Oceania Rugby

Oceania Rugby

Founded	2000 (2000) (as FORU)
Type	Sports federation
Membership	14 full members and 2 associate members
Website	oceaniarugby.com

Oceania Rugby , formerly 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]

Tournaments

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

Members

There are fourteen full members of Oceania Rugby:

There are two associate members of Oceania Rugby:

Wallis and Futuna ^c

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

↑ 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.
↑ "Inaugural Oceania Rugby SuperWeek". Oceania Rugby. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
↑ "FORU's Mission". oceaniarugby.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "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.
↑ "Tournaments". oceaniarugby.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "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

International rugby union competitions

World Rugby
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Oceania

Worldwide

Men	World Cup World Cup Sevens U20 World Championship U20 Trophy Sevens Series

Women	World Cup Sevens World Cup Sevens Series

Multi-sport events

Intercontinental

Continental

Africa	Africa Cup African Development Trophy African Rugby Under-19 Cup

Asia	Asia Rugby Championship Asian Sevens Series

Europe	Six Nations European Nations Cup Women's Six Nations Under-20 Six Nations Under-19 Championship Under-18 Championship

Oceania	Oceania Cup Oceania U20 Championship

Americas	South American Rugby Championship Americas Rugby Cup Americas Rugby Championship NACRA Rugby Championship South American U19 Championship

Defunct

Rugby union in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

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