Vanuatu women's national rugby sevens team

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Vanuatu
Union Vanuatu Rugby Football Union
First international
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg48–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
(7 November 2019, ANZ Stadium, Suva)
Largest win
Nauru  Flag of Nauru.svg10–24Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
(8 November 2019, ANZ Stadium)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances0

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

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History

Vanuatu made their international debut at the 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship against hosts, Fiji. [1] [2] They placed tenth overall out of twelve competing teams. [2] They had their first taste of international sevens when they played New Caledonia ahead of the Pacific Games in Samoa earlier that year. [1]

They competed at the 2022 Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge tournament in Brisbane in an attempt to qualify for the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in 2023. [3] [4]

Tournament History

Oceania Women's Sevens

Oceania Women's Sevens
YearRoundPositionPldWDL
2007–2018Did Not Compete
Flag of Fiji.svg 2019 Ninth Place Playoff10th5104
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2021 Did Not Compete
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2022
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2023
Total0 Titles1/135104

Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge

YearRoundPositionPldWDL
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2022 Fifth Place Playoff6th0007
Total0 Titles1/10007

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References

  1. 1 2 "Historic Oceania Rugby appearance just the start for Vanuatu". www.rugbyworldcup.com. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  2. 1 2 "MSG Secretariat backed Vanuatu National Women's Rugby Sevens Team creates history for Vanuatu at the Oceania 7s Tournament 2019 – Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat". msgsec.info. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  3. Natoga, Anasilini (2022-11-09). "Vanuatu women's rugby 7s team win friendly against Police". Vanuatu Daily Post. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  4. "7s teams departs for Australia next Monday". Sista. 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-18.