2015 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

Rugby Union

The Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU) section of the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification involved five teams competing for one spot in the final tournament in England.[1]

Format

In addition to four automatically qualified teams, Oceania was allocated one direct qualifying place (Oceania 1) for the 2015 Rugby World Cup to be held in England. It was the last region to begin its qualification process for 2015. The 2013 FORU Oceania Cup was the regional qualification tournament, with the winner playing Fiji in a one-off match for the qualifying place. The winner of this play-off qualified directly for Pool A of the 2015 Rugby World Cup as Oceania 1.[2]

Entrants

The 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying teams that competed for the 2015 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification. (World rankings, shown in brackets, are those immediately prior to first Oceania qualification match on 6 July 2012)

Qualified nations

Round 1: Oceania Cup

The first round consisted of six home-and-away matches. The winner of the series proceeded to the second round. The FORU Oceania Cup took place in Papua New Guinea at the Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby from 6 to 13 July.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA +/– BP Pts
1  Cook Islands 3 3 0 0 114 48 +66 3 15
2  Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 99 91 +8 4 12
3  Solomon Islands 3 1 0 2 57 90 –33 1 5
4  Tahiti 3 0 0 3 59 100 –41 3 3
Updated: 13 July 2013
Source: oceaniarugby.com[4]

 • The top team (Green background) advanced to Round 2

Matches
6 July 2013
13:00 AEST (UTC+10)
(1 BP) Cook Islands 38–5 Tahiti
Stats[5]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sam Tuidraki (Fiji)
6 July 2013
15:15 AEST (UTC+10)
(1 BP) Papua New Guinea 29–22 Solomon Islands (1 BP)
Stats[6]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji)
9 July 2013
13:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Solomon Islands 12–39 Cook Islands (1 BP)
Stats[7]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji)
9 July 2013
15:15 AEST (UTC+10)
(1 BP) Papua New Guinea 39–32 Tahiti (2 BP)
Stats[8]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: James Bolabiu (Fiji)
13 July 2013
13:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Solomon Islands 23–22 Tahiti (1 BP)
Stats[9]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: James Bolabiu (Fiji)
13 July 2013
15:15 AEST (UTC+10)
(2 BP) Papua New Guinea 31–37 Cook Islands (1 BP)
Stats[10]
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sam Tuidraki (Fiji)
Overall Points Scorers
Player Team Total Details
Tries Conversions Penalties Drop Goals
Greg Mullany  Cook Islands 30 1 8 3 0
Marc Richmond  Tahiti 25 5 0 0 0
Alexandre Fournier  Tahiti 19 0 5 3 0
Ralph Susuve  Papua New Guinea 18 1 5 1 0
Leslie Puia  Solomon Islands 17 0 4 3 0
Ioane Ioane  Cook Islands 15 3 0 0 0
Louis Makuare  Cook Islands 15 3 0 0 0
Henry Liliket  Papua New Guinea 15 3 0 0 0
Fredson Pukefenua  Solomon Islands 15 3 0 0 0
Samuel Vaevae  Cook Islands 14 1 3 1 0
Francis Smith  Cook Islands 10 2 0 0 0
Douglas Guise  Papua New Guinea 10 2 0 0 0
Tisa Kautu  Papua New Guinea 10 2 0 0 0
Buttler Morris  Papua New Guinea 10 2 0 0 0
Hubert Tseraha  Papua New Guinea 10 2 0 0 0
Jonah Kautu Junior  Papua New Guinea 6 0 3 0 0
Brook Cowan  Cook Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Jacob Marsters  Cook Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Junior Napara  Cook Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Chay Raui  Cook Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Nathan Robinson  Cook Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Royce Teinakore  Cook Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Robert Bulumaris  Papua New Guinea 5 1 0 0 0
Kapua Kapua  Papua New Guinea 5 1 0 0 0
Aaron Miai  Papua New Guinea 5 1 0 0 0
Jackson Pato Junior  Papua New Guinea 5 1 0 0 0
John Bakila  Solomon Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Corey Chapman  Solomon Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Viv Kelesi  Solomon Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Maebata  Solomon Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Trevor Puia  Solomon Islands 5 1 0 0 0
Andoni Jimenez  Tahiti 5 1 0 0 0
Martin Taeae  Tahiti 5 1 0 0 0
Noel Teihoarii  Tahiti 5 1 0 0 0

