Oceania Rugby

Oceania Rugby
Founded	2000; 24 years ago (as FORU)
Type	Sports federation
Membership	14 full members and 2 associate members
Website	oceania.rugby

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]

Tournaments

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

Members

There are 14 full members of Oceania Rugby:

There are 2 associate members of Oceania Rugby:

World Rugby Rankings

Men's World Rugby Rankings (as of 2 January 2023)^[6]
Oceania*	World Rugby	National Team	Points
1	3	New Zealand	88.98
2	6	Australia	81.8
3	11	Samoa	76.03
4	14	Fiji	74.84
5	15	Tonga	71.21
6	53	Cook Islands	45.11
7	84	Papua New Guinea	33.68
8	98	Niue	28.63
9	103	Solomon Islands	23.97
10	108	Vanuatu	15.29
11	109	American Samoa	13.53
*Local rankings based on World Rugby ranking points

Women's World Rugby Rankings (as of 2 January 2023)^[7]
Oceania*	World Rugby	National Team	Points
1	2	New Zealand	93.19
2	6	Australia	78
3	16	Fiji	58.33
4	18	Samoa	58.01
5	29	Tonga	42.79
6	49	Papua New Guinea	36.14
*Local rankings based on World Rugby ranking points

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.^[8]

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.
^ "The World Rugby Men's Ranking". World Rugby. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
^ "The World Rugby Women's Ranking". World Rugby. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
^ "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

[Nauright&Parrish-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.

[foru-2015-2] "Inaugural Oceania Rugby SuperWeek". Oceania Rugby. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.

[FORU-mission-3] "FORU's Mission". oceaniarugby.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[SRU-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.

[FORU-tournaments-5] "Tournaments". oceaniarugby.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[World_Rugby_Rankings-6] "The World Rugby Men's Ranking". World Rugby. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

[Women's_World_Rugby_Rankings-7] "The World Rugby Women's Ranking". World Rugby. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

[rr-2015-8] "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.

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v t 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