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Oceania Rugby

Sports Federation

Field	Value
name	Oceania Rugby
image	FORU logo.jpg
size	150px
type	Sports federation
founded	(as Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions)--
membership	14 full members and 2 associate members
leader_title	President
leader_name
website

|}} Oceania Rugby, previously known as the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), is the regional governing body for rugby union in Oceania. It was founded in 2000 to represent the interests of Oceania rugby within World Rugby, the international governing body. It presently encompasses fourteen full members and two associate members.

Tournaments

Under the umbrella of World Rugby, Oceania Rugby oversees the following competitions:

Pacific Nations Cup
Pacific Challenge
Oceania Rugby Men's Championship
Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship
Oceania Rugby Women's Championship
Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship
Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship

Members

There are 14 full members of Oceania Rugby:

Nauru Nauru
NCL New Caledonia

There are 2 associate members of Oceania Rugby:

World Rugby Rankings

Notes

The French Rugby Federation is the governing body affiliated with World Rugby, with a regional section for New Caledonia.

The Tuvalu Rugby Union is not yet affiliated with World Rugby.

The French Rugby Federation is the governing body affiliated with World Rugby, with a regional section for Wallis and Futuna.

The Nauru Rugby Union applied for World Rugby affiliation in 2015.

References

|access-date= 11 November 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131111013512/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/home.html |archive-date= 11 November 2013

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|access-date= 11 November 2013 |url-status= usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519015320/http://www.samoarugbyunion.ws/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=516&Itemid=164 |archive-date= 19 May 2012}}

|access-date= |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150911072246/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/pageitem.aspx?print=1&id2=2&eid=66726&entityid=&id=97181 |archive-date= 11 September 2015}}

|access-date= 10 July 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150911064055/http://rugbyredefined.com/2014/06/05/nauru-becomes-newest-member-of-global-rugby-family/ |archive-date= 11 September 2015

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