Tonga men’s and Papua New Guinea women’s have won the 2022 Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge, in Brisbane, Australia, with Tonga and Papua New Guinea Men’s to represent Oceania at the 2023 World Rugby Challenger Series.

The 2022 Oceania Rugby Sevens Challenge was held at the Hugh Courtney Oval home to the North Brisbane Eagles from 19-20 November.

Featuring 14 teams, which saw eight men’s and six women’s teams from across the oceania region participating.

The men’s event featured Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Australia.

While the women’s side of the tournament featured the Cook Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

Oceania Rugby reported that the men’s finals, day two of the Oceania sevens challenge, saw the competition affected by some turbulent weather, washing out the most important games of the day.

The men’s championship match was abandoned before the match commencement due to severe weather.

Therefore, in accordance with tournament rules, Tonga Men’s was declared the winner, due to having the most points are the pool and knock out rounds.

The official ranking for the 2022 Oceania Rugby Men’s 7s Challenge is as follows:

1. Tonga
2. Papua New Guinea
3. Solomon Islands
4. Cook Islands
5. Australia A
6. Vanuatu
7. Niue
8. Kiribati

As the top two ranks teams in the men’s 7s challenge, Tonga and Papua New Guinea Men’s have qualified to represent Oceania at the 2023 world rugby challenger series.

At the same time, the women’s finals with each team seeded according to their results, with two games dictating the final positions, before a thunderstorm washed out the championship final between Samoa and Papua New Guinea.

Therefore, in accordance with the tournament rules, whoever scored the most points over the weekend would be declared the winner.

Consequently, Papua New Guinea women’s were declared the winners’ due to having the most tournament points during the pools and knock out rounds.

The official ranking for the Oceania Rugby Women’s 7s Challenge are as follows:

1. Papua New Guinea
2. Samoa
3. Tonga
4. Cook Islands
5. Solomon Islands
6. Vanuatu

As the top ranked team in the Women’s challenge, Papua New Guinea have qualified to represent Oceania at the 2023 world rugby challenger series.