2015 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

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)

•  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

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 Match stats 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) Match stats 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) Match stats 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) Match stats 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) Match stats 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) Match stats 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'	Match stats	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  66' IC 12 Nemani Nadolo  53' LW 11 Watisoni Votu FH 10 Jonetani Ralulu SH 9 Nemia Kenatale  40' N8 8 Akapusi Qera (c) OF 7 Malakai Ravulo  70' BF 6 Dominiko Waqaniburotu RL 5 Apisai Naikatini LL 4 Apisalome Ratuniyarawa  40' TP 3 Manasa Saulo  56' HK 2 Sunia Koto  45' LP 1 Campese Ma'afu  45' Replacements: HK 16 Viliame Veikoso  45' PR 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa  45' PR 18 Leroy Atalifo  56' LK 19 Rupeni Nasiga  40' LK 20 Leone Nakarawa  70' SH 21 Nikola Matawalu  40' CE 22 Adriu Delai  53' FB 23 Timoci Nagusa  66' Coach: John McKee FB 15 Chay Raui  61' RW 14 James Iopu-Johnson OC 13 Joel Rapana IC 12 James Raea LW 11 Ioane Ioane  70' FH 10 Sam Vaevae  57' SH 9 Daniel Devereaux  50' N8 8 Stephen Setephano OF 7 Nick Connal BF 6 Kima Iosua RL 5 Simon Marcel LL 4 Bon Maui  69' TP 3 Stan Wright (c)  73' HK 2 Francis Smith  71' LP 1 AJ Campbell  53' Replacements: HK 16 Jacob Marsters  69' PR 17 Chris Iosua  53' PR 18 Mathew Mullany  73' LK 19 Iro Teariki  71' N8 20 Mark Ioane  61' SH 21 Andrew Putairi  50' FH 22 Reece Joyce  57' WG 23 Louis Makere  70' Coach: Barry George Touch judges: Shane McDermott (New Zealand) Ed Martin (Australia)

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References

1. "Oceania Qualification". RWC 2015. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
2. "Oceania sets RWC 2015 qualification process". RWC 2015. 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
3. "Oceania qualifying to kick off in PNG". RWC 2015. 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
4. 2013 Oceania Cup Points Table FORU

External links

• Rugby World Cup Oceania qualification