Tahitian national rugby union team
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Fédération Tahitienne de Rugby de Polynésie Française |
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| WR abbreviation | PYF | ||
| WR rank | 96th (27.79 points) (as of February 4, 2020) |
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First international Tahiti 0-3 Wallis and Futuna (September 1, 1971) |
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Biggest win Tahiti 14-0 Wallis and Futuna (September 3, 1971) |
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Biggest loss Cook Islands 86-0 Tahiti (June 2, 2001) |
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World Championship participations: none |
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The Tahitian rugby union team represents the island nation of French Polynesia in the South Pacific in rugby union . It is named after the main island of Tahiti . The team is classified as a third category national team by the International Rugby Board (IRB).
history
The Tahitian national team played their first international match on September 1, 1971 against the selection of Wallis and Futuna . The game ended in a 3-0 defeat. In the second leg two days later, however, they managed to get their revenge with a 14-0 win after they were also defeated by Samoa the day before . After an eight-year hiatus , they only played again in 1979 and were clearly defeated by Tonga with 0:74.
Only to qualify for the Rugby Union World Cup in 1999 was a national team put together again. Likewise for the years 2003 and 2007 . So far, however, there has been no victory in the total of six qualifying games and they were eliminated early.
Participation in world championships
- 1987 did not participate
- 1991 did not participate
- 1995 did not participate
- 1999 1st qualifying round
- 2003 1st qualifying round
- 2007 1st qualifying round
- 2011 did not participate
- 2015 1st qualifying round
Individual evidence
- ^ World Rugby Rankings. world.rugby, February 4, 2020, accessed November 26, 2019 .