News Archive

Oceania Sevens - Samoa belt Tonga to claim title

Samoa were ruthless in disposing of Tonga 52-0 in the final of the 2008 Oceania Sevens this afternoon in Apia.   more ...

Oceania Sevens - Australia Claim 2008 Oceania Sevens Women's Crown

Australia are the 2008 Oceania Sevens Women's Champions with a thrilling 22-15 victory over New Zealand in the final in Apia this afternoon.   more ...

Oceania Sevens - Men's Plate

Papua New Guinea have won the 2008 Oceania Sevens Plate with a 19-12 victory over Solomon Islands.   more ...

Oceania Sevens - Men's Cup Semi Finals

Samoa and Tonga will contest the 2008 Oceania Sevens Men's Final and in doing so have qualified for the 2009 World Cup in Dubai.  more ...

Oceania Sevens - Australia and New Zealand into the Final and off to Dubai

Australia and New Zealand will contest the 2008 Oceania Sevens Women's final and in doing so have booked their places in the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 in Dubai.  more ...

Oceania Sevens - Day 2 Preview

Samoa turned on a picture-perfect day for the opening day of the 2008 Oceania Sevens, but all attention now turns to the finals on Day 2 as the region's top teams prepare to fight it our for a shot at the World Cup Sevens in Dubai in March 2009.  more ...

Oceania Sevens- Day 1 Men's wrap

Tonga and Samoa shared the spoils on Day 1 of the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 Oceania Qualifers in Apia, Samoa.  more ...

Oceania Sevens - Women's Day 1 Wrap

Australia snared honours on the first day of the 2008 Oceania Sevens, finishing top of the Pool and setting themselves up for a semi-final clash with Samoa on Day 2.  more ...

7s- Oceania qualifiers are off to a cracker start

The Oceania 7s qualifiers in Apia are off to a flying start in hot conditions. Play has been fierce and entertaining for all.  more ...

7s- Solomon Islands are on the rise

With a limited exposure to international rugby the Solomon Islands are in un-chartered territory at the moment, they are up against some big teams and plan to carve a new direction in their rugby  more ...

7s- Oceania qualifiers are launched

Some teams here are well known and have lifted silverware on the world scene, some are first time visitors and everyone of them was paid respect.  more ...

7s- World Cup spots up for grabs in Samoa

With a lot at stake, a lot will come & this is the case in the IRB Oceania 7s qualifiers and every member from the FORU region will have a team compete.  more ...

7 good reasons

Wellington 7s is relatively new and is fast becoming a contender for the title as & King venue, they seat 34,000 and 31,000 of them are in outstanding costumes for the party of their lives.  more ...

7s- Samoa woman put through their paces

Samoa's woman's 7s team has had a very successful NZ coach groom their skills on home soil.  more ...

3 Island Unions meet to head towards SANZAR

The discussion was to explore possible ways to be included in the revised competition in 2010, the South African Union was also there.  more ...

Draw Announced for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 Oceania Qualifiers

FORU today announced the draw for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 Oceania Qualifiers to be held in Apia, Samoa on 25-26 July 2008.  more ...

The war challenge

Life has a way of putting you in random places at times, some call it fate, some call it luck and I call it blessed when you are plonked in the middle of 2 native teams performing their war challenge at each other.  more ...

JWC- celebrating our tomorrows stars

It is time to give our young guns at the JWC a pat on the back and see how remarkable their attacking skills were in Wales.  more ...

Blowing the whistle on crime

Just like their rugby idols on TV, these young men have uniforms on to play their favourite past time rugby. They even have fancy numbers on the back of their shorts, just like Joe Rococoko does for his team that also wears blue.  more ...

IRB to allocate two Rugby World Cup Tournaments in 2009

(IRB.COM) The International Rugby Board, owner of Rugby World Cup, has announced that it will allocate the next two tournaments - Rugby World Cup 2015 and 2019 - at the same time.   more ...