Oceania Rugby Women's Championship

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Oceania Rugby Women's Championship
SportRugby union
Founded2016
No. of teams4
Countries Fiji
 Papua New Guinea
 Samoa
 Tonga
Most recent
champion(s)		New Zealand Black Ferns Development XV
(2019)
Most titles Fiji (2)
Official websiteoceania.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
 Final placings
Oceania Championship Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2016 Suva 2  Fiji  Papua New Guinea N/A N/A
2018 Lautoka 4  Fiji  Samoa  Tonga  Papua New Guinea
2019 Lautoka 6  Black Ferns XV  Australia A  Fiji  Samoa

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  Hong Kong Churchill Park, Lautoka  
Report [5]


Test: 1314 28 May 2019 Hong Kong  12–34  Samoa Churchill Park, Lautoka  
Report [6]


Test: 1315 1 June 2019 Fiji  12–15  Samoa Churchill Park, Lautoka  
Report [4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Fiji and PNG set for historic qualifier
  2. ^ "Women's Championship - 2019". oceania.rugby. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  3. ^ "Oceania Rugby Women's Champs cancelled". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  4. ^ a b "Samoa win Asia Pacific". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong win in Fiji". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Samoa shock Hong Kong at Asia Pacific". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.
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