New Caledonia national rugby sevens team
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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.
| Union | New Caledonia Rugby Committee | |
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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
Oceania Sevens
| Oceania Sevens | ||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
 2008 |
Did Not Compete | |||||
 2009 | ||||||
 2010 | ||||||
| 2011 |
Bowl Final | 9th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 |
Did Not Compete | |||||
 2013 | ||||||
| 2014 |
11th Place Play-off | 11th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 2015 |
Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2016 |
7th Place Play-off | 8th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 |
— [a] | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 |
7th Place Play-off | 8th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 |
13th Place Play-off | 14th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 |
Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2022 | ||||||
| 2023 | ||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 6/15 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
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 |
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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.