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Vanuatu national rugby union team

Field	Value
Name	Vanuatu
Nickname	Tuskers
Badge	Vanuatu Rugby Football Union logo.png
Badge_size	150px
Union	Vanuatu Rugby Football Union
Confederation	Oceania Rugby
Coach	Ishmael Kalsakau
World Rugby Rank	112
World Rugby Rank date	4 November 2024
First game	New Hebrides 18–18
(1966-12-01)
Largest win	Vanuatu 6–0
(1966-12-01)
Largest loss	97–3 Vanuatu
(2005-08-20)
medaltemplates-expand	yes
World Rugby max	108	World Rugby max year=2022	World Rugby min=112	World Rugby min year=2024

| World Rugby Rank date = 4 November 2024 (1966-12-01) (1966-12-01) (2005-08-20) | medaltemplates-expand = yes The Vanuatu national rugby union team represents Vanuatu in the sport of rugby union. The team is classified as a tier three nation by the International Rugby Board (IRB), and has yet to qualify for a Rugby World Cup. Its international debut was in 1966. It became affiliated with World Rugby in 1999. The team is nicknamed the Tuskers, after the pig tusks prized as currency in some parts of the country. The tusks also appear on the country's flag.

History

Vanuatu was involved in the Oceania qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. It was a part of the Round 1a group, with the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. It won its first match at home against the Solomon Islands, lost the second match away to Papua New Guinea 97 to 3, and did not proceed to the next round.

Record

Rugby World Cup record

Rugby World Cup record	Year	Qualification status
New Zealand Australia 1987	Not Invited
England France Ireland Scotland Wales 1991	Did Not Enter
South Africa 1995	Did Not Enter
Wales 1999	Did Not Enter
Australia 2003	Did Not Qualify
France 2007	Did Not Qualify
New Zealand 2011	Did Not Qualify
England 2015	Did Not Enter
Japan 2019	Did Not Enter
France 2023	Did Not Enter
Australia 2027	Did Not Enter
United States 2031	To be determined

Overall

Played	Won	Lost	% Won
3	0	3	0%
2	0	2	0%
5	0	5	0%
4	1	3	%

In late 2012, due to management issues, the Vanuatu rugby team was suspended by the IRB for failure to report about the country's use of money and development of the sport within the country.

References

"Vanuatu Rugby Union {{!}} Oceania Rugby".

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