The Nauru national rugby sevens team made its international debut at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
History Nauru was introduced to the sport of Rugby sevens in 2012. They became an associate member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions in 2014.
Having made their international debut at the 2015 Pacific Games, they were pooled alongside , , and 2011 Pacific Games Gold medalists .
Nauru won their first international game at the 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship, defeating the Solomon Islands 22-19. Competing in the 2017 Pacific Mini Games, Nauru defeated Vanuatu 24-12, and Wallis and Futuna 31-10, their largest win ever.http://rugby7.com/aa6.Asp?L=E At the 2019 Oceania Sevens in Fiji, Nauru, recorded their first international win when they defeated Vanuatu in the 11th–14th place playoffs.
In 2023, they competed at the Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane where they finished in 12th place overall.
Tournament History
Oceania Sevens Oceania SevensYearRoundPosition2008–14Did Not Compete 20157th Place Playoff8th6006 20169th Place Playoff9th5005 2017Did Not Compete 201811th Place Playoff12th4004 201911th Place Playoff12th6105 2021Did Not Compete 2022 202311th Place Playoff12th5104Total0 Titles5/15262024
Pacific Games Pacific GamesYearRoundPosition 1999Did Not Compete 2003 2007 2011 20159th Place Playoff10th5005 20195th Place Playoff6th5104 202311th Place Playoff11th4103Total0 Titles3/7142012
Current squad Squad to the 2023 Pacific Games: PlayersMatai Logan DabwadauwElkodawn DagiaroJohnny Mullins DagiaroYoshi HarrisCrawford HedmonTama JeremiahJeremiah KamLastman KamtauraGeson KoepkeLockett MauZac TemakiLloyd Mark Vunipola
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