American_Samoa_national_rugby_sevens_team
American Samoa national rugby sevens team
Rugby team
The American Samoa national rugby sevens team represents American Samoa in rugby sevens. They occasionally compete in the Pacific Games and the Oceania Sevens Championship. They have competed in the World Series core team qualifier in 2014.
| Union | American Samoa Rugby Union | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Talavalu | |||
| Coach(es) | Leota Setefano Fata | |||
| Captain(s) | Casey Te Beest | |||
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| Largest win | ||||
 New Caledonia 7–38 American Samoa  28 October, 2011 | ||||
| Largest defeat | ||||
 Fiji 61–0 American Samoa 28 October 2011[1] | ||||
| World Cup Sevens | ||||
| Appearances | 0 | |||
American Samoa competed in the 2011 Pacific Games and finished in 5th place. In 2013, they finished in fifth place at the Oceania Sevens Championship which gave them the opportunity to compete in the World Series core team qualifier at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens.[2][3]
The Talavalu competed at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane.[4][5] They finished in thirteenth place after beating Kiribati in the classification playoff.[6]
Squad to the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship and Pacific Games.[5]
| Players |
|---|
| Ryan Anderson |
| Joe Koroiadi |
| Riko Koroiadi |
| Niles Tuamoheloa |
| Noah Tuamoheloa |
| Michael Pa’aga |
| Casey Te Beest (c) |
| Lolesio Lolesio |
| George Ponefasio |
| Tony Esau |
| Ta’ai Leota |
| Joe Tu’ua |
| James Matavao |
Pacific Games
| Pacific Games | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2011 | Fifth Place Playoff | 5th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 2015 | Did Not Compete | |||||
 2019 | Fifth Place Playoff | 5th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 2023 | Fifth Place Playoff | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 3/4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Oceania Sevens
| Oceania Sevens | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2008 |
Did Not Compete | |||||
 2009 | ||||||
 2010 | ||||||
| 2011 |
Fifth Place Playoff | 6th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 |
Fifth Place Playoff | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 |
Fifth Place Playoff | 5th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 |
Seventh Place Playoff | 8th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 2015 |
Seventh Place Playoff | 7th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016 |
Seventh Place Playoff | 7th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 |
Seventh Place Playoff | 7th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 |
Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2019 |
Ninth Place Playoff | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 |
Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2022 | ||||||
| 2023 |
13th Place Playoff | 13th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 9/15 | 54 | 17 | 2 | 35 |
- Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (2011). "2011 Oceania Sevens Championship Fixtures and Results". Archived from the original on 2012-06-19. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- "Sport: American Samoa sevens squad picked". RNZ. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- "Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa". 2013-10-05. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- "Final lap before three-day sevens thriller". oceania.rugby. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- Fa’asau, Asi Andrew (2023-11-07). "Talavalu and Segaula first of Team American Samoa off to Games". www.samoanews.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- Grey, Lachlan (2023-11-12). "Aussie women & NZ men claim Oceania 7s gold, Fiji and Samoa book tickets to Paris". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2023-11-12.