The Oceania Rugby Men's Championship (formerly known as the Oceania Cup ) is an international rugby union competition for countries and territories from Oceania with national teams in the developmental band . It is administered by Oceania Rugby .
9-483: The tournament has been played under various formats depending on the number and strength of the teams entered. The first competition was held in 1996-97 as part of the qualification process for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. The competition was officially re-launched as the FORU Oceania Cup for the 2007 season. From 2009 onward, it has been held bi-annually and it has been played under a round robin format since 2011, with
18-628: The 2007 Rugby World Cup in France , Papua New Guinea started out in Round 1a of the tournament . Papua New Guinea defeated the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to finish at the top of the standings to move through to Round 2. In Round 2 the Cook Islands went through to Round 4. The Pukpuks won the inaugural Federation of Oceania Rugby Union (FORU) Cup (2007), defeating Niue in the final by a score of 46–19. In
27-490: The 2009 Oceania Nations Cup , Papua New Guinea managed to beat Vanuatu 86–12 in the semifinals and in the final, beat Cook Islands 29–12. They then went on to play Samoa in the Oceania Qualification for the 2011 Rugby World Cup where they got beaten 115–7 away and 73–12 at home. They were unable to qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup . Papua New Guinea hosted the 2011 edition of the FORU Oceania Cup, winning
36-586: The Cook Islands. They finished second in the final standings. They played in qualifying tournaments for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, playing in Round 1b of the Oceania tournament . Papua New Guinea defeated both the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to advance through to Round 3. In Round 3 Papua New Guinea faced the Cook Islands to advance to Round 4. In the final round, for repechage qualification, Papua New Guinea were defeated by Tonga. In attempting to qualify for
45-670: The Pukpuks, ( Tok Pisin for 'crocodiles'), played its first international in 1966, defeating Vanuatu 47–3. Papua New Guinea have not so far qualified for a Rugby World Cup . They participated in the Oceania World Cup qualifying tournaments for the 2007, 2011 and 2015 World Cups, but did not qualify. Papua New Guinea made their international rugby debut at the South Pacific Games in 1966. The team won all three matches against New Hebrides , New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna to win
54-608: The gold medal. As hosts for the following games held at Port Moresby in 1969, Papua New Guinea defeated New Caledonia again and the Solomon Islands but lost to the eventual gold medalist Fiji to finish with the silver medal. Papua New Guinea entered a qualifying tournament for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. Papua New Guinea competed in Round 1 of the Oceania qualifying tournament. Although they defeated Tahiti, they lost 22–19 against
63-407: The title awarded to the leading team on the ladder after all matches are completed. The 2009 champions were Papua New Guinea , who defeated the Cook Islands 29-21 in the final. Papua New Guinea retained their title in 2011, winning the round-robin tournament over Vanuatu , Solomon Islands and Niue . Cook Islands defeated Papua New Guinea 37-31 on the final day of the 2013 tournament, winning
72-494: The tournament by defeating Vanuatu (78–3), Solomon Islands (33–15) and Niue (36–7). Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Papua New Guinea national XV at test level up until 20 April 2020. Squad to Oceania Rugby Men's Championship (12 October 2022): 2011 Rugby World Cup Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
81-630: The tournament from the defending champions, with Solomon Islands third, and Tahiti fourth. The Cook Islands did not compete in 2015, and Papua New Guinea claimed their fourth title with Tahiti finishing as runner-up. Competing nations in the Oceania Rugby Cup are: Winners and runners-up for official FORU and IRB ( WR ) developmental tournaments in Oceania: Notes: Papua New Guinea national rugby union team The Papua New Guinea national rugby union team , nicknamed
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