Oceania Rugby

























Oceania Rugby

FORU logo.jpg
Founded
2000; 18 years ago (2000) (as FORU)
Type
Sports federation
Membership

14 full members and 2 associate members
Website
oceaniarugby.com

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.[1] It presently encompasses fourteen full members and two associate members.[2][3][4]




Contents






  • 1 Tournaments


  • 2 Members


  • 3 Notes


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Tournaments


Under the umbrella of World Rugby, Oceania Rugby oversees the following competitions:[5]



  • Pacific Nations Cup

  • Pacific Challenge

  • Oceania Rugby Cup

  • Oceania Sevens

  • Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship

  • Oceania Women's Sevens Championship

  • Oceania Under 20 Rugby Championship



Members


There are fourteen full members of Oceania Rugby:





  • American Samoa American Samoa


  • Australia Australia


  • Cook Islands Cook Islands


  • Fiji Fiji


  • New Zealand New Zealand


  • New Caledonia New Caledonia a


  • Niue Niue


  • Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea


  • Samoa Samoa


  • Solomon Islands Solomon Islands


  • French Polynesia Tahiti


  • Tonga Tonga


  • Tuvalu Tuvalu b


  • Vanuatu Vanuatu



There are two associate members of Oceania Rugby:




  • Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna c




  • Nauru Nauru d




Notes



^a The French Rugby Federation is the governing body affiliated with World Rugby, with a regional section for New Caledonia.


^b The Tuvalu Rugby Union is not yet affiliated with World Rugby.


^c The French Rugby Federation is the governing body affiliated with World Rugby, with a regional section for Wallis and Futuna.


^d The Nauru Rugby Union applied for World Rugby affiliation in 2015.[6]




References





  1. ^ Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles, eds. (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. p. 446. ISBN 978-1-59884-300-2. Retrieved 11 November 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Inaugural Oceania Rugby SuperWeek". Oceania Rugby. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.


  3. ^ "FORU's Mission". oceaniarugby.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.


  4. ^ "Samoa's Lefau Harry Schuster Re-elects to top FORU Post". samoarugbyunion.ws. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.


  5. ^ "Tournaments". oceaniarugby.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.


  6. ^ "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.




External links



  • Oceania Rugby official site








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