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Federation Of Oceania Rugby Unions
Oceania Rugby, previously known as the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), is the regional governing body for rugby union in Oceania. It was founded in 2000 to represent the interests of Oceania rugby within World Rugby, the international governing body. It presently encompasses fourteen full members and two associate members. Tournaments Under the umbrella of World Rugby, Oceania Rugby oversees the following competitions: * Pacific Nations Cup * Pacific Challenge * Oceania Rugby Men's Championship * Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship * Oceania Rugby Women's Championship * Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship * Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship Members There are 14 full members of Oceania Rugby: There is 2 associate members of Oceania Rugby: * * Notes The French Rugby Federation is the governing body affiliated with World Rugby, with a regional section for New Caledonia. The Tuvalu Rugby Union is not yet affiliated with World Rugby. The French Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of International Sport Federations
This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental organization, non-governmental sports governing body, governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectator sport, spectators and fan (person), fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental championships. Some international sports federations, such as the FINA, International Swimming Federation and the International Skating Union, may oversee multiple activities referred to in common parlance as separate sports: FINA, for example governs swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, and water polo as separate "disciplines" within the single "sport" of Aquatics. International sports federations form an integral part of the Olympic and Paralympic movements. Each Olympic sport is represented by its respective international sports federation, which in turn helps administer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceania Rugby Women's Championship
Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship is an international women's rugby union competition contested by women's national teams from Oceania. The current Champions is Fiji who claimed their third Oceania title at the Championship in New Zealand. History The Oceania Rugby Women's Championship was introduced in 2016, and since its inception, also serves as a Rugby World Cup qualification tournament. Before the establishment of the Championship there were few international fixtures for women's rugby in the region which hindered its progress. Matches were restricted to occasional test matches as part of the Rugby World Cup qualification process. It was established to provide more regular and consistent international competitions for the region. The first tournament was held in 2016 in Suva, the match was between Fiji and Papua New Guinea as a part of the Rugby World Cup 2017 qualification. The Fijiana's won and moved onto a Repechage tournament against Hong Kong and Japan. 2018 saw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union Governing Bodies In Oceania
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Both codes *** Tag rugby *Rugby Fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, now a su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Rugby Federation
The French Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Française de Rugby (''FFR'')) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the France national rugby union team, French national team and the National Rugby League (France), Ligue nationale de rugby that administers the country's professional leagues. History It was formed in 1919 and is affiliated to World Rugby, the sport's governing body. In 1934 the FFR set up the ''Fédération internationale de rugby amateur'', now known as Rugby Europe, in an attempt to organise rugby union outside the authority of World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB). It included the national teams of Italy national rugby union team, Italy, France national rugby union team, French national team, Catalonia national rugby union team, Catalonia, Czechoslovakia national rugby union team, Czechoslovakia, Romania national rugby union team, Romania and Germany national rugby union team, Germany nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Caledonia Rugby Committee
The New Caledonia Rugby Committee ( French: ''Comité de Rugby de Nouvelle Calédonie'', —or officially: ''Comité Régional de Rugby de Nouvelle Calédonie'') is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within New Caledonia. It is a full member of the Oceania Rugby, which is the governing body for rugby union in Oceania, but it is not affiliated with the International Rugby Board (IRB) in its own right. National teams The New Caledonia 15-a-side team has competed at the South Pacific Games, winning a silver medal in 1966 and two gold medals in 1987 and 1995. More recently, the team has played for the FORU Oceania Cup. New Caledonia fields teams in 7's competitions as well as 15's. The national women's 7s team has also competed at the Pacific Games The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union In Nauru
Rugby union in Nauru is a minor but growing sport. The national team have competed in various international competitions, including the Pacific Games. Governing body The governing body is an associate member of Oceania Rugby (formerly FORU), and has applied to become an associate member of World Rugby. History Rugby was first introduced into Nauru, by its connection with Australia and the British Empire in the 1890s. However with Australian rules football in Nauru booming in popularity from the 1910s and by 1954, local rugby and soccer leagues were all wound up without sufficient players. The newly formed South Pacific Rugby Union formed in 1969 and extended an invitation for Nauru to join, however there was no organised competition at the time. Rugby Union was reintroduced in 2012 sports grants from the Australian Sports Outreach Program funded by Australian government AusAID and the Nauru national rugby sevens team debuted at the 2015 Pacific Games The 2015 Pacific Games, als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship
The Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship is an international rugby union competition organised by Oceania Rugby, which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania. It is contested by men's junior national teams with an under-20 age requirement, and played as two tournaments: the Oceania Championship for teams that qualify for the World Championship; and the Oceania Trophy for teams aiming to compete in the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. History This event replaced Oceania's former age-grade competition, the Oceania Under 19 Rugby Championship. The inaugural first division tournament, played at on Australia's Gold Coast in May 2015, featured four national under 20 teams and was won by . A planned tournament for a further six national under 20 sides was postponed, until December 2015. However, and participated in the Australian Under 20 Rugby Championship to prepare for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. The inaugural Oceania Rugby U20 Trophy, featuring four nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship
The Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship is the regional championship for women's international rugby sevens in Oceania. The tournament is held over two days, typically on a weekend. It is sanctioned and sponsored by Oceania Rugby, which is the rugby union governing body for the region. The first official regional 7s championship for international women's teams from Oceania was the Pacific tournament held in Port Moresby in 2007. This was followed by the Oceania Championship in 2008. The Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens serves as a qualification tournament for the following: * World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series * Rugby World Cup Sevens * Olympic Games * Commonwealth Games Tournaments Summary Results by year 2007 Pacific Tournament Played 1 and 2 December at Port Moresby, PNG ''(source IRB)'' *Fiji 40-0 Niue *Samoa 17-17 Papua New Guinea *Fiji 46-0 Papua New Guinea *Samoa 29-0 Niue *Fiji 26-7 Samoa *Niue vs Papua New Guinea Classification Stages Plate Final *Papua New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship
The Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship is an international rugby sevens competition organised by Oceania Rugby. It has been held regularly since 2008 to select the best men's national team in Oceania. Participating teams Men's teams competing in the Oceania Sevens and their finishing positions are as follows (placings of home nations in bold): {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" , - !style="width:11em;" , Team ! 08 ! 09 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 !20 ! 21 ! 22 , - !colspan=100% style="text-align:center; line-height:1;", Oceania teams , - , align=left , {{ru7, ASM , – , , – , , – , , 6 , , 6 , 5 , , 8 , , 7 , , 7 , , 7 , – , , 9 , , – , , – , , – , - , align=left , {{ru7, AUS , – , , – , , style="background-color:#ffd700; font-weight:bold;", 1, , style="background-color:#9acdff;", 4 , , style="background-color:#ffd700; font-weight:bold;", 1 , style="background-colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefau Harry Schuster
Lefau Harry Schuster (also known as Faualo Harry Schuster) is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of the FAST Party and was a founding member of the Tautua Samoa Party. He is the cousin of fellow FAST MP Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster. Early life Schuster was educated at St Joseph’s College in Samoa and St Paul's College, Auckland before studying law at Victoria University of Wellington. He worked for the New Zealand Ministry of Education before returning to Samoa to work in the Attorney General’s office. After time in private practice, he was appointed as a District Court Judge in 2000 before resigning in 2010 to enter politics. He has also served as president of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions. In September 2018 he was awarded the Faualo title by his village. Political career Schuster was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa at the 2011 Samoan general election, as a candidate for Tautua. He lost his seat at the 2016 election. In Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceania Rugby Men's Championship
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. 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 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. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby Pacific Challenge
The World Rugby Pacific Challenge, formerly the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup, is an annual rugby union football tournament held in Oceania since 2006. It is contested by national 'A' teams (formed from the best locally based players, with most not already on their nations' senior rugby team) from the Asia-Pacific region. The tournament is run by World Rugby (previously IRB) through Oceania Rugby. The original IRB Pacific Rugby Cup featured two teams from each of the three Pacific Island countries of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The competition followed the completion of Fiji's Colonial Cup, Samoa's National Provincial Championship and Tonga's Provincial Championship and provided player development pathway leading into the IRB Pacific Nations Cup. Since 2011, the tournament has been contested by national 'A' sides, although some matches also featured teams from Super Rugby academies in Australia and New Zealand. Teams from Japan, Argentina and Canada have also joined the tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |