Rugby union in Nauru

Sport

Rugby union in Nauru

Country| Nauru
Governing body| Nauru Rugby Union
National team(s)| 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

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The governing body is an associate member of Oceania Rugby (formerly FORU),[1] and has applied to become an associate member of World Rugby.[2]

## History

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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.[3] 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.[4]

Rugby Union was reintroduced in 2012 sports grants from the Australian Sports Outreach Program funded by Australian government AusAID[5] and the Nauru national rugby sevens team debuted at the 2015 Pacific Games.

## See also

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* Nauru national rugby union team
* Nauru national rugby union team (sevens)

## References

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1. ^ "Inaugural Oceania Rugby SuperWeek". Oceania Rugby. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
2. ^ "Nauru Becomes Newest Member Of Global Rugby Family". RugbyRedefined.com. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
3. ^ "GEELONG FOSTER GAME AT NAURU". The Herald. No. 23, 984. Victoria, Australia. 9 April 1954. p. 17. Retrieved 23 November 2021 - via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ "Rugby Council formed in South Pacific". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. International, Australia. 21 August 1969. p. 28. Retrieved 16 May 2022 - via National Library of Australia.
5. ^ Australian Sports Outreach Program

## External links

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* Oceania Rugby

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Rugby union in Oceania

By country|

* Australia
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu

By overseas territory|

* American Samoa
* Cook Islands
* French Polynesia
* Hawaii
* New Caledonia
* Niue
* Tokelau
* Wallis and Futuna

Men's rugby union
national teams|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tahiti
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Wallis and Futuna

Women's rugby union
national teams|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tahiti
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Wallis and Futuna

Men's rugby sevens
national teams|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tahiti
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Wallis and Futuna

Women's rugby sevens
national teams|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tahiti
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Wallis and Futuna

International
competitions|

* Rugby Championship
* World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
* World Rugby Pacific Challenge
* Oceania Rugby Men's Championship
* Oceania Rugby Women's Championship
* Oceania Men's Sevens
* Oceania Women's Sevens
* Pacific Games

Province and club
competitions|

* Super Rugby
* Super Rugby Aupiki
* Super W
* Mitre 10 Cup
* Farah Palmer Cup
* National Rugby Championship

Organizations|

* Oceania Rugby
* SANZAAR

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Rugby union in World Rugby affiliated nations not present in the Rugby World Cups

Third tier without
World Cup experience|

* Algeria
* American Samoa
* Andorra
* Arab states of the Persian Gulf
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belgium
* Bermuda
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Botswana
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Brunei
* Bulgaria
* Burundi
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* China
* Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
* Colombia
* Cook Islands
* Costa Rica
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Ecuador
* Finland
* French Polynesia (Tahiti)
* Germany
* Ghana
* Greece
* Guam
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* India
* Israel
* Jamaica
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lesotho
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macau
* Madagascar
* Malaysia
* Mali
* Malta
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Nauru
* Netherlands
* Nigeria
* Niue
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Solomon Islands
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* St Lucia
* St Vincent & Grenadines
* Swaziland
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Trinidad & Tobago
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Venezuela
* Zambia

Former states without
World Cup experience|

* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* USSR
* West Germany
* Yugoslavia

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