny Mullins Dagiaro |
| Yoshi Harris |
| Crawford Hedmon |
| Tama Jeremiah |
| Jeremiah Kam |
| Lastman Kamtaura |
| Geson Koepke |
| Lockett Mau |
| Zac Temaki |
| Lloyd Mark Vunipola |
- Radio New Zealand (8 July 2015). "Sport: Nauru 7s team to make international debut". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- Charles Yapumi (2015). "Nauru rugby 7 teams fly in". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- "Sevens stars set for Pacific Games". World Rugby. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- "Nauru Becomes Newest Member Of Global Rugby Family". RugbyRedefined.com. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- Rakautoga, Venina (2019-11-10). "Oceania 7s: Nauru claims first international win". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- 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.