American Samoa national rugby sevens team

American Samoa Sevens
UnionAmerican Samoa Rugby Union
Nickname(s)Talavalu
Coach(es)Leota Setefano Fata
Captain(s)Casey Te Beest
Team kit
Change kit
Change kit
Largest win
 New Caledonia 7–38 American Samoa 
28 October, 2011
Largest defeat
 Fiji 61–0 American Samoa 
28 October 2011[1]
World Cup Sevens
Appearances0

The American Samoa national rugby sevens team represents American Samoa in rugby sevens. They occasionally compete in the Pacific Games and the Oceania Sevens Championship. They have competed in the World Series core team qualifier in 2014.

Background

American Samoa competed in the 2011 Pacific Games and finished in 5th place. In 2013, they finished in fifth place at the Oceania Sevens Championship which gave them the opportunity to compete in the World Series core team qualifier at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens.[2][3]

The Talavalu competed at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane.[4][5] They finished in thirteenth place after beating Kiribati in the classification playoff.[6]

Players

Squad to the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship and Pacific Games.[5]

Players
Ryan Anderson
Joe Koroiadi
Riko Koroiadi
Niles Tuamoheloa
Noah Tuamoheloa
Michael Pa’aga
Casey Te Beest (c)
Lolesio Lolesio
George Ponefasio
Tony Esau
Ta’ai Leota
Joe Tu’ua
James Matavao

Overall

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
Year Round Position Pld W D L
New Caledonia 2011 Fifth Place Playoff 5th 6 3 0 3
Papua New Guinea 2015 Did Not Compete
Samoa 2019 Fifth Place Playoff 5th 5 2 0 3
Solomon Islands 2023 Fifth Place Playoff 5th 5 3 0 2
Total 0 Titles 3/4 16 8 0 8

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W D L
Samoa 2008 Did Not Compete
French Polynesia 2009
Australia 2010
Samoa 2011 Fifth Place Playoff 6th 7 2 0 5
Australia 2012 Fifth Place Playoff 6th 6 3 0 3
Fiji 2013 Fifth Place Playoff 5th 6 3 0 3
Australia 2014 Seventh Place Playoff 8th 6 1 1 4
New Zealand 2015 Seventh Place Playoff 7th 6 1 0 5
Fiji 2016 Seventh Place Playoff 7th 7 2 0 5
Fiji 2017 Seventh Place Playoff 7th 5 1 1 3
Fiji 2018 Did Not Compete
Fiji 2019 Ninth Place Playoff 9th 6 3 0 3
Australia 2021 Did Not Compete
New Zealand 2022
Australia 2023 13th Place Playoff 13th 5 1 0 4
Total 0 Titles 9/15 54 17 2 35

See also

References

  1. ^ Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (2011). "2011 Oceania Sevens Championship Fixtures and Results". Archived from the original on 2012-06-19. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  2. ^ "Sport: American Samoa sevens squad picked". RNZ. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  3. ^ "Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa". 2013-10-05. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  4. ^ "Final lap before three-day sevens thriller". oceania.rugby. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  5. ^ a b Fa’asau, Asi Andrew (2023-11-07). "Talavalu and Segaula first of Team American Samoa off to Games". www.samoanews.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  6. ^ Grey, Lachlan (2023-11-12). "Aussie women & NZ men claim Oceania 7s gold, Fiji and Samoa book tickets to Paris". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2023-11-12.