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The Tuvalu national rugby sevens team (Tuvalu 7s) participates in the Rugby Sevens competitions at the Pacific Games and the
Oceania Sevens 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 competi ...
Championship. The
Tuvalu Rugby Union The Tuvalu Rugby Union, or TRU, is the governing body for rugby union in Tuvalu. It was established in 2007 and is a full member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania. Tuvalu pa ...
(TRU) was established in 2007 as the organising body for
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in
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. The TRU selects the members of the Tuvalu 7s. Tuvalu is a lower ranking rugby nation, with the Tuvalu 7s focusing on skills development. The Tuvalu 7s lost all their matches at the
2011 Pacific Games The 2011 Pacific Games (officially known as NC 2011) took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from August 27 to September 10, 2011. Nouméa was the 14th host of the Pacific Games. Upon closure of the registration for entries, "some 4,300 athletes" h ...
. and at the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championships Elenoa Kunatuba was the Tuvalu men’s 7s coach, at the
2019 Pacific Games The 2019 Pacific Games was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Games. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa. The event was init ...
; she selected seven new players for the games squad.


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See also

* Rugby union in Tuvalu {{Oceania in topic, Rugby union in
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