Oceania Women’s Sevens Championship – Noosa, Australia, Oct 5th, 2013

The Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU) today announced the 2013 Oceania Women’s Sevens Championship schedule, to be hosted in Noosa, Australia on 5 and 6 October as part of the Noosa International 7s Festival.

This year’s event will play host to the powerhouse Women’s sevens teams of the Oceania region, and will see current and past Women’s Sevens World Champions New Zealand and Australia headlining the list of participating teams.  Papua New Guinea and defending Oceania Women’s Sevens Champions New Zealand will open the Oceania Women’s Sevens Championship, followed by Australia taking on Fiji.  Teams will play in a round-robin format before progressing to Semi-finals, and a Final to determine the winner.

The Participating Unions for the 2013 event include current World Champions, New Zealand and Women’s Sevens World Series core team Australia; Samoa – who recently qualified for the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup in France, 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens Bowl Winners Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

BROADCAST/LIVE RESULTS
No broadcast of this event, boo. Get live score results by following YSC on Twitter or Facebook.

HASH TAG (Twitter)
The hash tags for this event is #Oceania7s. Remember, anytime you talk about Women’s Rugby on Twitter you should include #wrugby .

SCHEDULE & RESULTS

ROSTERS
New Zealand: Hazel Tubic, Honey Hireme, Halie Hurring, Alexis Tapsell, Sarah Goss (captain), Kristina Sue, Tyla Nathan-Wong, Hayley Hutana, Crystal Mayes, Selica Winiata, Michaela Blyde, Shiray Tane

Australia: Emilee Cherry, Maddi Elliott, Kristy Giteau, Ellia Green, Cobie-Jane Morgan, Shannon Parry, Alicia Quirk, Saofaiga Saemo, Shani Sleeman, Hannah Sio, Amy Turner, Sharni Williams

Samoa
Suititi Ailaoa
Taliilagi Mefi
Melisha Leaana
Pepe Mataipule
Linda Fiafia
Malia Taalili Iosefo
Fetu Pulumu
Alafia Setu
Apaula Kerisiano
Filoi Eneliko
Newyear Tafafunai
Justine Manaia Luatua

Papa
Jill Yallon
Joanne Logona
Kymlie Rapilla
Doris Joesph
Fredah Waula
Lynette Kwarula
Yarowena Morofa
Dulcie Bomai
Pauline Arazi
Meiling Choong
Menda Ipat
Kaila Benny

PAST RESULTS

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