Updated: 13 July 2013

Round 2: Oceania final

Fiji defeated the first round winner, Cook Islands, in a one-off match to determine who qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

28 June 2014
15:00 FJT (UTC+12)
Fiji 108–6 Cook Islands
Try: Talebula (2) 1' m, 72' c
Kenatale 28' c
Tikoirotuma 30' c
Nadolo (3) 32' m, 42' c, 52' c
Votu 37' m
Qera 49' m
Delai (2) 60' c, 77' m
Atalifo 65' c
Matawalu (2) 68' c, 79' m
Nagusa (2) 70' c, 80+4' m
Waqaniburotu 75' c
Con: Nadolo (3/6) 29', 31', 53'
Ralulu (7/10) 43', 61', 66', 69', 71', 73', 76'
Naikatini (0/1)
Drop: Talebula (1/1) 63'		Stats[11]Pen: Vaevae (2/2) 5', 21'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 2760
Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)
Team details
FB 15 Metuisela Talebula
RW 14 Waisea Nayacalevu
OC 13 Asaeli Tikoirotuma downward-facing red arrow 66'
IC 12 Nemani Nadolo downward-facing red arrow 53'
LW 11 Watisoni Votu
FH 10 Jonetani Ralulu
SH 9 Nemia Kenatale downward-facing red arrow 40'
N8 8 Akapusi Qera (c)
OF 7 Malakai Ravulo downward-facing red arrow 70'
BF 6 Dominiko Waqaniburotu
RL 5 Apisai Naikatini
LL 4 Apisalome Ratuniyarawa downward-facing red arrow 40'
TP 3 Manasa Saulo downward-facing red arrow 56'
HK 2 Sunia Koto downward-facing red arrow 45'
LP 1 Campese Ma'afu downward-facing red arrow 45'
Replacements:
HK 16 Viliame Veikoso upward-facing green arrow 45'
PR 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa upward-facing green arrow 45'
PR 18 Leroy Atalifo upward-facing green arrow 56'
LK 19 Rupeni Nasiga upward-facing green arrow 40'
LK 20 Leone Nakarawa upward-facing green arrow 70'
SH 21 Nikola Matawalu upward-facing green arrow 40'
CE 22 Adriu Delai upward-facing green arrow 53'
FB 23 Timoci Nagusa upward-facing green arrow 66'
Coach:
New Zealand John McKee
FB 15 Chay Raui downward-facing red arrow 61'
RW 14 James Iopu-Johnson
OC 13 Joel Rapana
IC 12 James Raea
LW 11 Ioane Ioane downward-facing red arrow 70'
FH 10 Sam Vaevae downward-facing red arrow 57'
SH 9 Daniel Devereaux downward-facing red arrow 50'
N8 8 Stephen Setephano
OF 7 Nick Connal
BF 6 Kima Iosua
RL 5 Simon Marcel
LL 4 Bon Maui downward-facing red arrow 69'
TP 3 Stan Wright (c) downward-facing red arrow 73'
HK 2 Francis Smith downward-facing red arrow 71'
LP 1 AJ Campbell downward-facing red arrow 53'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jacob Marsters upward-facing green arrow 69'
PR 17 Chris Iosua upward-facing green arrow 53'
PR 18 Mathew Mullany upward-facing green arrow 73'
LK 19 Iro Teariki upward-facing green arrow 71'
N8 20 Mark Ioane upward-facing green arrow 61'
SH 21 Andrew Putairi upward-facing green arrow 50'
FH 22 Reece Joyce upward-facing green arrow 57'
WG 23 Louis Makere upward-facing green arrow 70'
Coach:
New Zealand Barry George

Touch judges:
Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
Ed Martin (Australia)

References

  1. ^ "Oceania Qualification". RWC 2015. Archived from the original on 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  2. ^ "Oceania sets RWC 2015 qualification process". RWC 2015. 2012-05-02. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  3. ^ "Oceania qualifying to kick off in PNG". RWC 2015. 2013-06-04. Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  4. ^ 2013 Oceania Cup Points Table Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine FORU
  5. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". 20 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Fiji 108 - 6 Cook Islands". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11.

External links

  • Rugby World Cup Oceania qualification