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,

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, and were joined by

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, and Nauru for the

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

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in Fiji.

Tournament History

Pacific Games

Oceania Sevens

Players

Squad to

2015 Pacific Games The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha ...

: *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

Notes

References

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