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)

Qualified nations

Round 1: Oceania Cup
Main article: 2013 FORU 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 330011448+66315
2 Papua New Guinea 32019991+8412
3 Solomon Islands 31025790–3315
4 Tahiti 300359100–4133
Updated: 13 July 2013

Source: oceaniarugby.com[4]

 • The top team (Green background) advanced to Round 2.

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'
 Stats[11] Pen: Vaevae (2/2) 5', 21'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 2760
Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)

References
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  4. 2013 Oceania Cup Points Table Archived 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine FORU
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  11. http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match=14657/index.html Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
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