Tuvalu Rugby Union

The Tuvalu Rugby Union, or TRU, is the governing body for rugby union in Tuvalu. It was established in 2007 and is a full member of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania.^[1]^[2]

National teams

Tuvalu participated in the Rugby Sevens competition in the XIVth Pacific Games in 2011, and is scheduled to compete in the 15-a-side FORU Oceania Cup in 2013.^[3]^[4]

↑ Lalua, Silafaga (10 January 2007). "Rugby Union starts up". Tuvalu-News.TV. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
↑ "Tuvalu becomes a Full Member of FORU". oceaniarugby.com. April 20, 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
↑ "Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pacific Games". XIVth Pacific Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 29 Nov 2011.
↑ Jenkins, Owain (6 July 2013). "2013 Oceania Cup". rugbypng.com.pg. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

Rugby union in World Rugby affiliated nations not present in the Rugby World Cups

Third tier without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Finland French Polynesia (Tahiti) Germany Ghana Greece Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Israel Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Nauru Netherlands Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Togo Tunisia Trinidad & Tobago Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia

Former states without World Cup experience	Czechoslovakia GDR USSR West Germany Yugoslavia

Rugby union in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

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