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.http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/oceania/index.html RWC 2015 Oceania Qualification 2012-09-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20140214114422/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/oceania/index.html 2014-02-14 dead 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.http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2061962.html#oceania+sets+rwc+2015+qualification+process RWC 2015 Oceania sets RWC 2015 qualification process 2012-05-02 2012-09-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20131021032930/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid%3D2061962.html#oceania+sets+rwc+2015+qualification+process 2013-10-21 dead 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) Cook Islands (54) Fiji (14) Papua New Guinea (49) Solomon Islands (70) Tahiti (86) Qualified nations Australia (Automatic qualifier) New Zealand (Automatic qualifier) Samoa (Automatic qualifier) Tonga (Automatic qualifier) Fiji (Oceania 1) Round 1: Oceania Cup 2013 FORU 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.http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2067157.html#oceania+qualifying+kick+png RWC 2015 Oceania qualifying to kick off in PNG 2013-06-04 2013-06-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20130720034947/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2067157.html#oceania+qualifying+kick+png 2013-07-20 dead PosTeamPldWDLPFPA+/–BPPts1COK330011448+663152PNG32019991+84123SOL31025790–33154TAH300359100–4133 Updated: 13 July 2013Source: oceaniarugby.com2013 Oceania Cup Points Table https://web.archive.org/web/20150218093746/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/tournaments/oceania_cup/2013/2013_oceania_cup_points_table.html 2015-02-18 FORU The top team (Green background) advanced to Round 2 Matches 6 July 2013 13:00 AEST (UTC+10) (1 BP) COK 38–5 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14269/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site 20 July 2013 14 September 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130720103715/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14269/index.html 20 July 2013 TAH Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby 4,000 Sam Tuidraki (Fiji) 6 July 2013 15:15 AEST (UTC+10) (1 BP) PNG 29–22 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14270/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site 22 April 2014 14 September 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140422155620/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14270/index.html 22 April 2014 SOL (1 BP) Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby 6,000 Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji) 9 July 2013 13:00 AEST (UTC+10) SOL 12–39 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14271/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site 22 April 2014 14 September 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140422155655/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14271/index.html 22 April 2014 COK (1 BP) Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby 1,000 Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji) 9 July 2013 15:15 AEST (UTC+10) (1 BP) PNG 39–32 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14272/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site 22 April 2014 14 September 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140422155718/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14272/index.html 22 April 2014 TAH (2 BP) Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby 3,000 James Bolabiu (Fiji) 13 July 2013 13:00 AEST (UTC+10) SOL 23–22 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14273/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site 22 April 2014 14 September 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140422155743/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14273/index.html 22 April 2014 TAH (1 BP) Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby 3,000 James Bolabiu (Fiji) 13 July 2013 15:15 AEST (UTC+10) (2 BP) PNG 31–37 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14274/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site 22 April 2014 14 September 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140422155805/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14274/index.html 22 April 2014 COK (1 BP) Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby 7,000 Sam Tuidraki (Fiji) Overall Points ScorersPlayerTeamTotalDetailsTriesConversionsPenaltiesDrop GoalsGreg MullanyCook Islands301830Marc RichmondTahiti255000Alexandre FournierTahiti190530Ralph SusuvePapua New Guinea181510Leslie PuiaSolomon Islands170430Ioane IoaneCook Islands153000Louis MakuareCook Islands153000Henry LiliketPapua New Guinea153000Fredson PukefenuaSolomon Islands153000Samuel VaevaeCook Islands141310Francis SmithCook Islands102000Douglas GuisePapua New Guinea102000Tisa KautuPapua New Guinea102000Buttler MorrisPapua New Guinea102000Hubert TserahaPapua New Guinea102000Jonah Kautu JuniorPapua New Guinea60300Brook CowanCook Islands51000Jacob MarstersCook Islands51000Junior NaparaCook Islands51000Chay RauiCook Islands51000Nathan RobinsonCook Islands51000Royce TeinakoreCook Islands51000Robert BulumarisPapua New Guinea51000Kapua KapuaPapua New Guinea51000Aaron MiaiPapua New Guinea51000Jackson Pato JuniorPapua New Guinea51000John BakilaSolomon Islands51000Corey ChapmanSolomon Islands51000Viv KelesiSolomon Islands51000Jimmy MaebataSolomon Islands51000Trevor PuiaSolomon Islands51000Andoni JimenezTahiti51000Martin TaeaeTahiti51000Noel TeihoariiTahiti51000 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) FIJ 108–6 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match=14657/index.html Fiji 108 - 6 Cook Islands www.rugbyworldcup.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140811183048/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14657/index.html 2014-08-11 COK Talebula (2) 1' m, 72' cKenatale 28' cTikoirotuma 30' cNadolo (3) 32' m, 42' c, 52' cVotu 37' mQera 49' mDelai (2) 60' c, 77' mAtalifo 65' cMatawalu (2) 68' c, 79' mNagusa (2) 70' c, 80+4' mWaqaniburotu 75' c Nadolo (3/6) 29', 31', 53'Ralulu (7/10) 43', 61', 66', 69', 71', 73', 76'Naikatini (0/1) Talebula (1/1) 63' Vaevae (2/2) 5', 21' Churchill Park, Lautoka 2760 Nick Briant (New Zealand) Team details FB 15Metuisela TalebulaRW 14Waisea NayacalevuOC 13Asaeli Tikoirotuma 66IC 12Nemani Nadolo 53LW 11Watisoni VotuFH 10Jonetani RaluluSH 9 Nemia Kenatale 40N8 8 Akapusi Qera (c)OF 7 Malakai Ravulo 70BF 6 Dominiko WaqaniburotuRL 5 Apisai NaikatiniLL 4 Apisalome Ratuniyarawa 40TP 3 Manasa Saulo 56HK 2 Sunia Koto 45LP 1 Campese Ma'afu 45Replacements:HK 16Viliame Veikoso 45PR 17Jerry Yanuyanutawa 45PR 18Leroy Atalifo 56LK 19Rupeni Nasiga 40LK 20Leone Nakarawa 70SH 21Nikola Matawalu 40CE 22Adriu Delai 53FB 23Timoci Nagusa 66Coach:NZL John McKee FB 15Chay Raui 61RW 14James Iopu-JohnsonOC 13Joel RapanaIC 12James RaeaLW 11Ioane Ioane 70FH 10Sam Vaevae 57SH 9 Daniel Devereaux 50N8 8 Stephen SetephanoOF 7 Nick ConnalBF 6 Kima IosuaRL 5 Simon MarcelLL 4 Bon Maui 69TP 3 Stan Wright (c) 73HK 2 Francis Smith 71LP 1 AJ Campbell 53Replacements:HK 16Jacob Marsters 69PR 17Chris Iosua 53PR 18Mathew Mullany 73LK 19Iro Teariki 71N8 20Mark Ioane 61SH 21Andrew Putairi 50FH 22Reece Joyce 57WG 23Louis Makere 70Coach:NZL Barry George Touch judges: Shane McDermott (New Zealand) Ed Martin (Australia) References External links Rugby World Cup Oceania qualification 2015 Category:2015 Rugby World Cup qualification World Cup World Cup