The Niue national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They have participated in two Commonwealth Games — in 2002 and 2006. They also compete in the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship, Pacific Games and the HSBC world series
Background In September 2000, Niue competed in their first IRB international tournament when they attended the Oceania qualifiers for the World Cup in Rarotonga. They were invited to the 2001 Wellington Sevens as replacements for France who withdrew from the tournament.
They were pooled with New Zealand and Samoa at the 2004 Wellington Sevens. At the 2006 Wellington Sevens they were edged out by Scotland in the Bowl quarterfinals.
In 2009, they were drawn in the same pool with New Zealand, Australia, and Wales for the Wellington Sevens. They featured at the Adelaide and Wellington Sevens in 2010, and participated in the 2011 Gold Coast Sevens.
Niue competed at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane; they finished 15th overall after losing all four of their matches.
Tournament History
Commonwealth Games Commonwealth GamesYearRoundPosition 1998Did not qualify 2002Bowl Quarter-final—4004 2006Bowl Quarter-final—4004 2010Did not qualify 2014 2018 2022Total0 Titles2/78008
Pacific Games Pacific GamesYearRoundPosition 1999Did Not Compete 20035th Place Playoff6th6303 2007Did Not Compete 2011Bronze Final4th6204 2015Did Not Compete 2019 2023TBDTotal0 Titles2/612507
Oceania Sevens Oceania SevensYearRoundPosition 2008Bronze Final4th5203 2009Bronze Final4th8503 20105th Place Playoff6th6204 20117th Place Playoff8th7205 2012Did Not Compete 2013 2014Bowl Final10th5104 2015Did Not Compete 2016 2017 2018Pool Stage13th3003 2019Pool Stage15th4004 2021Did Not Compete 2022 2023Pool Stage154004Total0 Titles8/154212030
Players Current Squad 2023 Oceania Regan Atamu Shaun Atamu Jordan Bunce Navajo Doyle Lepau Feau Nofoaiga Limoni Le’monté Richmond Willie Sionetali Isaac Tamapeau Raven Togiafofoa Kegan Tuhega Mikey Williams
Head Coach Leonale bourke Chance bunce
Previous Squad 2011 Gold Coast Sevens Leonale Bourke (vc) Matt Faleuka (c) Uani Talagi Rudolf Ainuu Hayden Head Tony Pulu Vincent Pihigia Sanualio Sakalia Zac Makavilitogia Kenny Akulu Huggard Tongatule Ricki Helagi
See also Niue national rugby union team (XV)
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