Oceania Rugby Women's Championship
Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 2016 |
No. of teams | 4 |
Countries | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() (2019) |
Most titles | ![]() |
Official website | oceania.rugby |
Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship is an international women's rugby union competition contested by women's national teams from Oceania.[1] The current Champions is the Black Ferns Development XV who claimed the title during the 2019 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship in Lautoka, Fiji.
History[]
The Oceania Rugby Women's Championship was introduced in 2016, and since its inception, also serves as a Rugby World Cup qualification tournament.
Before the establishment of the Championship there were few international fixtures for women's rugby in the region which hindered its progress. Matches were restricted to occasional test matches as part of the Rugby World Cup qualification process. It was established to provide more regular and consistent international competitions for the region.
The first tournament was held in 2016 in Suva, the match was between Fiji and Papua New Guinea as a part of the Rugby World Cup 2017 qualification. The Fijiana's won and moved onto a Repechage tournament against Hong Kong and Japan.
2018 saw Samoa and Tonga join Fiji and Papua New Guinea in Lautoka. Fiji were the eventual victors. In 2019, six teams contested the title, with development squads from Australia and New Zealand joining their Pacific neighbours in Lautoka.[2]
The 2020 Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Champions[]
Year | Host • Teams
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Final placings | ||||
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Oceania Championship | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | ||
2016 | Suva | 2 | ![]() |
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N/A | N/A |
2018 | Lautoka | 4 | ![]() |
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2019 | Lautoka | 6 | ![]() |
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2019 Asia Pacific Championship[]
The tournament was held in Lautoka, Fiji as a single round-robin contested by Fiji, Samoa and Hong Kong. Samoa won both their matches to claim the title.[4]
Test: 1313 | 24 May 2019 | Fiji ![]() |
10–29 | ![]() |
Churchill Park, Lautoka | |
Report [5] |
Test: 1314 | 28 May 2019 | Hong Kong ![]() |
12–34 | ![]() |
Churchill Park, Lautoka | |
Report [6] |
Test: 1315 | 1 June 2019 | Fiji ![]() |
12–15 | ![]() |
Churchill Park, Lautoka | |
Report [4] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Fiji and PNG set for historic qualifier
- ^ "Women's Championship - 2019". oceania.rugby. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Champs cancelled". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ a b "Samoa win Asia Pacific". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Hong Kong win in Fiji". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Samoa shock Hong Kong at Asia Pacific". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.
- Women's rugby union competitions in Oceania for national teams