New Caledonia national rugby sevens team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see New Caledonia women's national rugby sevens team.

New Caledonia

Union	New Caledonia Rugby Committee
Team kit

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. In their opening match of the 2019 Pacific Games, they faced Fiji and were thrashed 47–0. They also competed at the 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship in Fiji.

Tournament History

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
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

Oceania Sevens
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	—	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:

• 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