Niue national rugby union team

Niue national rugby union team
Niue
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Union Niue Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) Toa Niue
Coach(es) Ricky Tagelagi
Captain(s) Matt Faleuka
Top scorer Ken Akulu
Team kit
First international
Fiji  124 - 4  Niue
(1983-09-11)
Largest win
Niue  78 - 8  Tahiti
(2003-09-03)
Largest defeat
Fiji  124 - 4  Niue
(1983-09-11)

The Niue Island national rugby union team is the national team of the third tier rugby union playing nation of Niue Island. They first started playing in 1983 and have played just 10 games to date, four against the Cook Islands and three against Tahiti. Other games have been played against Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. They have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. Rugby union in Niue Island is administered by the Niue Rugby Football Union.

While Niue and the Cook Islands are not members of the Pacific Tri-Nations competition, they did supply players to the squad for the Pacific Islanders' tour in 2004 (but not in 2006). Some of the best Niue players are professionals in New Zealand. Matt Faleuka, the teams capitan, played for Northland, moving recently to Overmach Rugby Parma, in Italy.

Niue won the 2008 Oceania Cup by defeating New Caledonia 27-5 in the final on 1 September 2008.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Niue take Oceania Cup rugby union final", ABC Radio Australia, 1 September 2008

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